I voted for Hillary Clinton during the 2008 Kentucky Primary. It was not an easy choice for me. While I strongly disagreed with Hillary Clinton's voting for the Iraq War and her continued insistence that it was not wrong, I thought she might be a more palpable candidate in the general election. In other words, I thought a woman stood a better chance than a biracial candidate.
Yes, I was dead wrong.
With that being said, I was watching MSNBC today (a mistake for several reasons), and once again someone brought up for discussion the latest Benghazi email release from the White House with a Republican adviser to Rick Santorum. You can guess what the former Santorum adviser had to say about Hillary Clinton. However, Benghazi is not Hillary Clinton's biggest obstacle to another White House run. It is her political judgement that is her biggest worry.
I look back to Hillary's run in 2008 and some of her positions on the income inequality, and I see the same overly cautious, out of touch, and let's face it, arrogance that affects her political decision making. For starters, both Bill and Hillary have this need to pick advisers who tell them what they want to hear.
With Bill it was the loathsome Dick Morris, and for Hillary it was that member of the Loser's Brigade Mark Penn. It appears that Penn was one of those advising Hillary to never apologize about her Iraq War vote. Also, he counseled a "status quo" campaign. Obviously, this advice was what Hillary wanted to hear because she was now a member of the political establishment.
While even other Democrats who were stupid or cowardly enough to vote for the Iraq War finally came around to admitting the obvious, Hillary Clinton has stuck firm and never apologized for her support of the Iraq War. God forbid that a politician should admit error, especially when it got people killed. To me, it shows a definite rigidity and arrogance on Hillary's part.
But even if you turn the page on the Iraq War vote, Hillary is now running around taking money from Wall Street and telling them what they want to hear. Wall Street is not to blame for the economic mess, and we need you guys. Love, love, love to you all.
Given the Clinton's wealth, Hillary didn't need the speaking fee, and she didn't need to run up and massage the poor little egos of Wall Street bankers. This is another sign of status quo lite thinking with Hillary. At a time when Wall Street is viewed with disdain by most voters, especially Democrats, why would anyone feel the need to go kiss Wall Street's ass in public?
For those who believe in Hillary Clinton, it will be pointed out that my own political judgement on who can win an election is questionable. Fair enough. But I do know that Benghazi is in no way going to stand in her way of winning the Democratic nomination, nor do I think it will matter to the electorate at large. Hillary's other political decisions will make or break her ambitions.