Turns out that the inevitability train hasn’t actually left the station yet: “The main super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton is struggling in its early efforts to line up cash towards a fundraising goal of as much as $500 million, according to sources with knowledge of its fundraising.” The PAC in question is Priorities USA, and it’s apparently still trying to figure out what it name actually means; the Politico article notes that there’s a lot of disputation going on over strategy and goals. There’s probably also a good deal of internal speculation on whether David Brock’s abrupt resignation from the group yesterday was due to… well, it would be impolite for me to suggest that it was paranoia, so I shan’t.
Come, I will conceal nothing from you: Hillary Clinton will eventually raise enough money to allow her to run for President. The donors dragging their heels now will eventually pony up for her, if she becomes the nominee. And the Left will dutifully declare that they are, indeed, ready for Hillary. But they’re not very happy about it, are they? In fact, they sound a lot like we did in 2008 and 2012: all rah-rah in public (albeit without too much affect) and kind of resigned about it all in private*. Like… MoveOn (and savor THAT irony for a moment), they’re actually kind of ready for somebody else. Except that there’s nobody else.
No. Bod. Dee. And that includes that one-term liberal academic Senator from Massachusetts who apparently would need several applications from electric prod before she’d get into this race. All of those descriptors are why she’d lose, of course – but it’s that last one that means the difference between ‘losing’ and ‘losing badly.’ You gotta want the job. You don’t want the job, you won’t get the job.
…Come to think of it: does Hillary Clinton really want the job? Everybody tells me that she does, but I’m not convinced that Clinton has the necessary fire in her belly for it, either. Guess we’ll see!
Moe Lane (crosspost)
PS: Hey, if Hillary Clinton drops out will Jon Stewart come back? …Oh, wait, is the news still too raw? It is? …Hey, if Hillary Clinton drops out will Jon Stewart come back?
*I’d make a comparison between Hillary Clinton in 2015 and Mitt Romney in 2011, except that I personally like Mitt Romney and have no desire to insult him with that kind of comparison.
she’s biding her time till something happens to make her drop out. bill on video with goats, or a convenient stroke. something. she also may want to see her grandkid grow up and being prez would kill her i think. but the insanity once she punts will be wondrous fun 🙂
No. Bod. Dee. And that includes that one-term liberal academic Senator from Massachusetts who apparently would need several applications from electric prod before she’d get into this race.
I hope you’re right … but I think Warren is being groomed for the job. And she would be Historic and Groundbreaking, and a large segment of the population would vote for her because of that. (C’mon, if Condi Rice could vote for Obama, group loyalty obviously can trump sanity.)
How would Fauxcahontas be any more “Historic and Groundbreaking” than Hillary?
” The PAC in question is Priorities USA, and it’s apparently still trying to figure out what it name actually means…”
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“P.U.–the essence of Hillary”
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Because I’m a giver…. 😀
I’m wondering if Hillary’s feeling trapped at this point she doesn’t want to run but there is literally no one else. Maybe her her stint as Sec. of State convinced her that that’s the closest she ever wants to get to the job of President.
Of the many monikers for Hillary, “over-the-HILLary” is among my favorites. Some apply “LIE-awatha” to Warren, but it more aptly fits HRC (ref. all that sniper fire she dodged in Bosnia, and “What difference does it make?”). In the 21st century, it’s all on video…and the oppositional ads should be Super-Bowl-worthy.
The latest news of Bill’s escapades with the cruise director of Pedophile Island won’t serve her well. She carries far too much baggage–and I don’t mean just under her eyes. With such a rich past of corruption and fakery, I actually don’t see her as the nominee. “HRC” really stands for “Her Royal Catastrophe.”
Great post and kindest regards,
CordovaBelle (who wishes she could also post this at RedState.com)
“Of the many monikers for Hillary, “over-the-HILLary” is among my favorites.”
Remember that episode of Doctor Who where he threatened to take down the English Prime Minister with 6 words? (“Doesn’t she look tired to you?”)