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It seems Clinton's plan is to be the new Tonya Harding. Her only strategy will be to go for Obama's knees and make sure Barack is bloodied at the end of the race.
From the Nation...
What is getting started is an edgier, rougher Democratic presidential race. And don't think that the New York senator will pull any punches.
If the Clinton campaign has learned anything from the two-week campaign that preceded the Ohio and Texas votes, it is that Hillary Clinton will not win unless Barack Obama loses. The senator from Illinois must be damaged, badly, or so the theory goes, in order for the senator from New York to grab the Democratic nomination from his clutches. Make no mistake: The candidate and her Clintonistas have sought to inflict that damage.
This campaign moves so fast that it is easy to forget everything that happens in a two-week timespan. But, since Clinton lost Wisconsin's February 19 primary, the hits really have kept coming. There was "Barack stole lines from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick" hit. There was the "Barack stole a page from Karl Rove when he sent out negative mailings" hit. There was the "Barack dresses like a Muslim" hit. There was the "Barack's campaign told the Canadians one thing about trade and Ohio another thing" hit. There was the "Barack's not the guy you want answering the phone in the White House" hit. There was even the "Barack's defiling the memory of Ann Richards because she would have wanted Hillary to have a clean shot at the nomination" hit. And always, always, always, there was the steady drumbeat from candidate Clinton that: ""I have a lifetime of experience I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech (against authorizing President Bush to attack Iraq) he made in 2002."
Now, the strategy has been sufficiently-if-not-completely validated.
2 comments:
Obama lost Ohio and Texas because of demographics, in my opinion. He is just not able to close the deal with Latinos, Catholics and working-class whites.
Also, something like 59 percent of Ohio primary voters were women.
I think you are exaggerating the effect of Clinton's attacks. Let's not forget that Obama also went hard negative on Clinton's judgment, and outspent her in these states by a wide margin.
Obama's failure to do well among some key Democratic constituencies makes me very pessimistic about his chances against McCain.
Hillary has been around for ages, Barack came into this race the serious underdog and has surprised everyone including Hillary. The fact is, people to not trust her and more people feel that Obama, w has what it takes to truly unify this country and move us into a new position that we are all hungry for. Hillary should bow out gracefully before the longer claws are revealved, I appreciate her fighting spirit, but like Rommney she should be humble enough to know when enough is ENOUGH!
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