Robert Reich sounds like he's had about enough of Bill and Hillary Clinton at this point. Of course, Reich has had his differences with the Clintons before, despite being an old friend of Bill's and having served as his Secretary of Labor, but still I think it's a sign that the non-die-hards are about ready to see this campaign brought to a close.
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Losing the Cabinet
26 Mar 2008 12:10 pm
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So many Judas Iscariots!
After the latest stunt about the American Spectator and McPeak, I think we've all had enough of the Clintons. Its amazing, but it seems that Andy Sullivans crazed rantings about Hillary might turn out to be, well, not all that crazy.
What?
Robert Reich has had it with Hillary and Bill?
What? That doesn't make sense, unless, wait...
Yeah.
Now I understand. He is just ignorant and should "leave politics to people who have some sense of how the world actually works."*
*Our Canadian "house-analyst" thinks all intelligent people should just forget democracy and annoint Queen Hillary already. Voters? Should we respect their will? Brother, please.
That makes much more sense. Damn Reich and his ignorance. Why doesn't he worship Hillary?
the non-die-hards are about ready to see this campaign brought to a close
Huh. Interesting that Matthew brings this up now, since I take a look at the Rasmussen poll that Drudge links to this morning:
22% of Democrats think Hillary should drop out
22% of Democrats think Obama should drop out
62% of Democrats think neither should drop out
Now, I'm not sure what Matthew means by "ready to see this campaign brought to a close" that the "non-die hards" want. But if Matthew means by that "Hillary should drop out", then, apparently, to Matthew, 84% of Democrats are "die hards".
Ah, Drudge, the man who sets Al's daily schedule. Dance, hack, dance!
Robert Reich foreshadowed this on the Colbert Report a few weeks ago:
SC: Are you endorsing Hillary Clinton?
RR: No, I decided not to endorse this round.
SC: So, you’re endorsing Barack Obama?
RR: No, I’m not going to endorse anybody. Because I’ve been a friend of Hillary…
SC: But you’re leaning, you’re leaning towards Barack Obama…
RR: …for so many years, I don’t want to endorse anybody, I think that would be inappropriate.
SC: Okay, let me put it this way: if we were at a restaurant together and the waiter brought around the dessert cart, and the choice was ladyfingers or Black Forest cake, which way do you think you’d lean?
RR: Quite seriously, either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama would make a great president.
SC: Let me put this a different way. If I were a waiter and I were to offer you two different slices of pizza, and one was half-Hawaiian and you weren’t entirely sure what it was going to taste like. And the other was plain with cheese and had been under a heat lamp for 35 years, I mean, it had seen everything. Which would you go for?
RR: I don’t think I’d be terribly excited about either of those slices.
SC: Which movie would you rent? “Big Momma’s House” or “Medea’s Family Reunion”? Be careful, they are both about strong women who are actually black men.
RR: Um, gosh. I think I’d try both of them out.
Eventually when offered either a marshmallow chick or a chocolate bunny in his metaphorical Easter basket, Reich picked the chocolate bunny.
that exchange, yet another example of why Colbert is the smartest guy on TV. and i don't mean that as a backhanded compliment, but as an actual one.
the Supers shouldn't end this because the Hillary people will scream bloody murder and take their ball, go home, and vote for McCain in November.
they should wait for her to win in PA(but by not as big as she thinks she will), then lose in Indiana and NC big. then shut it the hell down.
You will also notice that today marks the day that Kevin Drum and Atrios have finally given up on Hillary.
What is the plural of Judas? Judi?
Huh? My understanding is that policy-wise, they "had it" with him and he with them, back when he left the administration. They remained friendly, but he was too much of a leftie for them, it was an "agree to disagree" situation. He didn't feel comfortable with the policies they wanted from him, and vice-versa.
I'm shocked, shocked that the Bill Bradley-endorsing in 2000 Reich would take this angle!
Seriously, this guy has been mad at the Clinton's for a decade, this is dog-bites-man stuff.
Al, that's 106% of Democrats. I heard the party was growing this year!
Unless there's an overlap and it's really something like:
62: neither drops out
12: Obama only
12: Clinton only
12: both drop out
2: Sinbad
So why won't Reich endorse? Clearly he favors Obama, no matter how coy he's being. Why are these key players in the party standing around with their hands in their pockets? How much more damage has to be done to the presumptive Democratic nominee before the grown ups step in and act? Where's Al Gore? Where's Edwards? Geez -- why can't Kucinich endorse, for crying out loud?
I'm a Republican who's very happy to see the Bush years come to an end. If Democrats decide to hitch their star to Hillary, then don't count on my vote. Of the three candidates still in the running, she promises the best chance of a Bush third term.
So why won't Reich endorse? Clearly he favors Obama, no matter how coy he's being....Posted by Howard B. | March 26, 2008 2:29 PM
Why do you say clearly? I would think he thinks Obama and Hillary are both not-too-different centrists. He is mostly interested in economic issues, and a innovative lefty, albeit sometimes contrarian about traditional lefty economics. He might have endorsed Edwards but sees nothing in Obama's economic plans to like anymore than Hillary's?
Can one of the Hillary-philes here explain how she's going to win a the general election by going negative against McCain? When she's already praised him more than she's praised Obama? When her weaknesses - inauthenticity and a thin Senate record among them - are McCain's strengths (perceived or real)?
If Hillary honestly thinks she can use the same tactics against McCain that she's using against Obama, then her judgement is deeply flawed. If instead she recognizes that the only way to beat McCain is to unite Dems and independents around a positive vision for the country, then I'd really like to see her start running that campaign now. Not only would a positive campaign assure that if Obama winds up being the nominee, he won't have been decimated by friendly fire before he even gets nominated, it will also provide the Supers and remaining primary voters evidence of Hillary's ability to win without going negative.
Or, perhaps Hillary's ahead of me, and her campaign is already photo-shopping McCain's head into the picture of Obama in Somali garb, teeing up Gerry Ferraro up to claim that McCain wouldn't be where he is today without the good fortune of being confined in the Hanoi Hilton (and Steinem to say that however rough McCain had it in the Hilton, his wife at home had it worse because she was having to raise kids all by herself while her hubby was seeing the world and tasting exotic cuisines without ever having to worry about doing the laundry or picking up his socks) and getting Ickes started on the arguments he'll use if McCain gets more electoral college and popular votes than Hillary. "Ohio doesn't count because there are too many vowels in the name, Pennsylvania doesn't count becauses Joe Paterno cheats at football", etc.) do count. And when McCain goes below the belt, saying something like "Dems are out of touch, Prius-driving, latte-sipping, Birkenstock-wearing elites who think they're better than you" Hillary can counter with "Yea, well Republicans are a bunch of God-fearing, gun-loving, law-abiding patriots who believe in traditional families, strong national defense and the bedrock values that make America great. So there!"
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Heads in the Sand
Reich's phone is awesome. I think he got it from the set of His Girl Friday.
Posted by oudemia | March 26, 2008 12:18 PM