I guess we can put it in the bank that Hillary Clinton is running for President in 2008. James Carville and Mark Penn have an editorial up at the Washington Post touting Hillary’s electability.
We don’t know if Hillary is going to run for president, but as advisers who have worked on the only two successful Democratic presidential campaigns in the past couple of decades, we know that if she does run, she can win that race…
Why? First, because strength matters. Our problems as a party are less ideological than anatomical: Our candidates have been made to look like they have no backbone. But the latest Post-ABC News poll shows that 68 percent of Americans describe Hillary Clinton as a strong leader. That comes after years of her being in the national crossfire. People know that Hillary has strong convictions, even if they don’t always agree with her. They also know that she’s tough enough to handle the viciousness of a national campaign and the challenges of the presidency itself.
One thing we know about Clinton campaigns: Nobody gets Swift Boated.
I don’t think Captain Cueball still has the right stuff. It’s good to see him back at work but, personally, I think he has grown too fat and contented in D.C. to have the kind of hunger that is needed to win a Presidential campaign. As for Hillary, how many people has she sold out just so Carville could say the following with a modicum of credibility?
Some people say she is too liberal, some that she is too conservative.
Yup.
