"Obama didn't do anything last night to show he's capable of defeating Clinton or will ever aggressively make the case against her.
His kinder, gentler approach to politics and soft platitudes about turning the page won't fly in the general election.
The Republicans have a formidable spin machine ready to take down the Democratic nominee. Nothing I've seen thus far suggests that Obama can handle it."
That being true, your other choice is.....?
It is a sad, but true political reality that if one does something like, oh, I don't know, release all the private correspondence between themselves and their husband while they were in the WH, for instance, (even though the vast majority of those docs, millions of them, are already available) that regardless of it's nature there will be things there that could be used to help keep the GOP in power.
Or, if one were to really get crazy and take as their own position an unlikely solution on immigration like giving illegals DL's, as Obama did, that that too could be just the thing to keep the Dems out of office again.
As you noted in your article, Hil stood up to the bashing. She also did not give black and white answers in grey areas to gotcha questions.
The pols call this running a general election campaign in a primary. If one can do it successfully, if one can stay in the middle of the road without alienating Indies and, yes, even a few Republicans, one has a better chance of winning the general election.
Now, as a kid I cried when they shot down Bobby Kennedy. I voted for McGovern the first time I could vote. I caucused for Jesse Jackson in Austin.
I thought Bubba was too moderate.
But all this complete crapola I hear about Hillary being some NeoCon in Dems clothing is absurd on the face of it.
Yeah, I wish she could be more open about her policies and her positions, maybe she does too. If she were, I think she would be too lefty to be elected.
Considering the damage GW has done, and the potential of our first real Little Caesar in Rudy, I have no problem at all with her hedging her bets in a Dem primary for what I think will be the benefit of us all.
There was a time when Dems understood that the political opponent is the other Party, not those in our own Party. The 11th Commandment seems to be of no effect now.
And I think some of the crybabies who are afraid that their "perfect candidate" won't be the one chosen and are willing to take their ball and go home if they are not chosen, are more interested in being right about their candidate than being in a position to make America a better place.
Present company excepted, of course.
As I have often said, I prefer Dennis the K's policies, but he is unelectable.
I liked Obama a lot, but as you say, he hasn't lived up to his potential and as I have said, he is a promising rookie.
But I agreee wiht you that Rudy or Mitt would take the guy apart in a debate.
Some of you may think that Hillary is bitch, but what I am saying is that that is OK, she is our bitch and she will cut the Repube candidate to shreads.
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