I suppose this is why Bill Clinton is running all over the place defending then attacking Barack Obama..Bill and Hillary are really confused souls who need to step out of the spotlight! They had their 15+++ minutes of fame, time to move on down the retirement road!
In a sign of increasing desperation on the
left, speculation is rife that Barack Obama will kick Vice President Joe
Biden off his team and replace him with that perpetual presidential
wannabe, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As Hillary’s fans see it,
such a maneuver would bring fat dividends to the Democratic ticket.
The only truly useful role Biden plays in
the administration is that of a lightning rod and a diversion. Next to
Mr. National Embarrassment, the president looks like a tower of
intelligence and wisdom, his missteps dwarfed into insignificance by the
Niagara Falls of gaffes the buffoonish VP disgorges with clockwork
regularity. Otherwise, Biden’s utility is highly doubtful.
The white working class is not buying his faux regular-guy credentials,
while the open war declared by the administration on the Roman Catholic
Church has negated the Catholic vice president’s usefulness as the
administration’s liaison to his church. On top of that, Biden’s personal
popularity has been dropping like a lead balloon (in the latest polls,
42 favorable/45 unfavorable, and a lot worse, 40/54, where it really
counts — in the battleground states). In short, rather than being an
asset, the vice president increasingly looks like a liability to his
boss and a serious drag on his campaign.
The secretary of state, on the other hand, looks like a winner. Hillary
Clinton is hands down the most popular member of the administration,
consistently scoring ratings in the mid-60s. She has been tirelessly
cross-crossing the world, building up her resume as well as logging
frequent flyer miles in six digits on her executive 757 (technically, a C
32A). During the primary season four years ago, she amassed 18 million
votes and beat Obama among white women, seniors, and the middle class.
These voters, never enthusiastic about Barack Obama, reluctantly voted
for him in the general, but two years later wandered off the reservation
and played a prominent part in the thorough drubbing the voters meted out to
the Democrats in the off-year elections. The thinking of Hillary’s fans
among the Democratic strategists is that she should be able to lure the
prodigal sons and daughters back into the fold.
It is not a given, however, that Obama will
draft his erstwhile rival. As Charles Krauthammer argues astutely, the
president’s narcissism will make it very hard for him to make a move
reeking of disloyalty to his own pick, Joe Biden, which would also call
into question his judgment. More importantly, Obama would be loath to
create an impression that he is desperate and has been reduced to go to
Canossa and seek succor from the Clintons (two for the price of one).
Furthermore, the powerful distaff tandem reportedly keeping Obama firmly
under its thumb, his wife Michelle and his closest confidante and
advisor Valerie Jarrett, detest and hate the secretary of state and
would be aghast at the horrible prospect of yielding center stage in
Washington to their nemesis. But aside from all that, is Hillary really
that formidable? Will her luster hold up under close scrutiny?
Read More at American Thinker. By Victor Volsky.
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