It is the Clintons who need to "Chill Out"

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:04 PM EDT

Article Source: RealClearPolitics

politics, obama, barack-obama, election, democrats, hillary-clinton, campaign, primary

... But there is a more immediate decision for her to make: As long as she is in the race, how will Clinton choose to win? The Clinton campaign needs to examine not what this fight has done to Obama, but what it is doing to her....

Bill Clinton's approach to the South Carolina primary, the Clinton campaign's effort to ignore everything it once said about the irrelevance of the Florida and Michigan primaries, Hillary Clinton's willingness to say (or imply) that John McCain is more prepared to be president than Obama -- all this and more have created a ferocious backlash against the Clintons. The result is that when the word "Clinton" crosses their lips, many Democrats sound like Ken Starr, Bob Barr and the late Henry Hyde.

"Chill out" is good advice. Hillary Clinton has every right to keep fighting. But her campaign has suffered from a ricochet effect. Attacks aimed at her opponent and efforts to exaggerate her experience have weakened rather than strengthened her claim to the nomination.

This is obviously a problem for Hillary Clinton herself, but it is also very bad for a Democratic Party that cannot afford to see the entire Clinton legacy discredited.

Published to:

Pavilion's Column, All of Newsvine
Groups: ObamaExpress, ObamaVine
Regions: none

What's this?

Who's leading the conversation?

This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.

6.2

{"commentId":1644307,"authorDomain":"1stcontact"}

Pavilion

Excellent analysis of WHY so many people are SO ANGRY at the Clintons.

{"commentId":1644307,"threadId":"243683","contentId":"1404135","authorDomain":"1stcontact"}

3 votes

#1 - Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:05 PM EDT

{"commentId":1644357,"authorDomain":"We-The-People"}

Independent Rob

Yes, it is a very good article. I have lost so much respect for the Cintons, from Bill all the way down to the 28 year old Chelsea, who the press promotes as a little girl being victimized. Why anyone would want these people running our country in this time of our history, is beyond me. 28 years of Bush\Clinton two family rule.

{"commentId":1644357,"threadId":"243683","contentId":"1404135","authorDomain":"We-The-People"}

5 votes

#2 - Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:19 PM EDT

{"commentId":1644789,"authorDomain":"roybatty"}

Roy Batty

This is obviously a problem for Hillary Clinton herself, but it is also very bad for a Democratic Party that cannot afford to see the entire Clinton legacy discredited.

If the Democratic Party feels that preserving the "Clinton Legacy" is important, they need to step in and do something about it.

I'm not sure I even know what the "Clinton Legacy" is, or why it seems to be important.

{"commentId":1644789,"threadId":"243683","contentId":"1404135","authorDomain":"roybatty"}

3 votes

#3 - Tue Apr 1, 2008 4:10 PM EDT

{"commentId":1645552,"authorDomain":"We-The-People"}

Independent Rob

The only legacy I know of, is all the scandal in the whitehouse. And Hillary being portrayed as a victim, from which she still benefits.

{"commentId":1645552,"threadId":"243683","contentId":"1404135","authorDomain":"We-The-People"}

4 votes

#3.1 - Tue Apr 1, 2008 8:01 PM EDT

{"commentId":1645593,"authorDomain":"objectivity"}

KEEPING IT REAL!Deleted

{"commentId":1645943,"authorDomain":"curiousstranger"}

Curious Stranger

Great article! I was about to seed it from TNR, but magically, the Newsvine dupe-detector, which can't seem to distinguish between the same NY Times articles with different query strings somehow detected this same article posted to Real Clear Politics. Congrats Newsvine Dupe Detector!

{"commentId":1645943,"threadId":"243683","contentId":"1404135","authorDomain":"curiousstranger"}

1 vote

#4 - Tue Apr 1, 2008 10:42 PM EDT

{"commentId":1646328,"authorDomain":"cpaul44"}

cecil paul

The Clintons have become the nemesis of the Democratic Party. In fact many Democrats view them as a third party.( The Clintons and Friends Party) which is closer to the Republicans than the Party they aspire to lead. Even, if by a miracle, she gets the nomination, it is doubtful that Hillary and Bill can unite the Democrats for the General Election battle. The Democrats have erroneously made the Clintons into larger than life figures and are paying for this mistake.The Party leaders need to take a strong position against this negativity that is weakening the Party. The Super Delegates must urgently endorse Obama and signal to the Clintons that Hillary must withdraw. The Clintons are not above the Party and certainly not above the interests of the American People. Failing which, rank and file Americans will pay a heavy price for another 4 years of Bush's policy in the form of John MC Cain.

{"commentId":1646328,"threadId":"243683","contentId":"1404135","authorDomain":"cpaul44"}

2 votes

#5 - Wed Apr 2, 2008 2:19 AM EDT

{"canLink":false,"threadId":"243683","isPrivate":false}

Women Push Back in Support of Clinton	Associated Press	Sun Mar 30	81
Clinton Vows She's In It Until Convention	ABC News	Mon Mar 31	8
Is time on Clinton's side in Pennsylvania?	CNN	Wed Apr 2	6
Clinton Says Obama Wants to Stop Votes	hosted.ap.org	Mon Mar 31	2
Key Clinton backer: "Obama will win"	CNN	Tue Apr 1	3

PAVILION

Backyard

It is the Clintons who need to "Chill Out"

Published to:

FUN STUFF:

COMPANY STUFF:

LEGAL STUFF: