Now The Fun Part Starts?
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, IowaHillary…what in the hell were you thinking?
Clinton, campaigning across Iowa on Sunday, appeared to be spoiling for a fight with her chief Democratic rival in national polls — even at one point describing the battle as “fun.”“I have said for months that I would much rather be attacking Republicans, and attacking the problems of our country, because ultimately that’s what I want to do as president. But I have been, for months, on the receiving end of rather consistent attacks. Well, now the fun part starts. We’re into the last month, and we’re going to start drawing the contrasts,” she said.
Boy, they threw Barack a hanging curve, and his campaign knocks it for at least a triple…
That drew a swift rebuke from Obama. “This presidential campaign isn’t about attacking people for fun, it’s about solving people’s problems, like ending this war and creating a universal health care system,” he said in a statement. “Washington insiders might think throwing mud is fun, but the American people are looking for leadership that can unite this country around a common purpose.”Obama advisers described the strategy as foolhardy, and reminiscent of the approach perfected by former Bush White House adviser Karl Rove: going after a front-runner on his strengths and challenging his sincerity.
Seriously folks, those five words could very well haunt Hillary for the rest of her life.
Oh, and by the way…
The new Clinton strategy, acknowledged by her senior advisers as an intentional pivot, carries significant risks and could produce a potential backlash if voters perceive her as growing too negative. The Register’s poll also found that Clinton was seen by Iowa voters as the most negative of the Democratic contenders.
Yes, now the fun part starts, but for most that’ll be watching the Clinton machine get crushed under the weight of its own hubris.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 am
So let me see if I understand. Obama and Edwards can attack her as untrustworthy, and a liar, and if she fights back she will sink under her own hubris. Hmm….sounds to me like she cant win here at all. I doubt very much that an expression: “Now the fun part starts” which anyone who is not suffering from Hillary Derangement Syndrome would understand, will come back to haunt her. I hope she fights back and hard.
December 3rd, 2007 at 4:14 pm
This is lost on the people who admire HRC. They see absolutely nothing wrong or strange or unattractive about the “fun” comment. They don’t get it.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
In the past I have likened HRC’s campaign in 2007 to Howard Dean’s in 2003, suggesting that history was about to repeat itself. Was this her “scream” moment?
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Nah. If it were her scream moment her ratings in the polls would have fallen by 10% overnight.