Nicely Done: The Messiah Allows Hillary To Wash Away Her Sins
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 7:03 pmA masterful political move. To break someone’s leg, then set the cast, and then be honored and applauded for having done so is quite a feat.
After a speech last night in which she made a case more against the current and future Republican regime than for Barack Obama, after releasing her delegates but not telling them how to vote, after subtly (but not explicitly) laying the groundwork for this roll call, Hillary gets to play the hero by bring it to a close.
Hillary has taken a big step today towards washing away the sins of her campaign and raising her profile within the Democratic Party as a “team player.” Forget the fact that both she and her surrogates maneuvered to ensure that her supporters would “require” this roll call. The only thing people will remember is that she put an end to it.
After all, the key to Hillary Clinton’s political future is not just that Barack Obama lose but that she not be blamed for the loss. If Barack Obama loses this election as an idealist progressive in a year tailor-made for Democratic victory, the Democratic Party will fall into disarray, chaos and fracture. People will be looking for scapegoat.
In order for Hillary Clinton to emerge from the chaos of an Obama defeat and lay claim to the Democratic nomination in 2012 she must ensure her hands are clean. She did that tonight and Obama let her.
Rest assured, if Obama loses this election, he will not be nominated again. Close but no cigar for a Democrat in this political climate is no cigar at all. There will be no rematch.
But as of this moment, it can be said that if the 2012 Democratic nominee is not Barack Obama seeking election to a second term, it will be Hillary Clinton, a nomination immaculately conceived on the floor of this Democratic convention.
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4 Responses to “Nicely Done: The Messiah Allows Hillary To Wash Away Her Sins”
You are so right. Always on the money.
As a Christian I find the use of Messianic imagery annoying and disgraceful. As an American I recognize, and most Republicans even recognize, that we do need a political savior to wash away the sins of the last eight years and to cleanse the country of our loss of prestige abroad and our loss of economic focus and competitiveness at home. If Obama inspires Americans to work harder, fight for freedom, and deliver us to a new American century then everyone should accept that we don’t need another four years of failed policies, we need a fresh start. Hillary needed to support Obama enthusiastically to have a chance in a future nominating battle, but with this electoral climate, with the wisdom of the American people eager for change, that shot will come in 2016, not 2012.
Mark my words: if Barack Obama loses this election he will rise again on the third day to win.
Oh, wait a minute. I think Will may be on to something important here…
Hillary’s actions last night were classy and will go a long way toward preserving her legacy among Democrats. I have a hard time believing that if Rudy Giuliana had garnered 18 million votes (unlikely as that may seem), he would have gone to the GOP convention and comported himself with half as much dignity.
And, Hillary’s actions show much less political agility than those of John McCain, who had his reputation eviscerated by low-down Bush gutter politics in South Carolina, but had no qualms about buddying up to the Commander-in-Chief when launching his own presidential campaign.