Hillary Tops St. McCain
Why is anyone surprised about this development? Look at the picture one more time. It may have gotten St. McCain back into the conservative fold, but it was an additional insult to people who actually believed in the \”straight talk express.\”
But how will the corporate hack pack handle it? This isn\’t encouraging.
Better yet, how will Democrats handle it?
Many people are so convinced Senator Clinton can\’t win that they balk at any movement she makes. Never mind that women are
now 51% of the American public. Never mind that her religiosity is real and she can speak to it with the best of them. But will women come out to vote for Hillary?
Will others? Her latest movement on her
Iraq war stance will surely help, though she\’s already made headway on the
pack. If she chooses someone like Wesley Clark as a veep her numbers will only increase.
The poll, taken earlier this month, shows Clinton besting McCain 50 to 43
percent among 1,000 registered voters nationwide. It also showed her in a
dead heat with McCain among independents, a group that has proven stubbornly
resistant to her centrist message.Clinton leads Giuliani — her onetime Senate nemesis — by a 48 to 47 margin,
a technical tie that falls within the poll\’s 4 percent margin of error.
Marshall
said exactly what I was about to write.
Long ago, McCain\’s maverick status infuriated conservative Republicans, but
thrilled independents. Now there is no maverick, so it\’s hard to see how he\’ll
do anything but be greeted with a big yawn. His insistence on escalation isn\’t
helping his image either. I still hear from self labeled moderates about McCain
and some are still impressed. However, that number has dwindled considerably.
McCain\’s brand isn\’t what it used to be. The other problem for me is something
many are afraid to discuss: age. He\’ll be in his seventies if he were to be
elected, and we\’re not talking a normal, healthy 70 either. McCain\’s age is an issue and he knows it. That\’s why he\’s got the my mother just turned 90 line ready for the press. Ah yes, the press. It\’s certain they want him as the Republican nominee. He is a formidable man, but not half the person he was during his independence. When he opts out of the finance structure to raise unlimited funds the rest of he credibility will collapse.
Again, I have no preference right now for 2008, except an inclination
to want Gore to run, as well as a serious lean towards Edwards because of his middle
class platform on economics and union strength. But people need to quit ignoring
Hillary Clinton, who\’s building a serious foundation along the way to announcing
her candidacy. There\’s another issue, regardless of her CENTRIST tendencies, and I\’m not talking about the Big Dog\’s power, or even the fact that Senator Clinton lacks in the speaking department. It\’s the reality that the first woman president is an EVENT many people will want to honor and work hard to support. The moment she does make the announcement all the oxygen will be sucked
out of the room.
If anyone wants in they\’d better do it early.
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