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 Hillary Keeps the NY Posse in Line
The New York Times reports that Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is making the rounds to the NY congressional delegation, Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer, county Democratic chairs and sundry party bosses.
“The message is, ‘Everybody keep their powder dry,’ ” (an) adviser said. “She is seriously looking at it. She’s not making any decision yet.”
When Bill Clinton first ran for president in 1992, he didn’t announce his candidacy until October of 1991. Tom Harkin and Bob Kerrey and whoever the hell else ran that year had been in NH and Iowa dozens of times by then. Clinton’s late entry put him at a disadvantage, but it was by design to make him vulnerable to press attack for the shortest period of time. Still, five months later, just days before the NH primary, the bimbo eruptions began.
Hillary will get no such honeymoon. She’s been oppo-researched to death by herself and everyone else. On the early campaign trail, she can’t refuse to discuss cattle futures and billing records; if she does, the questions will never go away. And despite how convincing her patter is on those and every past indiscretion they can throw at her, for half the electorate who view her negatively, that sketchy history will never be past.
The hacks in NY wanted a sign. The presidential race is on, and they’re being courted by other Democratic candidates. They need assurances that if they wait for her, Hillary will be a candidate for president. And she’s telling them maybe, so keep your pants on. So to speak.
~Jack McEnany
Also see: Hillary Clinton, Into the Breech, DNC
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