Results tagged “Hillary Clinton” from ElectionObsession
The National Review's David Frum is one of the few righties taking a sober approach to the GOP's nomination of Sarah Palin for Vice President. He frets — and with good reason — over the notion of such a foreign policy ingenue having to step in as President.
Last night, Frum highlighted an e-mail from an independent that bodes poorly for the McCain-Palin ticket:
I started the cycle with the idea that if I could at all find a palatable Democrat, I’d vote for him. (Not her, because not a fan of Hillary). I also hoped that the Republicans would nominate McCain because he had an image that was distinct from the Republican party that I felt duty-bound to reject. … What I want to report to you, though, is the deep disappointment I’ve had in McCain. I had thought that this was going to be the happy year where either outcome was pretty good. I no longer feel that way. ... Not only was this choice [of Sarah Palin] irresponsible, I suspect it is also politically tone deaf. Obama’s campaign has been premised on an appeal to voters exactly like me – voters who want a politics that does not so obviously delight in wallowing in the mud. If there are a lot of Independents like me, Palin is a disaster. She’s just performed what it is that is driving us from the Republicans. She’s running against hope and the notion that we need civility in our political life. She’s running against the notion that we ought to hold our fellow Americans in respect whether they come from small towns or big towns.
We will see how this plays out. Pro-life though I am; appalled by the social liberalism of the Democrats as I am; I really, really, really don’t want to live in an America that is capable of preferring that kind of ugly divisiveness to a genuine engagement with the serious issues that confront us all. This is not the time for spitball. It is the time for serious leadership. ... I want to come home to the Republicans. Right now I expect that it’ll be a good long while before that’s possible.
Hillary's speech last night was convincing, in that it gave disaffected HRC supporters a compelling, point-by-point list of reasons why they ought to be voting for Obama. "Were you in this campaign just for me?" she asked of her supporters, the audience for the speech. And now we should safely be able to say that any Hillary supporter planning to pull the lever for McCain is deluded (or simply won't vote for the black guy).
Somewhere around March 4th of this year, I started to feel a visceral hatred for all things Clinton. Hillary overstayed her welcome during the primary campaign, there is no question. But here we are, in the waning hours before Obama's veep choice, and deep inside, I'm rooting for him to pick Hillary.
Why? Nate Silver says it best.
Just wanted to go on the record before he sends out his text to the masses.
