In today's
WaPo, James Carville and Mark J.Penn pimp hard for Hillary. The core of their argument is that she has backbone and that women will vote for her. But who will she fight for--other than herself?
Carville and Penn argue that Hillary is strong, smart, and a fighter. She plays to win. And she won't be swiftboated. They're right.
What they leave out is that she's also an inauthentic, calculating triangulator. Her support of a futile anti-flag-burning statute (when flag-burning is practically non-existent) is pandering of the crassest and silliest sort.
Does anybody expect Hillary to raise her smart, strong, voice in defense of a free press? Great that she won't let herself be swift-boated, but not so good that she's keepin her head down while the NYT and LAT are under vicious and coordinated assault. As Frank Rich notes in this morning's NYT, the free press has become the new high-value target for Rove and his minions.
It's not enough to know that Hillary will fight for Hillary. I'm looking for someone who will fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Consitution.