I am sure many of the you have heard that Mark Penn, Hillary's chief strategist has a bit of a besmirched past from a liberal Democrat point of view. His primary transgression is his consulting firm running union busting campaigns and having Blackwater as a client. Assuming the allegations are true, what should Hillary do?
His connections would be unacceptable to many important parts of the Democratic coalition and should be addressed if she wants to lead our party. I think this highlights her fatal flaw as a candidate. She is at times Bush like in her stubbornness. And before Hillary supporters have me drawn and quartered, I like Hillary and think she would make a good president. Unfortunately, she very cautious and will not jettison Penn partially out of stubbornness and partially out of the belief that only way to win is through triangulation. The difference between Edwards or Obama and Hillary is that I think they are both true believers who would be offended by his behaviour and would likely give him the boot. Hillary is about winning at all costs, but I think at times wanting to win at all cost leads to losing. Candidates need to stand for something...
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I'm torn about your comments. I think Hillary is where she is because of the team she has assembled. We jumped all over John Kerry - and Al Gore - for not fighting harder or tougher and letting the fox-like Republicans run the show. Politics is dirty and messy and we need a fighter who won't let the "message" be controlled by the other party. So while Hillary needs to be careful about who she is in bed with, she also needs to have a tough team who can fight back. Obama is too green and Edwards - c'mon; he's too busy brushing his hair. You might be sick of the dual dynasties, but I was proud of the first Clinton administration and look forward to the second.
I'm torn about your comments. I think Hillary is where she is because of the team she has assembled. We jumped all over John Kerry - and Al Gore - for not fighting harder or tougher and letting the fox-like Republicans run the show. Politics is dirty and messy and we need a fighter who won't let the "message" be controlled by the other party. So while Hillary needs to be careful about who she is in bed with, she also needs to have a tough team who can fight back. Obama is too green and Edwards - c'mon; he's too busy brushing his hair. You might be sick of the dual dynasties, but I was proud of the first Clinton administration and look forward to the second.
I have to say that I thought about supporting Hillary for a while for just that reason. I know she will be tough down the stretch. I still like Obama better because I think Hillary is too devisive, but given a choice between divisive and a Republican, the choice is easy. She would defintely make a good president.
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