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[novapsyche]

Part of me is convinced that Ms. Clinton has Karl Rove on retainer.

Another part sees Mr. Rove's 2008 strategy working: frame the Democratic opposition as solely being about Ms. Clinton, thus creating an echo chamber and a self-fulfilling prophecy where the media focuses solely on Ms. Clinton and fails to even mention her competition by name.

I still maintain that John Edwards has a fantastic chance of turning "conventional wisdom" on its head in Iowa. (I haven't been following New Hampshire, so I can't speak to that arena.)

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[johanna-hypatia.livejournal.com]

At this point I would vote for Countess Erzsébet Báthory if she were the Democratic nominee.

[pstscrpt.livejournal.com]

She really seems like more of a Republican, doesn't she?

[johanna-hypatia.livejournal.com]

No more so than Dianne Feinstein!

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

The national media as a whole seem to think it's a foregone conclusion that the race is going to be Clinton vs. Giuliani. No one else shows up on the radar, even though (IMO) there are better candidates in both parties.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

In Giuliani's case, I would say they're flat-out wrong. I would be surprised if he even comes in second among Republicans.

[jojomojo.livejournal.com]

True - but bear in mind that it's pretty much standard for the early wisdom on primary races to be wrong. If I recall correctly, neither Kerry nor Clinton were frontrunners before the primary elections actually started.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

You're right, sir. I recall Dean as a front runner, before he sunk himself with an angry tirade. He would have been better against Bush too.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Dean actually wasn't angry--he was supposedly fired up, excited. But, as he'd come in third in a competition where he was expected to win, his enthusiasm made him seem like a madman.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

My take: I think Rove is being honest, for once. I think he genuinely believes Clinton is the kind of person who has a realistic chance of being nominated, and her opponents aren't.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Rove is playing off of this trick: Define your opposition before your opposition defines it for you first.

[sarahmichigan.livejournal.com]

I wish Edwards' *wife* was running for Dem candidate. She seems to have a lot of his same stances, but she's even more gay-marriage-friendly. I was just reading about her in The Advocate yesterday.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I hate to say this, but I think the electorate would be very hesitant to vote for someone who has already disclosed that s/he has a terminal disease. Even Cheney had to downplay his heart disease during the 2000 race (and still has to).

That said, Ms. Edwards is certainly a plus for John. She is a very effective stump speaker.

[entheo.livejournal.com]

American politics are the most tortuous in the democratic world.