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Can Hillary Clinton win in 2008?
BBC NEWS ^ | Saturday, January 20, 2007 | Richard Allen Greene

Posted on 01/20/2007 9:18:45 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Hillary Clinton has finally announced that she is considering running for president in 2008 - a declaration anticipated for the past six years that puts a heavyweight contender into the race.

Senator Clinton has already made history by becoming the first former First Lady to be elected to public office.

But all thoughts will now turn to whether the New York Democrat really has what it takes to become the first woman president of the United States.

It would be foolish to dismiss a woman who sits on an enormous war chest and is backed by some of the best political strategists in the country.

But it would be equally unwise to bet that the US will elect a woman president when the country is at war - much less one who is already reviled by a substantial minority of Americans for her perceived liberalism and association with Bill Clinton.

Warning to Republicans

Mark Corallo, a Republican strategist, reckons she has a good chance of capturing the White House in 2008 - and says he is constantly warning friends against underestimating her.

"Every time a Republican tells me: 'We want [to run against] Hillary', I say: 'Be careful what you wish for'.

"There is no other candidate on either side of the equation that has the instant party organisation and the ability to raise an enormous amount of money.

"She has the two most formidable strategists in the Democratic Party - Terry McAuliffe and Harold Ickes," Mr Corallo says before correcting himself: "No, three, because Bill Clinton is the most formidable. The guy is brilliant."

Mr Corallo, co-owner of the consultancy Corallo Comstock, says only one Democrat could take the party's nomination away from Senator Clinton: Barack Obama, the first-term senator from Illinois.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; hillary; hillaryclinton
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1 posted on 01/20/2007 9:18:45 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

No.


2 posted on 01/20/2007 9:20:18 PM PST by JennysCool (If your attitude's appalling, there's a latitude that's calling)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh... my... god. Can these guys be *any* more up the democratic/clinton butt ? Bill 'brilliant' !? Good lord.


3 posted on 01/20/2007 9:24:24 PM PST by farlander (Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think she can win. Look how close the loathsome Kerry came. It won't take much to put a Dem over the top in 2008. Kerry and Hillary are the two people it would be most painful to see as Commander-in-Chief of the military. Kerry is done but I think Hillary has an excellent chance.


4 posted on 01/20/2007 9:25:12 PM PST by carola
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To: JennysCool
No.

Hell no!

5 posted on 01/20/2007 9:26:21 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well, Her Royal Heinous could win a "dog-faced boy" contest.


6 posted on 01/20/2007 9:27:31 PM PST by quark
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nope!!


7 posted on 01/20/2007 9:28:12 PM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

yes, she can win.

demographic trends are moving against the Rs, especially if they nominate some "litmus test pure" conservative.


8 posted on 01/20/2007 9:29:10 PM PST by oceanview
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To: MinorityRepublican

Bush,Clinton,Clinton,Bush,Bush......Clinton?
I think NOT. American will finally find a way
to "just say NO". The only thing more absurd than that scenario would be if somehow Jeb Bush got in the race and
won the nomination, and it was between them. Ain't gonna happen either way.


9 posted on 01/20/2007 9:30:23 PM PST by supremedoctrine ("Talent hits a target no one else can hit, genius hits a target no one else can see"--Schopenhauer)
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To: MinorityRepublican

YES. SHE CAN WIN.

DO NOT underestimate her.

She has legions of demonic forces from hell in support of her; evidently most of or all the globalists . . . who have also firm control over the next 3-4 front runners in both the GOP and DIMRAT camps.

But she is the absolute worst possible creature to win the PResidency. She'd make Hitler look like a choir boy.

McChurian is little better but significantly less evil.

And Guillani is significantly better than McChurian but far from wonderful.


10 posted on 01/20/2007 9:30:24 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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YES. SHE CAN WIN.

DO NOT underestimate her.

And Obammama is about as bad as she is in values but somewhat slicker, more naive and less seasoned at being evil.


11 posted on 01/20/2007 9:31:13 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: quark

The MSM, ALL THE GOVERNMENT MONEY DISPENSING AGENCIES; THE UNIVERSITIES; THE ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA . . .

ALL ARE FULL of sychophants eager to lick her . . . toes in support.


12 posted on 01/20/2007 9:32:31 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: MinorityRepublican
My Democratic friends tell me they don't want Hillery to run because she is 1) probably not able to win, and 2) is too divisive. They are hoping a more acceptable person without the high negatives becomes the party's nominee.
13 posted on 01/20/2007 9:33:25 PM PST by raftguide
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To: MinorityRepublican

I do not think that America is ready for a woman president, and especially not a Hillary! (TM) She may have buckets and buckets of $$$ but I think that out of necessity she's going to have to take positions too moderate for the screaming leftwingers of the democrat party.


14 posted on 01/20/2007 9:42:56 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Growing old isn't so bad, especially when you consider the alternative!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Hillary Clinton has finally announced that she is considering running for president in 2008 ...

Considering? LOL Real decisive ain't she?

15 posted on 01/20/2007 9:44:23 PM PST by TigersEye (If you don't understand the 2nd Amendment you don't understand America.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

**Can Hillary Clinton win in 2008?**

No, she won't even win the primary.


16 posted on 01/20/2007 9:44:41 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: quark

The fact that she stayed with Bill's antics, lies, affairs and abuse of government tells us all we need to know about her.


17 posted on 01/20/2007 9:45:17 PM PST by Loud Mime ("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
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To: Theresawithanh

Wouldn't it be delicious, though, if a strong 3rd party candidate the moonbats go for comes along and siphons off votes? Mmmmmmmm!


18 posted on 01/20/2007 9:46:20 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Growing old isn't so bad, especially when you consider the alternative!)
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19 posted on 01/20/2007 9:47:43 PM PST by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
declaration anticipated for the past six years that puts a heavyweight contender into the race

More jokes about her thighs.

20 posted on 01/20/2007 9:53:21 PM PST by My2Cents
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