Political Punch

The funny thing is...
Hillary has become the thing that attacked her.

My instincts have been right everytime...if you have a good candidate they will either
-be attacked by political machine (old boys - now "girls" network) that exists,
or
-they will be attached by the old political machine that exists
or
-they will be attacked by the old political machine that exists...
or they become part of the political machine and lose anyway.

We are a better country than that. I hope that we are a better country than that. ...and hope and the belief that a country was noble...is noble is the only thing that keeps a nation from falling.

I can't believe how small minded some of these pro clinton posts have gotten.

Fact is guys, Obama can win, Hillary can't. Why? Hillary Clinton will bring out the Republican base in a way that Mcain couldn't even dream of. She is so polarizing. She has her 40-45 % solid support. But she can't broaden her base.

Obama has much broader appeal. And he is generating far more excitement. Obama will bring out black in historic numbers, bring out more young folks.

Obama is much better suited to win the general election than Clinton is!

David

Here's Bill Bradley on NewsHour:

"I think Barack Obama has a much stronger chance of beating John McCain in the general election. I think Hillary is flawed in many ways, and particularly if you look at her husband's unwillingness to release the names of the people who contributed to his presidential library.

And the reason that is important -- you know, are there favors attached to $500,000 or $1 million contributions? And what do I mean by favors? I mean, pardons that are granted; investigations that are squelched; contracts that are awarded; regulations that are delayed.

These are important questions. The people deserve to know. And we deserve, as Democrats, to know before a nominee is selected, because we don't want things to explode in a general election against John McCain."

For Nancy -- If this is a "brains versus brawn" campaign, I'm picking brains this time. We already saw what picking brawn got us: Bush.

yeah, i supported bradley, but the parter went for snore who lost. my instincts have always been right -- all the candidates that the losers in my party have run with whom i was screaming would lose - have lost. obama would lose too. dean should have been the candidate the last time around. instead, stupid dems allowed the media to trash him and they ran....they were doing the same with clinton right until providence intervened: snl, canada-gate, rezko, and the bubble popping out of the meda lovefest. cool. now jesus christ superstar looks, well, like a man, so sayeth miss swann....

The New American Story (Hardcover)
by Bill Bradley (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
He doesn't have an exploratory committee, but the former Democratic senator and one-time presidential hopeful certainly has a platform in this thoughtful policy agenda. Bradley (Time Present, Time Past) scathingly critiques Republican ideology and presents a liberal-centrist program for change that advances a multilateralist foreign policy, spending cuts (including Pentagon sacred cows) and tax hikes to reduce the deficit. There are also detailed, often far-reaching proposals to shore up (not privatize) Social Security and reform private pensions, health care, education and energy policy. His insightful account of the politics of Republican ascendancy and Democratic eclipse in recent decades is coupled with a cogent call for Democrats to "abandon the star system" of celebrity candidates (take that, Hillary and Barack!), develop a coherent governing philosophy and rebuild the party from the grass roots. Bradley's proposals range from the bold—free college tuition for the top third of every high-school class—to the niggling—"Ban trans fats." He loses his nerve on health care, as he won't unequivocally endorse the "Medicare for all" insurance system he obviously prefers. Still, Bradley puts forward a tough, plainspoken indictment of the Republicans and a vigorous and substantive Democratic reform program that deserves to be read and debated. (Apr. 3)
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Steve

Dont hate the Players man.....Dont get Played..

"We know the Clintons are politicians. Hard and cold politicians, but they care about the working class. That is a fact no one can deny."

I'll deny it; they care only about their own power and would throw the poor under a bus in a second if it furthered their goals.

We know the Clintons are politicians. Hard and cold politicians, but they care about the working class. That is a fact no one can deny.

Nancy...I agree wholeheartedly...we wont have time to feel buyer's remorse if we elect Obama, the country will become very unstable and go into Civil War.

Funny you should post this--I was just thinking about Bill Bradley this afternoon--and John Kerry and Michael Dukakis.

I think democrats really make a mistake if they focus too much on Obama's strength in the primary and not enough on the general election. Democrats can't win with another candidate who appeals to the liberal elites but fails to capture the blue collar crowd. Abstractions like "turning the page" and "changing the ways of Washington" won't cut it in the general election. Even adding a super-majority of the African American population won't make up for Obama's failure to capture the core working class contingency. Obama's problem with this crowd is deep seated. Although Hillary has waited tables and "slimed" fish, it's hard to imagine Obama ever doing a hard day's work in his life (fair or not---editing the Harvard Law Review, teaching constitutional law and community organizing is not the type of work that counts here). In contrast to his abstractions, she projects a roll-up-your sleeves-let's get to work attitude. His record in the Senate only compounds the problem--he has missed twice as many votes as she has in the Senate and has never held a substantive hearing in the committee he chairs. His soaring rhetoric and abstractions may win him the nomination, but they will sink him in the general. You're right Jake, we have seen this movie before. Let's not watch it again.

Of course we've seen the Clinton movie too. I think it was pretty good. And as a Democrat who would like to win this time, I would much prefer a Clinton sequel than another painful Bradley/Kerry/Dukakis-type debacle.

All these DNC idiots like Kerry and CNN-Jeff Cafferty are talking about appeasing the young voters and African-Americans and giving the nomination to Obama. They are talking about rioting if Obama is not nominated. So Obama's message is elect me and then we will CHANGE, if not we will riot. Why? What did he unite? What will he need to stop any Civil unrest from happening?

He failed to get the votes of Union members in Ohio. All of them who endorsed him before the Primary. Isnt that farcical?

Mark my words....Hillary is not giving up...OBAMA WILL GIVE UP.

"Jackt51", there is no constitutional barrier which would prevent Obama from running a Presidential campaign after serving as VP for eight years. Obama 2016. Go Obama.

horizonr, please pass the crack pipe. it's not all yours.

http://www.lezident.com

Okay, WCM, so you're going to change the constitution to allow a third term?!?! Wow!!

Thats right, obama will be crushed. He might win the most delegates in the elections, but a primary is more about the party than primaries and caucuses. The party will elect Hillary Clinton. Mark my words. Hillary 2008 and 2012!!!

If Bill Bradley had raised $55 million online in February 2000, he would finishing his second term as president now.

May be the best Jake Tapper posting ever. Let's see what "The Commander Guy" has to say about this one.

Many more posts like this, and -- I assure you -- you will start to lose your audience.

Not because Obama supporters will read this sort of thing as gratuitously anti-Obama -- although they may -- but because it's just not serious.

Being under 40 doesn't give you license to drop little bombs like this, without explanation.

This is an ABC News site. And we're trying to decide a presidential election.

Please respect that.

What are you talking about?