tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post3649324791388965808..comments2024-03-21T01:01:49.406-04:00Comments on The Phantom Soapbox: This is the trial balloon for Hillary.The Phantomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-88830391739023807092011-09-16T19:27:31.845-04:002011-09-16T19:27:31.845-04:00In some ways, Hillary might be worse.
Obama is to...In some ways, Hillary might be worse.<br /><br />Obama is too inept for subtle or slow - that's part of the reason all of this is blowing up in his face. He's not too far left for the Democrats - he's just not careful enough. (I wonder - would we have had the Tea Party movement if Hillary had won in 2008?)<br /><br />Obama has inadvertently caused a rebound to center-right politics for a significant portion of the American public (mostly independents).Alyricnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15888307.post-19726822728075813612011-09-16T15:59:43.171-04:002011-09-16T15:59:43.171-04:00If the JournoList crowd can spin Obama as a Bush c...If the JournoList crowd can spin Obama as a Bush clone with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon%27s_Enemies_List" rel="nofollow">Nixonian paranoia</a>, they can force him out of primary contention. This would minimize the damage Obama could do to the Democrats later.<br /><br />As for Hillary being better, remember that most of the Obama cabinet were once in Bubba's cabinet. There's just no dot-com boom to ride on now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com