What Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney have in common
So what do Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney have in common? Well, for one thing, they both epitomize sleazy politics and a win-at-any-cost, by hook or by crook mentality when it comes to their candidacies.
I've already shed some light on previous posts of Romney's antics: from promising unemployed workers in Michigan that he'll bring every single job back to shamelessly telling voters that his experience in the private sector (where his main achievement was downsizing jobs) is what this country needs in times of economic crisis.
Hillary is not so different. Despite the fact that the Democratic National Committee has penalized Florida for moving its primary date ahead and that all the candidates had previously promised not to campaign there, Hillary Clinton is now maintaining an active presence in Florida. I guess her rationale is that if she can't beat Obama fair and square in an election where they both compete, she'll just have to win in states where she can monopolize and hope those delegates are enough to send her over the top.
She did the same in Michigan which was similarly penalized, by refusing to take her name off the ballot, despite the fact that both Obama and Edwards had done so. So far, she lost in Iowa, managed to steal a victory in New Hampshire by shedding some crocodile tears before the election, won in Michigan uncontested, managed to steal a narrow victory in Nevada where she falsely accused Obama of supporting Ronald Reagan (when in reality all he had said was that Republicans at one time had ideas, even if he never supported those ideas), and lost by a landslide in South Carolina despite the fact that she and Bill Clinton stooped to levels that I did not think possible of a former President and First Lady.
So I guess her strategy is to win in Florida by being the only Democrat to campaign there and then try to use that win as a feeble attempt to win the Feb 5 primaries in 20+ states. I guess now I know what the Republicans mean when they talk of the "Clinton political machine." Let's hope that her nefarious plot does not succeed.
I've already shed some light on previous posts of Romney's antics: from promising unemployed workers in Michigan that he'll bring every single job back to shamelessly telling voters that his experience in the private sector (where his main achievement was downsizing jobs) is what this country needs in times of economic crisis.
Hillary is not so different. Despite the fact that the Democratic National Committee has penalized Florida for moving its primary date ahead and that all the candidates had previously promised not to campaign there, Hillary Clinton is now maintaining an active presence in Florida. I guess her rationale is that if she can't beat Obama fair and square in an election where they both compete, she'll just have to win in states where she can monopolize and hope those delegates are enough to send her over the top.
She did the same in Michigan which was similarly penalized, by refusing to take her name off the ballot, despite the fact that both Obama and Edwards had done so. So far, she lost in Iowa, managed to steal a victory in New Hampshire by shedding some crocodile tears before the election, won in Michigan uncontested, managed to steal a narrow victory in Nevada where she falsely accused Obama of supporting Ronald Reagan (when in reality all he had said was that Republicans at one time had ideas, even if he never supported those ideas), and lost by a landslide in South Carolina despite the fact that she and Bill Clinton stooped to levels that I did not think possible of a former President and First Lady.
So I guess her strategy is to win in Florida by being the only Democrat to campaign there and then try to use that win as a feeble attempt to win the Feb 5 primaries in 20+ states. I guess now I know what the Republicans mean when they talk of the "Clinton political machine." Let's hope that her nefarious plot does not succeed.
posted by Vivek at 4:21 PM
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