|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Sen. Clinton’s campaign commits big-time goof
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Race
|
| Contributor | Penguin |
| Last Edited | Penguin Aug 01, 2007 09:36pm |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | Opinion |
| News Date | Thursday, August 2, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | 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. Scott Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll shows that Democrats agree with Obama that the president should meet with these foreign leaders without preconditions by 55 percent to 22. His polling shows that Democrats are outsiders who take literally JFK’s thesis that we “should never negotiate out of fear, but should never fear to negotiate.” As an insider, Hillary was blinded to this reality by her years of exposure to the conventional wisdom in both her husband’s administration and in her tenure on the Senate Armed Services Committee. To insiders, it is obvious that a summit must be earned by a rogue state by signaling a willingness to come in from the cold in order to get a presidential audience and the ensuing photo-op. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
