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Robert Novak’s Jan 3 piece on HRC is a knee slapper if only for the title. That the experience topic as well as HRC being a centrist have remained in the discussion is also quite humorous. Hillary has said more than once that being President does not allow for on the job training. Maybe she should ask the former living Presidents including her husband or do some reading about other Presidents if she thinks Presidents do not learn on the job. Her only experience for her claim of being ready to lead day one is that her former President husband will be there. Which begs the question of who would be leading the country, her or Bill? Sort of a rhetorical question, isn’t it?

HRC’s ‘centrist’ spin or strategy fits nicely with never accomplishing anything on her own or taking any solid positions on an issue. Her campaign gaffe about driver’s licenses for illegals is a good and recent example. It would be fair to say that Edwards and Obama have probably made less mistakes in the campaign than the self-proclaimed experience candidate, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Add to that the miserable attempt at ’showing her softer side’ or ‘trying to look more human’. Can’t help remembering her GOP roots that were abandoned upon meeting William Jefferson Clinton. What does that say about her ability to lead? Will she change her positions based on people who impress her?

It’s not over til the fat lady sings and Iowa is by no means the whole shootin’ match but a poor showing may set up future failures in other contests. Novak made mention of Dukakis placing third in Iowa only to be later nominated. Another recollection was over the boob tube yesterday featuring the stat or trivial pursuit that 3 out of 4 Iowa winners went on to be President. And Dukakis did not do so well in the general. Perhaps that is Senator Clinton’s palm read.

January 03, 2008
Hillary’s Premature Triangulation
By Robert Novak

Hillary Clinton is surely no Howard Dean. Furthermore, Michael Dukakis finished third in Iowa in 1988 and went on to be nominated (as was the case on the Republican side for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1988 after losing Iowa). But Obama winning in Iowa could be fatal for Hillary Clinton. It is believed in Democratic circles that Mark Penn, as the advocate of triangulation, would be the scapegoat, with Bill Clinton leading the trashing of the strategy that helped make him president.

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