Those of us who remember the Clinton years all too well view the coming Democrat primary campaign with a kind of grim pleasure, I admit. Because Hillary is grimly determined to win at all costs. Remember, as Clinton faced impeachment proceedings, he said the Republicans wanted to win too much. It's called projection. No one ever wants to win as much as the Clintons. The last time round they left their party in disarray, because it's always all about them. And as the Democrats seem to have an unusually large number of vanity candidates this year, I have to say Hillary's efforts may be all in a good cause. Because she is by far the most serious and experienced candidate among the group. And I say that not liking her at all, or agreeing with her on any issue.
Jed Babbin, The American Spectator, RCP, has a very astute analysis. Already there have been carefully planted attacks on Obama, Hillary's main competition. (And frankly, I don't think CNN's misspelling Osama as Obama on Wolf Blitzer's show was a mistake. Despite the lefty blogosphere blaming the anti-Obama stuff on some righties, to be fair, the major stuff has most likely come from Hillary's camp.):
What else is there? Team Clinton will make sure we find out. For Clinton, whatever there is won't be enough to make up for her sliding scale position on the war. The Democrats are so far gone on that issue that Clinton will have to toe the Jack Murtha-Nancy Pelosi line sooner or later. The longer she waits, the harder the antiwar faction will be on her. The only other weapon she can use is her pals in the 527 Media. Rumsfeld got off easy compared to how Sen. Obama may fare.Never underestimate the Clintons. Never underestimate the Clintons.
UPDATE: Good graph on 2008 candidates at WSJ. Hat tip ResPublica.
UPDATE: Opposition research AP articles on Obama---state legislature, hot button bills , via Capitol Fax.
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