Why Hillary should NOT be the Dem candidate next year

[thatcrazycajun]

See, this is what I keep telling you people: The Democratic Party would be absolutely suicidal to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as their Presidential candidate next year. Last night's Republican candidates' debate illustrates yet again how fear and loathing of the former First Lady galvanizes the right as very few other things do; and we all know the conservative get-out-the-vote effort still way outstrips its analog on the left, for all that MoveOn and similar groups have begun to learn how to use the net-roots. A Hillary candidacy is a prescription for yet another loss of the White House in '08, between the right-wing noise machine, a highly motivated and mobilized base, and the usual GOP dirty tricks in vote-counting...particularly if Rudy Giuliani is the GOP nominee, as more and more polls seem to indicate he will be.

Not that I expect the delegates to listen to me, of course...

Comments

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

Worse, you will lose an awful lot of progressives if Hilary is the candidate.

The recent revelations of fundraiser fraud didn't exactly inspire confidence.

[cellio]

Hilary is divisive among her supposed base (that is, liberals/progressives), to say nothing of everyone else. And too many of her supporters are really supporting "a woman" or "a Clinton" rather than her. If she cared about her party's goals more than her own aspirations, she would withdraw.

The perfect ticket

[a-phoenix-afire.livejournal.com]

Obama/Clinton '08