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That’s a near perfect example of why a Clinton vs. Bush campaign would make most Americans tune out entirely. In one of your longest posts here, you discussed nothing but “skeletons in closets” from the past, without even a glance to the future.[/quote]
It was a long post. I had only covered the first 12 points of the Mother Jones article but I stopped because it was already overkill.
Yes, if Hillary is the nominee there will be tons of old -and not old- oppo to hit her with, same with JEB. The voter tune-out will be massive. Now, we know elections with large scale voter tune-out profoundly favor the Republican candidate.
That being said, I think that Hillary will get more of a pass from the media and the public on a lot of that stuff than Jeb will.
That’s hardly the mainstream media I’m familiar with. How many Democrats get a pass?
If only because there is very little about Hilary that hasn’t already been run through the national media grindstone, but much of the Bush stuff has stayed beneath the radar.
JEB will counter every charge with one or two nearly identical charges against Hillary. It will create a vortex of been-there-done-that tune-out the likes we’ve not seen before. The devastating dynamics will favor the Republican candidate simply because of his voters robot-like ability to reliably pull poling levers.
Plus, most people still feel good about the Clinton years, not so much about the W. years.
Not so bad either. GW’s popularity has been on a major upswing.
PRINCETON, NJ – Americans’ views of former president George W. Bush have improved, with 49% now viewing him favorably and 46% unfavorably. Gallup
The electorate is about to be treated to a sex scandal in which Bill Clinton is a key figure. The icky smarmy feelings will all be resurrected just in time to tune out more potential Clinton voters:.
I will toss out this little tidbit for you, too. I think you can close up the shop on the Warren for President bandwagon. With all that happened over the holidays on subjects like Cuba, the collapse of oil prices, etc, we heard not peep one from Warren.
Well, it has only been a couple of weeks since she rattled Washington with her stand against the bad budget bill. And she just took that trip to Israel. Still, she has been speaking out far more frequently that Hillary. As for Cuba, that won’t be an issue in the general election, the electorate isn’t concerned,
“There’s going to be an energy hearing on Wednesday, and right now, the Republicans say they’re going to move forward on the Keystone pipeline.If we’re going to move forward on something how about something that more of us can agree on? A bill that’s about energy conservation, energy efficiency, and about jobs and has strong bipartisan support. There is a place we can start.” Elizabeth Warren
Davey Jones:"As has been pointed out before, her performance in MA vs. Brown was lackluster, considerably under-performing the President in the same election. "
She beat an incumbent senator by 8 points.