The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110367   Message #2319977
Posted By: Ron Davies
19-Apr-08 - 09:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Are You Bitter???
Subject: RE: BS: Are You Bitter???
Janet--

You may not have noticed Hillary is still in the race. She has recovered before. It's not likely this time--but you never know.

Just take another sedative--or try another brand. Obviously the ones you take now aren't doing the job.





Peggy Noonan, in the WSJ today, put it pretty well.


"Mrs. Clinton is transmitting but people aren't receiving. She has been branded, understood, and categorized. People have decided what they think, and it's not good".

The irony is: she had the nomination easily---and threw it away. If I had to guess the origin of her problem, it was her refusal to admit she was wrong in voting to authorize Bush to use force in Iraq. She was determined to "triangulate" right from the start--and infuriated the antiwar movement by doing so. They needed a new home--and found it with Obama. Who then enhanced his appeal immeasurably by his post-racial, post-partisan appeal--while type-casting her as "old politics" --which Team Clinton's negative campaigning confirmed perfectly.

Obama was blessed by having her as his opponent.