Hillary Becoming President of the United States
2 comments August 4th, 2007
At this point in the campaign, what are the odds of Hillary Clinton becoming president of the United States. I would say at this point they are exceptional. Here are some of the reasons.
Despite the media frenzy over Obama-mania, Hillary Clinton remains the clear front-runner for securing the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Contrary to the predictions of some media pundits, Senator Clinton’s lead over Barack Obama has grown. On the other hand, Barack has played a very useful role for Hillary, in diverting support away from more credible Democratic challengers for the nomination. But it gets worse.
Hillary Clinton has built up her commanding lead without doing much campaigning. As a professional politician, her time has been deployed much more strategically than her opponents. What she has done, under the radar screens of the media, is build a powerful campaign infrastructure that will only begin to shift into high gear after Labor Day. She has amassed an army of endorsements from prominent Democrats, and has raised the funds to finance an elaborate public relations blitz. Most importantly, she has staffed her campaign organization with the finest political talent. And her strategy is clear.
If Hillary Clinton can win the early primary elections convincingly, she will knock Obama out of the race with rapidity. Once that occurs, the ball game is over. Which means she will have months before the Democratic nominating convention to begin building her general election campaign machine, while the Republicans will still be desperately searching for a sacrificial presidential nominee.
And sacrificial he will be, unless the GOP in effect becomes a Third Party and finds an exceptional candidate from outside its discredited leadership circle. The odds of that happening, however, are most bleak. Therefore, whoever the Republican nominee is, he will represent the party of George W. Bush, and everything that the American people in a great majority will revolt against in the 2008 election. This is practically handing the election to Hillary Clinton on a silver platter.
Hillary Clinton has spent virtually a lifetime preparing to become president of the United States. Yet, in her wildest dreams, I don’t think HRC ever imagined that the Republicans would create a climate that virtually guarantees that there will be a second Clinton administration. However, if Hillary Clinton does indeed become America’s next president, her dream may very well be everyone else’s nightmare.
Among the sins of the George W. Bush administration, let’s add to that long list his being a major facilitator of what looks like Queen Hillary’s looming coronation.
