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mnjam (not verified) says:
Very apt analysis.
But Obama needs to show that his tough.
More specifically, he needs to smack down Hillary Clinton with appearing mean or vicious like Hillary. There are two ways:
1. He should calmly but firmly point out that Hillary Clinton is DISLOYAL. Never has a major candidate in either party denounced another as "unqualified." It is quite different from criticizing some policy or vote and is completely out of bounds. It attacks Obama AND the intelligence and integrity of high ranking Democrats like Senators Kennedy, Rockefeller, Dodd, and Leahy -- all of whom have vastly MORE experience in government than Hillary. Incredibly, it discredits Hillary herself -- by her reasoning any sane person should vote for McCain over Hillary AND Obama. Hillary is putting herself above her party in a way that NO other politician has ever done--fouling her own nest in a fit of anger and blind ambition.
2. He should also point out that Hillary's relationship with Bill is going to be a big problem in the general election for voters who believe that Presidential relatives should not seek or hold that office. This is based on rotation in office, the same principal which underlies the 22nd Amendment.
Indeed, I would hope that the next Congress proposes an Amendment banning any spouse, child, sibling or parent of a President from seeking or holding that officeand that the Amendment is speedily ratified.
Very apt analysis.
But Obama needs to show that his tough.
More specifically, he needs to smack down Hillary Clinton with appearing mean or vicious like Hillary. There are two ways:
1. He should calmly but firmly point out that Hillary Clinton is DISLOYAL. Never has a major candidate in either party denounced another as "unqualified." It is quite different from criticizing some policy or vote and is completely out of bounds. It attacks Obama AND the intelligence and integrity of high ranking Democrats like Senators Kennedy, Rockefeller, Dodd, and Leahy -- all of whom have vastly MORE experience in government than Hillary. Incredibly, it discredits Hillary herself -- by her reasoning any sane person should vote for McCain over Hillary AND Obama. Hillary is putting herself above her party in a way that NO other politician has ever done--fouling her own nest in a fit of anger and blind ambition.
2. He should also point out that Hillary's relationship with Bill is going to be a big problem in the general election for voters who believe that Presidential relatives should not seek or hold that office. This is based on rotation in office, the same principal which underlies the 22nd Amendment.
Indeed, I would hope that the next Congress proposes an Amendment banning any spouse, child, sibling or parent of a President from seeking or holding that officeand that the Amendment is speedily ratified.