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SHAKY

I have to admit that the Clintons' (plural possessive) behavior in South Carolina (and a bit in other places, prior) has me reconsidering my support of Hillary.

Believe me. I love Bill Clinton and what he does and has done.

But I do not believe in the infallibility of even the best of men.

I think that he has shown very poor judgement in jumping in so hot and hard on the other Clinton campaign. He even revived the comment "two for the price of one".

I am not sure that is a bargain.

For one thing, if Hillary Clinton cannot handle the heat herself, then why would we want her as president? And don't tell me that the Edwards and Obama spouses have also been in the fray.

Of course they have but not with the fervor or the positional power of a Bill Clinton.

Look. Bill is either the leader or the other leader of the Democratic Party. He wields incredible power from that.

But he must wield the power prudently and judiciously and he has not done that.

Sure. It is politics.

But this is survival politics. For the party, for the country.

We cannot afford more of the same whether that means fielding a candidate who is, justifiably, vulnerable to the kind of attack we know is coming from the other side.

I think Bill actually makes her vulnerable.

Like this. I like Frank Rich. And he is an Obama guy. But he is still very close a good point in this.

The Billary Road to Republican Victory

The other thing is whether we can afford another dual presidency like the one that we have.

Not a VP power but a house power.

Amazingly, this morning, Gary Wills asks the same question in a New York Times Op-Ed.

Two Presidents Are Worse Than One

I am getting shaky on the Clintons.

They better get their shit together before the fifth of February (that is ten days, folks) because that is when I cast my vote.

As concerned about Obama's heft and weight as I am, I am now an almost undecided again. Not good for the Clintons when someone like me gets shaky.

I actually admire the way that Obama (I can still not call him Barack and that is probably a good thing as I do not like first name politics) is handling himself. More and more.

He took on the Clintons and endured their hardest hits. At the same time, he turned their tactics around on them and got a lot of sympathy voting out of it. They say.

Obama Weathers a Test of Mettle

The game the Clintons played in SC is played on slippery ground. There may even be a slope along there somewhere.

I hope that they have gotten the message.

I hope that the new geography of Super Tuesday will mitigate the intense exposure of their tag team kind of politicizing.

But even if it does. We saw it in SC and I worry that we will see it again even after 012009—that fateful date.

Oh. Did you notice that all three of these articles came from the NYT who has endorsed Hillary?

Labels: Democrats, hillary, obama