Letters to the Editor
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Hillary is not going to win
Let me be clear about this. Hillary is not going to win the presidency. She was never going to win the presidency. The corporate Democrats may think they have this thing locked up, but they don't. Very few thinking Democrats trust either Hillary or her policies. She triangulates just like Bill but she doesn't have any of his charm or his heart. NO ONE THINKS that she is generous or well-intended. If she wins the nomination, the dead will walk (among Republicans) to deny her the presidency. If she wins the nomination, it will be just another way the Democrats have committed suicide, and by the way, it is Mark Penn who is pulling the trigger, because he is a clueless, principle-less opportunist.
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Seconded
Jane, you will be President before Ms. Clinton (and probably ought to be).
I would now like to call for a floor vote.
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GOP Prez in 08
Hillary is likely to make it happen. That Zogby poll that came out a couple days ago showed that among all the Democrat AND Republican presidential candidates, Hillary is the most unpalatable; 50% of likely voters say they will not ever consider voting for her.
The Democrats who vote for Hillary in the primary deserve the Republican President they will likely get if she is the nominee.
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So Fitting
That you compare the polls to the most notoriously flawed aptitude test in use today:
They are so tangible, so seductively precise that, like SAT scores purporting to forecast college performance, they take on a phantom aura of certainty.
That's just funny. So is this article. Seriously, my sides hurt.
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There is only one "poll" that counts
All this early polling is not only irritating, but the idea that someone is "leading" at this point is preposterous, and these polls can have deleterious effects. I think the polls have the unfortunate effect of influencing the outcome of the "real" poll (that is, when the minority of us who bother get out and vote do so), because there are some people who think if they vote for someone who loses they have "wasted" their vote. So, these polls will tend to influence the way these sorts vote. I do not agree with this approach at all, but have heard people say this enough that I think it has some effect. And worse, much of the media are addicted to polls and use them as an excuse not to cover all the candidates. They make for easy "non-news" stories that don't take a lot of digging to report.
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what do I hear??
I hear whistling, whistling, whistling in the wind. as they say, Reality bites.
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If Smarts Wins
Hillary has got it locked.
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Smarts
... yes, Hillary is smart. So are others ... perhaps not as much. It is refreshing to see a smart, capable woman stand on her merits and seize her opportunities ... to command respect in such a historical way. She is, though, like many other powerful people ... and most often men in positions of great power ... (I believe) at her core very insecure, capable of great manipulation, and not someone I inherently trust. At all. I feel I "know" her well enough to know this. W is far, far worse in this regard ... he looks pitiful to me. She has genuine skill and ability. But her desire for power is 100% about herself and her achievements ... and I want and deserve a true leader who can change our direction radically. If we don't do the real right thing soon, things will get much worse.
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Edwards is The Right Candidate
Polls don't say who should win, or who you really hope will win. It's Vegas nonsense about who people think will win. Hillary is a bright lady, but she's a lightening rod for "conservative" hatred, and the surest candidate to bring out the reich wing crazy vote. She is the only candidate, other than Kucinich, who has a very real chance of losing to a Republican that should not get within ten points in this race. The republkans have botched every single thing for seven years. Everything. John Edwards would be them like a rented mule; Obama would make a perfect running mate, and pave the way for sixteen years of relative sanity. It will take longer than that to undo what the connecticut preppy fascist cowpoke and his henchthings have done to this country and our place in the world. Hillary is NOT the answer.
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Hillary Can't Win the Presidency
Months ago, I said, in response to some article here on SALON, that Hillary is unelectable.
I stand by that.
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Informal survey....
On a recent trip to Montana, my husband and I did our routine informal survey of presidential bumperstickers. In the Whitefish, Kalispel, Glacier environs we spotted only FOUR bumperstickers on Montana-licensed vehicles. All four were for Hillary Clinton.
Okay, four bumperstickers is not much.
But, it's something.
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Billary? Smarts?
Obama was editor of the Harvard Law Review. Edwards was the most feared personal injury attorney on the east coast, and maybe in America. Hillary is Bill Clinton's very smart wife. BFD.
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Another story about bullshit polls and Hillary.
Yawn.
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It's a conspiracy
The idea is for both the Democrats and the Republicans to chose candidates that nobody will vote for, so that people will be grateful when King George invokes executive order 51 and cancels the elections.
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It is, of course, difference between 16% and 26%, but the latter one could be lost with the same speed as the former one.
There was no reason whatsoever for Howard Dean to fall flat in 2004. It was the pure provocation. There is a lot of substantial reasons, especially with the increasing threat of the incoming war with Iran, why Hillary Clinton is the worst choice among democratic contenders and one of two - three the worst choices among both parties' contenders. So, she can easily fall flat even with 50% or even bigger lead under such circumstances.
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Just please don't call it a mandate
That will make you sound shrill.
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It's all about money
Every news outlet touts polls and at the same time we have Mr Shapiro and others downplaying their use or significance. So who is wasting time and money on this effort and writing and talking about it? This article is pointless. There is only one poll that will count. Be patient. Meanwhile the big bad media is salivating at the prospect of millions in ad revenue. Elections and campaigns are good for business.
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Iran
Clinton's vote to give the President authority to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization could cost her the nomination. Talk coming from the Admistration is becoming more frightening by the day, and the last thing the American people can stomach is another disastrous, financially crippling and immoral war (while that other one is still grinding on). Clinton stepped into the same pile of shit as she did in 2002. She hasn't admitted her mistake of five years ago, and she's defensive about this vote as well. We've suffered through nearly two terms of a "war President" who has brought this country to the brink of ruin. People don't want a continuation of that.