Sunday, May 11, 2008

Hillary Clinton's best Shot at the Presidency

Interesting hypothesis. The crux of the idea is that Hillary Clinton's best chance now of winning the White House is to damage Barack Obama enough to ensure a John McCain victory in November. This would thus free up Hillary to run again in 2012 against the incumbent McCain.

While reading it - I couldn't help but think of Ronald Reagan running against Gerald Ford in 1976. Ford believed that Reagan damaged his campaign so much that it allowed Jimmy Carter to win the Presidency. Reagan was then able to beat Carter four years later. Of course Reagan had the advantage of being considered a "true believer" by the core of the Republican Party while Hillary may be viewed as more of a true megalomaniac by the Democratic leadership.

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