John Kerry was not killed by his flip flops. He was rated the most liberal senator, i.e., more liberal than Hillary (who voted for the war and funding it by the way),and still garnered 251 electoral votes. It was a very close election despite the 3 million vote difference. Kerry was killed by the SBVFT, despite being called "dishonorable and dishonest" by McCain and being condemned indirectly by the White House, which wanted all 527s muzzled.
I think you are naive if you believe that "no one can fool the majority of voters by changing their true colors." Bill Clinton did it twice.
America is not yet ready for a woman President, and for sure America is not ready for a left wing liberal woman like Hillary Clinton to be President. Hillary will do terribly among women voters, worse than any other Democrat before her. The majority of women do not like to see another woman in the most powerful post in history of mankind, the Presidency of the United States, and that is the woman nature. I know a bunch of young liberal women from Massachusetts who despise Hillary Clinton and cannot stand her, and they are ready to vote for a Republican like Guliani if both a the respective candidates of their party.
You can posit all the personal opinions you want about America not being ready for a woman President, but the polls show otherwise. Any anecdotal stuff about young liberal women in Mass being against Hillary is just that, anecdotal. Hillary will win Mass regardless along with NY, California, Illinois, Michigan, and all the other states won by Kerry and/or Gore. It will again boil down to a few key states and who the GOP nominee is.
What we are going to see from some conservative corners, some on FR like yourself, is the overrating of Hillary Clinton beyond belief, and she they will keep telling us that she is the most formidable Democrat candidate to ever run for President...
I have never said that Hillary can't be beat or that she is the most formidable Dem to run for President. That is nonsense. Hillary is a strong candidate for all of the reasons I have enumerated. She will not be running against an incumbent President, have lots of money, a top flight political organization, name recognition, and the ability to turnout minority and women voters. Faced with the possibility of permanent minority status, the Dems will do everything they ca to win this one. If the GOP nominates a Bob Dole like candidate, it will be no contest.
We have seen all the gloom and doom scenarios in 2004 coming from some conservatives regarding Kerry and the Democrats crushing us, and we all know what happened.
What happened with Kerry? Kerry was such a poor candidate with so much baggage, he should have been beaten soundly by an incumbent wartime President. Instead, Kerry received the second highest number of votes in history and narrowly missed being elected President with 251 electoral votes. He won every state Gore did except Iowa and New Mexico and won NH, which Gore lost. I repeat, I was not one of those who thought Kerry would win. I was very surprised that he made it that close.
In terms of electoral politics, America is a divided country. Both parties start out with a solid bloc of votes and fight for several key states.
In 2008 if Hillary run for President, we will see the "clowning" of American politics. Some people on this thread already made comments about her screeching voice and her laughable attempt to move the crowds. Write on a piece of paper: "Hillary Clinton is a joke".
What I am afraid of is that the joke may be on us. The first mistake would be to underestimate her.
She is to the left of most.
What is Hillary Clinton stand on taxes?
She is to the left of most.
What is Hillary Clinton stand on judges?
She is to the left of most.
What is Hillary Clinton stand on Health care?
We all remember what happened to Hillary Clinton helathcare plan during her husband administration. Vote 99:0 against it in the US Senate.
Regarding the women vote for Hillary, even this poll tell us that more women will vote against her than for her.
The extreme overrating of Hillary Clinton has already started, unfortunately some conservatives are contributing to this, under the pretext of " do not underestimate her".