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Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Media: August 24, 2011 Late Edition

Posted in 2012 Election, Democratic Party, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, Secretary of State, state department, U.S. Department of State, Uncategorized, Women in Government, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 24, 2011| 30 Comments »

The Secretary of State grabs headlines even as she catches a few rays and waves.   We begin today’s review with her latest position on the Forbes list.  This is from ABC News.

The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes

By CAROLINE HOWARD
August 24, 2011

This year’s No. 1 in the ranking, German Chancellor Angela Merkel–recognized as the “undisputed” leader of the EU–is key to curing what ails the euro zone. As the Arab spring turns into the autocrats’ summer, No. 2-ranked U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton provides encouragement to dissidents….
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Late-breaking and contributed by Rachel Spencer, a regular here, is Greta Van Susteren’s pick for most powerful woman in the world.  Now you know who it has to be, right?  This was in Forbes.

Greta Van Susteren Names Hillary Clinton “Most Powerful Woman In The World”

Meghan Casserly, Forbes Staff

…when she joined me in our own newsroom at 60 Fifth Avenue this month for a video (on the very day our list was finalized), I decided to ask her: Who do you think is the most powerful woman in the world?

Hillary Clinton

I naively anticipated a long pause as Greta stopped to think about her answer. I sat back in my chair, recrossed my legs—and was cut off by the no-nonsense host. Clearly I don’t watch enough On The Record to know that she’s not shy with her opinions—and she knows her stuff.

“Well, right now I suppose the most powerful woman is Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton,” Van Susteren responded without missing a beat (my legs were still trying to re-cross themselves, it was that fast).  “She’s different than most Secretaries of State.  I’ve traveled with her a couple of times, and when she lands in a country it might as well be the President of the United States… The whole world knows her.”

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The “Run, Hillary, Run” campaign continues with this from the New York Daily News.   This has a poll.  You can go to the site and vote.  (Did I add enough links for ya?)  🙂

Hillary Clinton in 2012: If no Republican can beat Barack Obama, let’s settle for a Democrat who can

S.E. Cupp

Wednesday, August 24th 2011, 4:00 AM

Nearly a year ago in this very column space, I wondered if we wouldn’t have been better off with Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama, and suggested – half-jokingly – that she could beat him in 2012 if she wanted to.

Well, with Obama presiding over staggering unemployment, unfathomable debt, another potential recession and the first credit downgrade in U.S. history, I’m convinced now that the answer to that question is yes.

Incidentally, I’m also finding less and less humor in the idea that Hillary should run.

And,  we have this from The Atlantic.  It is about Romney, and I post it, really only for what is quoted below: the reference to “Hillary Clinton’s last presidential election.“  What?  What does that mean?  What is the implication of the word “last” there?   Is there another presidential campaign in the offing?  Or is that just wishful thinking?

Mitt Romney Is 2012’s Hillary Clinton

Elspeth Reeve

…NBC News’ First Read says Romney’s strategy for protecting his frontrunnerhood has had mixed results–and it looks a bit like Hillary Clinton’s last presidential election. That didn’t work out so well for her.

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Hillary Clinton Media Round-Up: August 23, 2011

Posted in 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Democratic Party, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, Secretary of State, state department, U.S. Department of State, White House, Women in Government, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 23, 2011| 10 Comments »

Even though Mme. Secretary is on vacation, she remains in the headlines as well as the gossip columns. Thanks to the press briefing yesterday, we saw that she was hard at work at her vacation rental.

Today’s briefing took place at 12:30 EDT but has not been published yet. Oddly, although the State Department’s message last week was that no public schedules would be forthcoming until the first week of September, they did post a brief one today announcing the briefing.

Public Schedule for August 23, 2011

Public Schedule

Washington, DC
August 23, 2011

Note: The next public schedule will be published the first week of September.

PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULE:
12:30 p.m.  Daily Press Briefing with Spokesperson Victoria Nuland

While the POTUS also enjoys some vacation time, on Martha’s Vineyard, this article, from the Boston Herald greeted him yesterday morning.

Hillary in ’12!

(Change you can believe in)

By Joe Battenfeld
Monday, August 22, 2011

This probably won’t go over too well down on Blue Heron Farm, but the Democrats’ best chance of keeping the White House next year may be to adopt Barack Obama’s old slogan, “change.”

And by change, I mean dumping Obama.

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The Des Moines Register offers this today.

Not Obama in 2012?

6:40 AM, Aug 23, 2011 | by Steffen Schmidt
…“I recently had drinks with respected senior Democrats in New Hampshire. They were Barack Obama supporters in 2008 and now have serious buyer’s remorse.

…I literally choked on my next sip of a nice New England summer ale when one of them said, “New Hampshire was right. Hillary Clinton would have made a better president.”

Whoa!

Then the other shoe dropped. “I think we need a write-in candidate for the 2012 Iowa Democratic caucuses and Hillary would be my choice.”

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Bernie Goldberg disagrees, but then it’s Bernie Goldberg.

Hillary vs. Obama in 2012? It’ll Never Happen — I Don’t Think

Posted: August 23, 2011

I come to you today, my friends, with good news and bad news.  First the bad news.

If Hillary Clinton looks at the polls and decides that Barack Obama is Jimmy Carter all over again, and if she figures, what the hell, and makes a run against him, she will win.  Not just the Democratic nomination.  The whole thing.

Hillary can beat Mr. Obama and anyone the Republicans nominate.

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If Hillary Clinton, at her temporary East Hampton residence is occupying anything work-related this week, it certainly is events unfolding in Tripoli.   Her Twittascope (the Scorpio one often seems tailor-written for her), advises the following.


Scorpio
(Oct 23 – Nov 21)

You’re usually not interested in messing around with shallow conversations or activities that sidetrack you from more meaningful interactions. Today is no exception with the Moon’s visit to your 8th House of Deep Sharing encouraging you to experience the full intensity of life. Ironically, you might not want to get your hands dirty in the process now that the Sun is in fussy Virgo. Keep in mind that exerting emotional control to tidy up an uncomfortable situation could ultimately turn it into exactly what you’re attempting to avoid.

I agree.  This is getting messy, and her name is coming up on TV news broadcasts as well.   As Obama takes credit for the Libya policy she helped forge (with Samantha Power and Susan Rice), fought for, and traveled twice in one week to Paris to execute, it is probably best that any work-related time be spent on Libya.  The primary story has legs enough.

On the lighter side, New York gossip columns are buzzing with stories of how the Clintons spent Bill’s 65th birthday weekend.  The Atlantic offers this.

Bill Clinton’s Low-Key 65th

Ray Gustini

Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent a relaxing weekend in New York “to celebrate his 65th birthday. On Saturday they were joined by daughter Chelsea and her husband Marc Mezvinsky for brunch at Park Avenue Summer “before going for a stroll on Madison Avenue.”

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CBS provides a bit more of the story.  The server for this one has been going down and coming back up, so you might not be able to access it the first time around.

Gotham Gossipist: Bill & Hillary Clinton Hit The NYC Streets, Relax In Chappaqua

August 23, 2011 11:18 AM

By Kimberly Rae Miller

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – World leaders – they’re just like us!

Bill and Hillary Clinton were on the scene in different parts of the Tri-State area over the weekend as the family celebrated Mr. Clinton’s 65th birthday.

The Secretary of State and former Commander-in-Chief were spotted on the streets of New York City, according to the New York Post.

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Faithful contributor PYW comes through again with real breaking news that the little vacation may be lasting a little longer than originally reported by sharing this one from the East Hampton Press.

Clintons Are Coming To East Hampton Village

Publication: The East Hampton Press

By Virginia Garrison

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton will be visiting East Hampton Village from August 22 to September 5, a source familiar with the visit who asked not to be identified said on Friday afternoon.

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This embeddable video of their city walk just popped up.  Enjoy!

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I don’t know this refuses to work for me. 😦   Here’s the link to one of the sites with the video.

Well, we felt the earthquake here in the New York metro area.  Hope Mme. Secretary and her squire are enjoying the sand, sun, and surf out there on the east end.  The TNC has taken over the Gadhafi compound without finding him or his family, but they have the weapons and vehicles.

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Media Reads on a Hillary Clinton Run: August 19, 2011 Edition

Posted in 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, White House, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2011| 2 Comments »

Tonight’s installment begins with an op-ed at EIN by Joe Rothstein, that  asks a question and then leaves it unanswered, hanging like the iconic kitten from a tree limb.  Food for thought, as it were, served up with a healthy dose of 1968 parallels that cast Rothstein as the kind usher with a flashlight showing Obama the way to the exit door before someone yells “Fire!” in the crowded theatre.

Will Obama Be The Democratic Candidate In 2012? Probably. But…. (Joe Rothstein’s Commentary)

August 18, 2011

By Joe Rothstein
Editor, EINNEWS.com

Will Barack Obama be the Democratic Party’s nominee for President in 2012? Probably. But don’t bet whatever’s left of your bankroll on it.

As unlikely as it may seem, President Obama could decide not to run for a second term. Sound far-fetched? Particularly since a formidable and growing campaign organization has his back? It’s worth considering.

The President is clearly vulnerable to a Republican challenger. Well, yes, you might say, but to who? Everyone currently running for the GOP nomination has seemingly fatal flaws in hoping to appeal to a predictably moderate electorate. Sorry, Democrats, that’s not a given. I’ve been around long enough to remember how hard Democratic insiders rooted for Ronald Reagan to win the Republican nomination in 1980. No one that extreme could win in November, could they?

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Far more potentially explosive is Bruce A. Dixon’s entry at Black Agenda Report .  Using one of my favorite movies as a backdrop, Dixon enumerates reasons why we should all be less concerned about Obama, his family, and his legacy, and more concerned about our own families  – from youngest to oldest.  Now I understand that he is addressing the Black community, but what he is saying should resonate beyond racial borders, which is why this white chick is using the first person plural here.  We are a plural nation.  Dixon’s message should resonate beyond the borders of the naib.  (Yes, I am a white chick who lives in the naib because during the boom I bought where I could afford to rather than in the astronomically priced suburbs.  Even at that, with a secure job, I worry about those mortgage payments.)   Here is the eminently reasonable treatise of Bruce A. Dixon whose voice should be heard by all and sundry.

Published on Black Agenda Report (http://blackagendareport.com)

It’s Too Late To Save The Obama Administration. Can We Still Save Ourselves?

By Bruce A. Dixon
Created 08/17/2011 – 12:59

<By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon

Two and half years into the Obama presidency, some of us spend more time mooning over pretty pictures of the First Family, their beautiful kids and regal mother-in-law than we spend publicly worrying over the fates of millions of families, children and elders we personally know. Why are some of us still trying to “save” the Obama administration. When will it be time to save ourselves from endless war, climate change, joblessness and the other ravages of late predatory capitalism?

It’s Too Late To Save The Obama Administration. Can We Still Save Ourselves?By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon

Back in the summer of 1996 I saw the movie Independence Day in a Chicago theater where two thirds of the audience was black. The scene that got the audience on its feet cheering was one in which aliens hovered over the White House, and blasted it to matchwood. I’ve often thought that if that same flick were released in 2009 or 2010, that same mostly black audience would have gasped in horror.


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Wrapping it up tonight, we have an an incisive, bullet-style blog post by my friend John Smart that he simply copied into a comment thread here on a prior post. It deserves better. He also uses one of my all-time-fav pictures of Our Girl Hillary!

10 reasons Clinton would have been a better President

Posted on August 18, 2011 by JWS

The NY Times, hoping to tamp down the Clinton bubble that that keeps on bubbling published this dribble. It is warm, steamy horse shit, suitable for the paper that only a few years ago gave us Judith Miller and her yellow journalism.

There is AMPLE evidence that Clinton would have been a better president.

1. Experience matters. Have we not seen how damaging Obama’s lack of experience and judgement is? July 2011 is all one needs to prove this.

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Tacking this, from Barb, on. Heavy.

Oval Office Appeaser

Aug 14, 2011 10:00 AM EDT

Obama likes to think of himself as a successor to FDR. But this former supporter sees a different—and much less impressive—resemblance.

 

When Barack Obama was inaugurated, a Republican president had taken the peace, prosperity, and budget surpluses of the Clinton years and given us two wars, a devastated economy, and an almost trillion-dollar deficit. Obama was going to be our Franklin Roosevelt, our Winston Churchill—a visionary leader who would give America hope again. Instead, he has turned out to be the Neville Chamberlain of American politics, drifting toward national catastrophe, one compromise at a time.

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Media Reads on a Hillary Clinton Run: August 18, 2011 Edition

Posted in 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, First Ladies, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, White House, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 18, 2011| 72 Comments »

Maybe it is because I am a quarter Irish that I have a soft spot for Niall O’Dowd and  Irish Central,  but more likely it because he, they, and the Irish in general show a soft spot for our girl.  Thus I am leading off with the latest opus by Niall,  no stranger to these pages.

Hillary Clinton nostalgia grips leading Democrats as Obama fails and fades

by Niall O’Dowd

Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:59 PM

Hillary Clinton is looking more and more like a lost leader for the Democrats as Obama continues to flail.

There was more bad news for the president yesterday with an opinion poll showing that only 26 per cent of Americans approved of his job on the US economy.

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A reader asked me to address this New York Times treatise by Rebecca Traister.  I really did not have the intention of posting it here because, as I stated in the thread where the suggestion arose, I dislike arguing in the subjunctive.  I prefer demonstrable fact, evidence.  There is no evidence that, had HRC been allowed to contest the nomination fairly on the convention floor, won it, and subsequently won the election, she would have governed as Obama has or even faced the fantasized obstacles Traister imagines for her.  First of all, it is arguable whether we can call what Obama has been doing “governing.”  I will leave that at that.  Secondly, given the performance we have seen from HRC as Secretary of State, why would we imagine that she would have approached the presidency any differently?   She has consistently held a high approval rating as SOS, well above 60%, currently 66%.  Why would that be?

The simple answer is that she is a hard worker.  She happens to be a hard worker with a brilliant mind that not only retains and organizes huge amounts of information in logical and innovative ways  but also generates imaginative ideas  She has revolutionized the State Department and USAID,  and other departments and agencies  with her QDDR,  traveled tirelessly and effectively to reestablish waning friendships and strike up new ones. Experience has taught us that she listens.  She listened to the American people on the campaign trail and made plans to resolve our concerns.  She listens to people the world over and provides responses and programs to address their needs.  She listened to her employees at State and did study the feasibility of granting benefits to domestic partners.  Finding it doable, she did it.  Right away.  She listened to her younger employees who admirably like to bike to work but wanted showers to freshen up before work.  Then she had the showers built.

That last may seem a small thing, but to me it stands as a strong example of who Hillary Clinton is and how she operates.  To suggest that she would have entered the Oval Office and fumbled and flailed (I like Niall’s word) as we have seen Obama do, is patently ridiculous.  Nothing in her performance as First Lady, Senator, or Secretary of State indicates that she would have followed Obama’s priority list or handled various crises the way he has (or has not).  She was more than prepared in 2008 to walk into that Oval Office and take charge.  She is even better prepared now.

So, Rebecca Traister, I beg to disagree.   (I hope my reader is pleased.)

What Would Hillary Clinton Have Done?

Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By REBECCA TRAISTER
Published: August 17, 2011

In the worst of the Democratic primary campaign in 2008, the angry end of the thing, when I had become a devoted Hillary Clinton supporter and was engaged in bitter arguments with people with whom I often agreed, I used to harbor a secret fear, the twin of my political hope: I worried that Hillary Clinton would win her party’s nomination.

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UPDATE!  Matthew Dickinson rings in on Traister and the developing subject.

The One Reason Why Hillary Might Be More Effective Than Obama After 2012

Yesterday the New York Times finally jumped into the Hillary for President debate with this piece by Rebecca Traister.  So now I guess it’s a legitimate news story! Citing the Daily Beast article by Leslie Bennetts , which in turns draws heavily on my initial “Run, Hillary, Run” post, Traister – a Clinton supporter in 2008 – tries down to tamp the growing buyer’s remorse she detects among Obama supporters.  She writes: “Rather than reveling in these flights of reverse political fancy, I find myself wanting the revisionist Hillary fantasists — Clintonites and reformed Obamamaniacs alike — to just shut up already.” Traister argues, persuasively in my view, that had Clinton won the presidency in 2008 instead of Obama, there’s no compelling evidence suggesting she would have been any more effective. In this she echoes points made by Jonathan Bernstein in this Salon post. To be sure, Traister admits to her own bouts of buyer’s remorse, but she thinks publicly airing these thoughts is not helpful: “I understand the impulse to indulge in a quick ‘I told you so.’ I would be lying if I said I didn’t think it sometimes. Maybe often. But to say it — much less to bray it — is small, mean, divisive and frankly dishonest. None of us know what would have happened with Hillary Clinton as president, no matter how many rounds of W.W.H.H.D. (What Would Hillary Have Done) we play.”

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I am afraid I do not hold Traister’s view in as much esteem as Dickinson does. His POV is interesting, though. Had not considered the lame duck angle since Obama is already so lame.

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Media Reads on a Hillary Clinton Run: August 14, 2011 Edition

Posted in 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, White House, Women in Government, tagged , , , , , , on August 14, 2011| 3 Comments »

Well, here we go with a Sunday night round-up of articles suggesting that a run by our Hillary might be what both the Democratic Party and this country need.

The first is from American Thinker which most assuredly will not actually be supporting her if she should run.  But, for the record, here it is.

August 12, 2011

Obama/Hillary Coming Soon to a Primary Near You?

By James G. Wiles

Well, it’s all up to Hillary Clinton now if the Democratic Party is to survive the 2012 elections.

That’s what two important media outlets — Tina Brown’s Daily Beast and London’s Daily Telegraph — both reported in the same twenty-four-hour news cycle.  Faced with what looks to be the political collapse of the Obama administration, the liberal spin cycle is spinning like a top.  It’s “run, Hillary, run!” time.

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This article is actually almost exactly a year old, and was written by a Republican who has worked with her when she was in the Senate and he was part of the Bush administration.   The case he states remains valid.  His scenario of how Hillary might leave State complies with what I have said from the start:  if she leaves, it will be over a matter of principle.

At this rate, it could be President Hillary Clinton in 2012

Monday, 23 August 2010 11:51
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BY ALAN J. STEINBERG
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
COMMENTARY

President Barack Obama is a man whose political fortunes have imploded. The national political rock star of 2008 has become the Democratic political albatross of 2010. Democratic candidates in the 2010 gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, and House of Representatives elections are running away from him, not with him.

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Finally, our friend Hillary Lover submits this from a blog at Le Figaro.

Clinton candidate contre Obama ?

Par Jean-Sébastien Stehli le 11 août 2011 0h17 | 31 Commentaires

Après la guerre des Six Jours entre Israël et les pays arabes, en 1967, Ben Gourion avait plaisanté, affirmant que “Golda Meir était le meilleur homme du gouvernement”. Aujourd’hui, après la capitulation sans condition de Barack Obama dans l’affaire du plafond de la dette, on pourrait paraphraser Ben Gourion et demander : Hillary Clintonest-elle l’homme fort du gouvernement américain ? C’est en tout cas ce que clament de plus en plus fort les 18 millions d’Américains qui ont voté pour elle lors des primaires de 2008. “On vous l’avait bien dit !”, pensent-ils si fort que tout le monde peut l’entendre.

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Media Reads and a Poll on a Hillary Clinton Run: August 11, 2011 Edition

Posted in 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, White House, Women in Government, tagged , , , , , , on August 11, 2011| 17 Comments »

Today’s round-up includes a question from Jack Cafferty and some entries from farther afield. Cafferty frames his question in the present perfect tense which alludes to a past mistake rather than a future possibility.

Would Hillary Clinton have been a better choice for Democrats?

FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:

Looks like some Democrats are having buyer’s remorse when it comes to President Obama and wishing they had gone with Hillary Clinton instead.

The recent negotiations over the debt ceiling are being seen by many as the lowest point in Mr. Obama’s presidency. And it’s not just Republicans who are comparing Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter or saying he’ll be a one-term president.

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U.S. News and World Report also asks a question and provides a poll.  Hillary is at 80.9% as I type.  Michael Antipoulos shared this on my Facebook wall.

Should Hillary Clinton Challenge Obama in the Primaries?

Could anyone beat Obama in a Democratic primary contest?

By Paul Bedard

Posted: August 11, 2011

With a new poll showing that 32 percent of Democrats are eager for President Obama to be challenged by somebody in his own party, is it time for a Democrat to get into the 2012 primary?

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The Telegraph offered this today.

Democrats doubt Barack Obama’s reelection chances

President Barack Obama is facing mounting doubts within his own party about his re-election prospects, with fellow Democrats beginning to ask if Hillary Clinton would have made a better president.

By , Washington

7:56PM BST 09 Aug 2011

Mr Obama’s capitulation to Republicans in the recent tussle over deficit reduction is being seen as the lowest point of his presidency and the latest in a series of blows to the liberal agenda.

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Franklin Delano Williams shared this one, similar to the above,  from Yahoo India at the Supporters of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Facebook  group.

Democrats express doubts over Obama’s reelection, hope Hillary will step in

By ANI | ANI

Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): Democrats are beginning to ask if incumbent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would have made a better president than Barack Obama, and now are expressing serious doubts about the latter’s ability to win re-election next year.

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On an earlier thread today, our friend, Hillary Lover, posted this. You will remember that he is the French gent who sometimes posts love songs to Hillary related to the color she is wearing that day. It is a French version of the Yahoo India article.

Les démocrates regrettent de ne pas avoir choisi Hillary Clinton

Jeudi 11 Août 2011 – 16:18

La crise économique actuelle rend fou d’inquiétude le parti démocrate aux Etats-Unis au point que nombreux pensent que Barack Obama ne sera pas réelu l’an prochain.

Hillary Clinton ne veut pas faire de l'ombre à Obama en 2012

Hillary Clinton ne veut pas faire de l’ombre à Obama en 2012

Et au sein du parti démocrate, on commence à se demander si Hillary Clinton n’aurait pas été une meilleure présidente. La récente capitulation de Barack Obama dans le conflit qui l’opposait aux républicains à propos de la réduction du déficit est perçue au sein du parti comme un énième signe de faiblesse du président américain. En privé, de nombreux memebres du parti démocrate commencent à rejoindre l’opinion des républicains: Obama ne serait qu’un nouveau Jimmy Carter, connu pour avoir été le pire président démocrate de l’après-guerre.

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Media Reads on a Hillary Clinton Run: August 10, 2011 Edition

Posted in Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, Tea Party, U.S. Congress, White House, Women in Government, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011| 16 Comments »

There is a pattern emerging among these articles.  There are the op-eds,  individual testimonies or analyses written by seasoned journalists,  political scholars of some stripe,  folks with inside experience on their resumés, i.e. pundits of some sort.   Let me call those Type 1.  Type 2 often has no individual byline,  consists of a review of opinions circulating in the current electrically charged air,  and appears to be straightforward reportage.

This Type 1 from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was penned by Bill McClellan, a seasoned journalist with a look reminiscent of Hemingway and a liking for Kerouac.  It takes a big man to admit he was wrong.

I should have picked Hillary over Obama

BILL McCLELLAN • bmcclellan@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8143 | Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

… What about all that change we were going to get?

It’s too easy to blame Republicans. Yes, they have blocked Obama at every turn, but that is the way of things in politics.

Frankly, there is nothing sinister with it. Conservatives and liberals have different visions. Of course one side is going to try to block the other. The blame, I think, lies with Obama. He is not strong enough to be an effective president.

Another article, appearing in Periscope,  presents an overview of op-eds and sundry articles on the subject that have appeared elsewhere,  argues a variety of positions held by a variety of players,  and stands pretty much as reportage with the proviso that sequencing can be as powerful as the content itself.  The sequencing of the information feed here spins this opus toward Obama.  A little cutting, pasting, and re-sequencing could lean the message in HRC’s direction – apparently not Periscope’s intent.

There is a reference to a Jezebel article to which I will not link.  You can access it though the Periscope link if you wish to.  I found it simple, distasteful name calling rather than any kind of journalism and not worth a link from here.

Democrats turn on President Obama, look to Hillary Clinton

US President Barack Obama faces criticism from his own party – and suggestions Hillary Clinton would have done a better job as president. What are his chances of re-election?

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Photo credit: sskennel, http://flic.kr/p/4ZgZFG

Is Barack Obama’s re-election campaign over before it has even begun? The debt ceiling wrangling appears to have damaged the US president’s reputation, with some commentators arguing that the resulting deal was a win for the Republicans. There are suggestions that Democrats now doubt Obama’s ability to win the 2012 presidential election – and that some wish they’d opted for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton instead.

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As usual! I waited all day, with this in draft form, to post it, and as soon as I did, two of the usual occurrences: tech problems (so my preferred final draft was not what posted), and a new article popped up.  Now, I would hold onto this for a later post, but it is my old friend D.K. of  The Examiner ringing in, so I simply must tack on his take on this issue.  (Oh – he’s Type 1.)

D.K. Jamaal's photo

Post-Partisan Examiner

August 3, 2011

The free fall of the extremist driven debt ceiling crisis and the resulting egregious agreement that followed it has after three years of weak leadership left President Obama severely wounded with doubts rising as to his ability to now win the 2012 presidential election.

It is time for Democrats to take bold action and put forth Hillary Clinton as their candidate in 2012.

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The “Hillary Run” Blizzard Continues

Posted in Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, Uncategorized, White House, Women in Government, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2011| 11 Comments »

Hmmmm… so there are two more tonight, and I have an actual job in the morning  (one that they pay me for),  so the August blizzard continues… overnight!  Check your local listings for snow closings.

This is  from Death and Taxes mentioning a Facebook group where yours truly is an administrator.  If you like her for POTUS, join us!

Hillary 2012: Democrats Find a New Target for Hope and Change

By Monday, August 08, 2011

Why Democrats don’t mean it when they say they’ve given up on the whole “hope-y change-y” thing.

The Daily Beast reports today that Democratic voters are abandoning the Obama “hope and change” boat in droves, and pining for what they perceive as the superior leadership potential of Hillary Clinton.

From The Telegraph.

Democrats doubt Barack Obama’s reelection chances

By , Washington

On his nightly television show, liberal host Bill Maher dismissed Mr Obama as a Republican, and asked his panel if Mrs Clinton would have made a better president.

“Yes,” replied astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, an African American astrophysicist and broadcaster, adding that the Secretary of State would have been “a more effective negotiator in the halls of Congress”.

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The “Hillary Run” Media Blitz Continues

Posted in Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, Uncategorized, White House, tagged , , , , , , on August 9, 2011| 18 Comments »

Well this is becoming a daily dose!  I would hold onto these, but tomorrow there may be more, and I will lose track, so the best thing to do is update now.

Two more articles circulated today visiting the idea of  Hillary Rodham Clinton running for the highest office in the land.  They seem to be multiplying exponentially as Americans awaken from their funk  to the realities of  Obama’s leadership deficit and the history they made.

Once again we have an article that refers to op-eds  previously posted and discussed on these pages, but it is new and thus meets the requirement of my resolve to share these speculations as they come along.

From This Week.

Would Hillary Clinton have been a better president than Obama?

After the president’s much-maligned handling of the debt-ceiling crisis, a nagging question resurfaces

With liberals still irate over President Obama’s chronic caving to Republicans during Washington’s debt-ceiling crisis, pesky questions have resurfaced. On Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the politically-incorrect pundit asked his panel, “Do you think people on the Left are having buyers’ remorse about the president?” — and the question, finetuned with a focus on Hillary Clinton as the erstwhile Obama alternative, has since inspired plenty of commentary. Should Democrats have picked Clinton instead?

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This, from The Grio  ends much the way the Leslie Bennetts article did – anticlimactically for Hillary supporters –  but it does raise the question.   One thing no one has mentioned so far, so I will, is that HRC is ever so much more a seasoned and powerful possibility than she was in 2008, and she was a cannonball in those campaigns.  She is even better now.  Hillary Rodham Clinton is now nuclear!  She would blow any opponent out of the water.  Just sayin’.

Cries of ‘Hillary told you so’ haunt Obama campaign

By Michael Arceneaux

8:31 AM on 08/09/2011

In hindsight, maybe Hillary Clinton had a point about Barack Obama during their highly contentious race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

At a campaign rally in Providence, Rhode Island, the newly demoted frontrunner sarcastically shaded Obama’s more optimistic view of our political system.

Then Sen. Clinton quipped, “Now I could stand up here and say, ‘Let’s just get everybody together. Let’s get unified.’ The sky will open. The lights will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect!”

When she made those remarks, it was easy to dismiss them as musings from a politician on the “And I Am Telling You” portion of her failed campaign. However, following a recent debt ceiling deal that has only delivered smiles to members of the GOP — particularly its Tea Party faction – some Democrats are revisiting her point-of-view.

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Stay tuned. There will probably be more.

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Update: Media Focus on A Hillary Clinton Run

Posted in 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Hillary for President, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Party, U.S. Department of State, tagged , , , , , , on August 8, 2011| 28 Comments »

The Daily Beast ran this article by Leslie Bennetts today, and while she has rounded up some articles we have already posted and discussed here,  she adds voices to the chorus,  and the choir is not happy.

Hillary Told You So

As Democratic disgust with Obama’s debt fumbling spreads, Clinton supporters recall her ‘3 a.m. phone call’ warnings—and angry, frustrated liberals are muttering that she should mount a 2012 challenge.

by | August 7, 2011 8:58 PM EDT

At a New York political event last week, Republican and Democratic office-holders were all bemoaning President Obama’s handling of the debt-ceiling crisis when someone said, “Hillary would have been a better president.”

“Every single person nodded, including the Republicans,” reported one observer.

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I disagree with the “insiders” and “pundits” who say a run would be political suicide.  What other elective office might she be running for following her stint as SOS?  She has nothing to lose!  Furthermore, she was, in fact, correct!  If your answer is that it would ruin a run in 2016, really?  Do you really think,  after five-and-a-half more years of Obama’s fetch-and-carry strategy with this divided Congress,  a Democrat would stand a chance?  If a Republican beats Obama in 2012, you can kiss 2016 good-bye.

I also disagree with the Ted Kennedy analogy

Longtime analysts also remember the carnage that ensued when Sen. Ted Kennedy challenged President Carter for the 1980 Democratic nomination, fracturing the party and paving the way for Ronald Reagan’s election.

The Democratic Party has been fractured since May 31, 2008.  The PUMAs have never been addressed directly by this president, never really invited into the tent, never reconciled.  On the contrary, PUMAs were told, by Donna Brazile to stay home in 2008.   How much more fractured can the party get?   PUMA has survived these three years, and their voices are some of the ones we hear in the Bennetts article.

So, on the heels of a disastrous week with blame squarely set on his shoulders, Obama spoke to the nation once again today.  At least I think he did.  With his gaze shifting right to left to right throughout, it was hard to know whom he thought he was addressing.   When Hillary speaks she looks straight into the camera – into our eyes, and, yeah, she would have been better.  I continue to harbor hope that she will be.

I do not see Obama achieving re-election.  The Democrats need a new candidate, a better candidate, the right candidate.  The party base and this country deserve better.

UPDATE!!!!!!

I am tacking on  this one,  from AM New York,  in the same vein, because I simply cannot initiate another new post tonight.  Jess shared this with me, and I told her it is as hard to keep up with these articles as it is keeping up with her trips!  I do it because I love you, Hillary!

Hillary’s supporters on Obama’s troubles: We told you so in 2008   By Tim Herrera

As President Barack Obama continues to struggle some Democrats are beginning to wonder: Should they have backed Hillary Clinton in 2008?

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