Great article. If you look at some comments on other blog sites about HRC, you wonder if democrats themselves would kill her in General Election. I think Bradley gave so much talking points to Right winngers, Gore was always on defensive end during his campaign.
The other thing I feel bad about some of the comments on other blog sites is demeaning President Clinton. He was one of the best Democratic presidents and the so called progressives all make so much hatered comments on him sometimes I think they deserved GWB and may be again RG
Corporate Hillary and CNN rigged the recent Las Vegas Democratic Candidate "Debate" by inserting her hecklers, fluff-ball questions to Her Highness and even rigged the so-called post-debate "analysis" that was held by her own operatives.
Haven't we had enough rigging and manipulation by the Bush/Cheney/Rove gangsters in the elections of 2000, 2002 and 2004?
We really don't need the Republican corporate media to pick our Democratic candidates, do we?
Posted by james k. sayre at November 20, 2007 04:27 PMHilary Clinton is no Bobby Kennedy.
She is a con-artist-politician, a fraud and a cheat. l do not wish to hear her cackles anymore, that is why l will not be voting for her.
At least l know for certain that Barack Obama is sincere and authentic.
Posted by Alyssa at November 21, 2007 11:32 AMHillary's campaign is built on bullshit, not textbooks.
Get shovels.
Breath of fresh air. Wilentz is very sensible, though I'd compare Hillary with Truman. I've been watching US politics since 1950. We Dems used to nominate pragmatists who fought for the blue collar workers and Southern farmers: FDR, Truman. JFK was a dreamer but practical enough to get some stuff done (unfortunately including getting us into Vietnam).
Since then all we've nominated were pointy-headed losers (or people who could be smeared as such, and didn't fight back). The only exceptions -- and the ONLY Dems to win re-election -- were the Clinton team.
Obama seems smack in that loser tradition. He's even doing the same kind of campaign McGovern did in 1972: packing Iowa precinct meetings with kids who don't reflect who the stay at home voters could support in November.
McGovern had a good reason for rushing into a contest he wasn't ready for: getting us out of Vietnam sooner. Obama doesn't even have that; his timetable is about the same as Hillary's. If Obama really wanted to be president -- imo he would wait his turn, getting better known and getting more experience.