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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Mar 22, 2005 03:32pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New York post article.
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" A SENIOR official in the Bush administration says he doesn't think Hillary Clinton will run for reelection in New York in 2006.
"You miss all those votes" if you try for the party's presidential nomination while still serving in the Senate, the official said. And, the official added, you don't want to be put in the position in which John Kerry found himself in 2003, when the Massachusetts senator felt compelled to vote against the $87 billion package of reconstruction and military aid for Iraq and Afghanistan because he was fighting for his life against the antiwar candidate Howard Dean.
Kerry's vote may have been necessary for his struggle in the Democratic primary, but it was ruinous when it came to the general election. It was, said the Bush official, "the gift that kept on giving."
You can see why Hillary might be wise not to seek a second term when you consider the extraordinary situation in Washington this past weekend, as Republicans forced votes in both chambers of Congress on the highly polarizing matter of Terri Schiavo's life and death.
This is exactly the kind of vote that would and should terrify any Democratic senator looking to expand his or her political base beyond the blue states. The passion surrounding the Schiavo case is a perfect reflection of the cultural divide between those Americans in whose life faith plays a central role and those who fancy themselves the heirs of Enlightenment reason." |
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