Wamp Thinks Corker A Contender In 2012
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 1:55 pmThe congressman and gubernatorial candidate says that South Carolina’s decision to pick Sen. Corker as the keynote for their annual dinner speaks volumes about Corker potential as a presidential candidate:
Rep. Zach Wamp told members of the Chattanooga Pachyderm Club on Monday that Sen. Bob Corker is gaining clout around the country as a potential presidential candidate.
He noted that Sen. Corker was chosen to deliver Friday night’s Silver Elephant Banquet speech at the convention of the South Carolina Republican Party.
Rep. Wamp said, “They could have had Palin, but they chose Corker. That is a big, big deal. It is a landmark beginning into the national political environment for our senator.”
He said the choice of Sen. Corker for the speech “was a high compliment and shows the stature that many around the country now regard him.”
As GOP 12 notes, Palin actually was chosen first.
Ron Paul Doesn’t Think He Wants To Be President Of Bartertown
Posted on March 2, 2009 at 3:51 pmFrom CNN:
The Republican congressman from Texas was asked by CNN American Morning anchor John Roberts if he plans to make another bid for the presidency in 2012. “I don’t think so,” said Paul. “I’m not planning on that. It’s a long way off. I hardly can visualize what the country is going to be like then.”
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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What Will She Do?
Posted on May 18, 2008 at 3:25 pmBrendan Loy points to a column by Bob Beckel that argues very persuasively that if Hillary Clinton wants the Vice Presidential nomination for President that she can have it by forcing a floor vote at the convention. While recent tradition has usually allowed the man at the top of the ticket to pick his runningmate, it is the delegates who ultimately vote to affirm — or not to affirm — that choice.
The question is: Will Hillary force the issue? It all comes down to whether, deep in her gut, she believes Obama can beat McCain.
If Obama wins without Hillary on the ticket, not only does it mean waiting eight years to run again, it means that the Clintons lose the machinery of the party. The Clintons would be on the outside. However, if Obama loses without her then she retains her political power and the gains the “I told you so card” with which to make her case against a very old John McCain in 2012.
If she takes the Veep nod and they lose, then Clinton risks becoming the scapegoat, especially if it is revealed that she forced herself in. If Obama had been allowed to pick a white male, the talk will go, he would have been President.
It will be interesting to see how the Clinton’s political calculus comes out on this. The Presidential nomination may be Obama’s to lose but the Veep spot is Hillary to take or leave. What will she do?
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