Comments on: Blair Hull Enters the New Hampshire Race http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/06/blair-hull-enters-the-new-hampshire-race/ Illinois, From Misery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tucker McElroy http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/06/blair-hull-enters-the-new-hampshire-race/comment-page-1/#comment-6797 Tucker McElroy Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:57:23 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2008/01/06/blair-hull-enters-the-new-hampshire-race/#comment-6797 Here's Hillary's problem. Democrats look at the last 7 years and see the ugly hyper-partisan tactics of the Bush administration and the Republicans nationally and are disgusted by it and are sick of it. Democrats have a choice whether they want someone mean enough to stand up to that shit or if they want someone who will completely change the game. They chose change. Here's where it gets worse for Hillary. Independents look at not just the Bush years, but also the acrimonious wars during the Clinton administration and they see 15 years of partisan bullshit and are really sick of it. They see someone willing to change how the game is played and they are coming out of the woodwork in support. Now the Clinton campaign needs a plan B and because they just don't recognize what they're dealing with and why (which is tough to watch) they are using the same old playbook and going on the attack. They are reinforcing the worst elements of what voters are repudiating. Here’s Hillary’s problem. Democrats look at the last 7 years and see the ugly hyper-partisan tactics of the Bush administration and the Republicans nationally and are disgusted by it and are sick of it. Democrats have a choice whether they want someone mean enough to stand up to that shit or if they want someone who will completely change the game. They chose change.

Here’s where it gets worse for Hillary. Independents look at not just the Bush years, but also the acrimonious wars during the Clinton administration and they see 15 years of partisan bullshit and are really sick of it. They see someone willing to change how the game is played and they are coming out of the woodwork in support.

Now the Clinton campaign needs a plan B and because they just don’t recognize what they’re dealing with and why (which is tough to watch) they are using the same old playbook and going on the attack. They are reinforcing the worst elements of what voters are repudiating.

]]> By: Carl Nyberg http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/06/blair-hull-enters-the-new-hampshire-race/comment-page-1/#comment-6796 Carl Nyberg Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:57:17 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2008/01/06/blair-hull-enters-the-new-hampshire-race/#comment-6796 If HRC wants to stop Obama from getting the nomination she should quit the race ASAP. Obama will probably beat Edwards one-on-one, but there's at least a chance Edwards can beat Obama. If HRC loses NH, especially if it's by a big margin (like the margin she lost by in Iowa), she really has no viable strategy. The people know HRC. They have rendered a verdict. Dem voters would rather nominate a first-term African-American Senator who has never proven himself in a tough campaign, admits to using cocaine, hardly knows how to pass a bill and is a foreign policy lightweight than the battle-tested Hillary Rodham Clinton. (If it wasn't obvious, I was being snarky about Obama.) If HRC wants to stop Obama from getting the nomination she should quit the race ASAP. Obama will probably beat Edwards one-on-one, but there’s at least a chance Edwards can beat Obama.

If HRC loses NH, especially if it’s by a big margin (like the margin she lost by in Iowa), she really has no viable strategy.

The people know HRC. They have rendered a verdict. Dem voters would rather nominate a first-term African-American Senator who has never proven himself in a tough campaign, admits to using cocaine, hardly knows how to pass a bill and is a foreign policy lightweight than the battle-tested Hillary Rodham Clinton.

(If it wasn’t obvious, I was being snarky about Obama.)

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