Who Will Tell The Clintons That Hillary Has Lost?
Last August I read a column which I thought provided fascinating insights in to the Clinton campaign. Subsequent events have shown the column to be prescient:
When Hillary sharply disagreed with Obama’s pledge, in the South Carolina Democratic debate, that he would meet with the leaders of rogue nations like North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, she was undoubtedly shooting from the hip. But when she and her campaign spent an entire week attacking and ridiculing Obama — and now are well into their second week of criticism — they appear to have lost their marbles.
Put very simply, Hillary is on the wrong side of this particular issue for the Democratic primary electorate…
Meanwhile, Obama, correctly reading the mood of the Democratic electorate (or correctly reading his polls), mocked Hillary’s position as “Bush Cheney-lite,” emphasizing Hillary’s insider way of thinking.
Hillary’s stumbles over this issue remind one of her campaign’s knee-jerk decision to lash out at David Geffen for his attack on Bill Clinton’s administration and pardons. Both mistakes smack of appeasing the boss at the expense of making the right move politically. Each is the kind of mistake that advisers who don’t have the confidence to stand up to the Clintons often find themselves making. When Bill’s temper is aroused or Hillary stubbornly digs in on a position, it is a daunting task to confront them and convince them that they are just flat-out wrong. Few advisers are able to do it, and it appears that the current crop are helpless in the face of their candidate’s insistence on making a mistake. [Emphasis added]
This source, I admit, is problematic, as the column was written by Dick Morris. Morris has a long, complicated and at times even sordid history with the Clintons.The Article
