While on my occasional sludge-trudge through Freeperville, I came across
the latest musings from Dick Morris' crystal ball:
Suddenly, thankfully, it does not seem that Hillary Clinton is on an automatic trajectory to become the next Democratic nominee for president. Two recent polls suggest problems that may loom in her path.
From New York state comes the latest John Zogby poll, forecasting a race for the Senate instead of a cakewalk. For the first time since GOP wannabe Jeanine Pirro dropped out of the race, polls indicate that New Yorkers hare having second thoughts about re-electing Hillary.
While the former first lady was leading her main opponent, John Spencer, 61-31 in Zogby's Jan. 13 poll, her lead is down to 54-33 in his survey of March 27.
If Dickie thinks 54-33 is a "race," I would like some of what he is smoking. Nonetheless, her polling slide is a phenomenon deserving of some attention and analysis.
He/it continues:
Zogby reflects increases in Hillary's negatives across the board -- among Democrats, Republicans and independents. He also shows a sharp drop in moderate and conservative support for Hillary, an indication that the shrill tone of her national attacks on the Bush administration and all things Republican is destroying the carefully cultivated bipartisan image she has sold to New York.
The drop in New York is especially interesting since Spencer has yet to wage any campaign. He has not advertised or been heavily covered by the left-leaning Empire State press corps. Hillary is dropping on her own.
I guess that this is what they mean by "hers to lose."
Of course Hillary is dropping on her own. If she were astute, she would examine these numbers in the context of her recent triangulation to the right, and realize what we have all known for years: that there is no THERE there. There are seven moderates left in America today, and they are all too afraid to leave their homes to vote.
And on the national level, a revealing insight comes from the Marist Poll of Feb. 22. The survey reported that Hillary finished a far-ahead first among her rivals for the Democratic nomination, getting 40 percent of the Democratic primary vote to former vice-presidential nominee John Edwards's 16 percent and Sen. John Kerry's 15 percent.
But, with Al Gore figured into the race, Hillary's vote share dropped to 33 percent, with the former vice president at 17 percent, Edwards at 16 percent and Kerry at 11 percent. A 33-17 lead over Gore sounds a lot more shaky than 40-16 over Edwards. (And remember, Gore has not even hinted at a candidacy. Once he does -- if he does -- his numbers are likely to increase rapidly.)
Are you listening, Mrs. Clinton? In your lust to be everything to all people, you just lost 18% of the people to whom you meant something. And what did you pick up along the way? Less than nothing.
Here's something you need to learn about liberals and progressives, Hill: we're right. We were right all along, and even though it's taken a mangled clusterfuck of Republican mismanagement to show most Americans the light, most Americans now see the light. It is clear, it is bright, and it will shine brightest on those who lead with clarity and strength of conviction. Those who lead with calculation and compromise will be left at the altar, as it should be.
In case you were wondering what Freepers thought of this article, they are one confused and conflicted bunch. What they seem to agree on:
- She has a fat ass
- She had Vince Foster murdered
- They want her to lose, but not yet...
But we want Hitlery to become the Democratic nominee. We just don't want her to win the November election.
Time to back off, Hillary. Do the Senate thing for a while. You have a lot to learn.