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Posted on 03/08/2003 10:11:31 PM PST by kattracks
An unexpectedly strong early showing by Democratic Party presidential hopeful Rev. Al Sharpton has party faithful looking to Hillary Clinton to rescue Democrats in 2004.
With charismatically challenged candidates like Sens. John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and John Edwards leaving audiences yawning - and Sharpton wowing crowds wherever he shows up - "U.S. News and World Report" predicts:
"If a favorite other than Sharpton doesn't become obvious by late fall, look for a strong effort to draft Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton."
"The Iowa Democratic Party," says the magazine's "Washington Whispers" column, "is already thinking that. We hear it wants Clinton as the featured speaker at an annual fall event--an invite that's irked Sen. John Kerry."
Democratic strategists fear that Sharpton "could actually score big" in the South, reports "Whispers." Others predict that the radical reverend could even win the South Carolina primary.
Last week, NewsMax.com's report that Sharpton is the presidential frontrunner among New York City Democrats in a recent Zogby International survey sent usually reliable party organs like the Washington Post into fits of apoplexy.
"Truth is, at this point, polls really don't mean much of anything," huffed the Post's Terry Neal, who, along with the rest of his media colleagues, was doing his best not to notice the Sharpton coup until NewsMax spilled the beans.
Mr. Neal, however, failed to explain why his paper and so many others keep commissioning, let alone reporting on, all those early, meaningless presidential polls.
The fact is, Rev, Sharpton is the nation's most popular presidential candidate among black voters, according to a separate Time/CNN poll. And if his supporters can't be convinced to support a white Democrat come Nov. 2004, the party's presidential prospects are toast.
No wonder party insiders are looking to the wife of "America's first black president" to save the day.
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He's lying...
"I'll show dat suckah Clintun who de first Black president be."
....yeah, his lips were moving......
I am just stating Hillary's heart-felt (if she even has one) ambition. Underestimating the Clinton's gave us the Clinton's in the first place. If we understand the enemy's motivation we will be in a better position to fight. Saying it will never happen is just what she wants you to think.
The North Koreans did not go to see him because he was somebody with whom they could talk. They were sent by Red China to make Bill Richardson look good.
He is going to be Hillary's military advisor; he is setting up to appear as easily qualified to take Dick Cheney's spot. By the time of the Democrat Convention, people will think that Bill Richardson is a military genius who would rather wage peace, first; and, he will not have been against President Bush.
That's the big tip, here.
The other contenders are going to be seen as being anti-Bush as Commander in Chief and not really in support of our military men and women, while Bill Richardson will be seen as being pro-Bush as Commander in Chief and definitely pro-military ... just having a difference of opinion on how to proceed against the terrorists.
Bill Richardson is almost running as John F. Kennedy, but for the Vice-President's spot. He's looking and sounding smart, and he's looking and sounding capable.
Hillary Clinton and The [formerly Democrat] Party have examined the public-desired traits of John McCain and are marketing them in the public persona of Mr. Richardson.
Much that Hillary needs to override her obvious weakness as well as wardrobe of limousine - liberal - lawyer - lackeys.
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I'm on board, even though I will have to change my registration since MD doesn't have an open primary.
I've written to both of my RAT Senators and to Kerry, LIEberman, Edwards and Graham that there was just such a movement underway in order to punish the RATs for the Estrada filibuster.
The current slate of Democratic contenders are political lightweights, who would yield to Hillary in a heartbeat.
Only one man stands in the way of her presidential ambitions: George W. Bush.
If enough public sentiment can be turned against him (from a negative outcome of the Iraq war or a serious downturn in the economy), Hillary will pounce.
And a Hillary presidency would be the country's worst nightmare.
We must be ever vigilant.
If he does become Hill's running mate, I wonder if journalists will use the term gravitas a thousand times a day for the next month.
A curious movement indeed which never says a word about Saddam.
A curious movement indeed which never said a peep about Clinton's military atrocities, including the murder of 3000 Serb civilians in his air war.
With a thud!
This guy really has absolutely no grasp of Economics. I heard him tell Bill how he was going to solve the unemployment problem. By hiring a lot of people to work for public projects. In Al's simplistic world, taxpayers will gladly pay for it all.
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