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October 30, 2003
Political Kiss of Death
If you examine his post-presidential record, it sure seems like Clinton has the reverse Midas touch in politics. Clark is falling in the polls, Gray Davis recalled, Jeb Bush re-elected by a huge margin. And then there's this:
Also irking Democratic 2004 wannabes is the way that Clinton from time to time issues words of wisdom on, say, Iraq that undermine their arguments against President Bush. Or pops up in first-voting Iowa, stealing attention, just as his wife will be at a big dinner there on Nov. 15.
You'd almost think he was intentionally trying to keep a Democratic candidate out of the White House in '04....and some people do.
"He's keeping the party unbalanced . . . He will continue to pick and choose his moments to throw other people off their game," adds this activist, convinced Clinton's real agenda is keeping any Dem from a 2004 win so Hillary has a clear field in 2008.
But there's also broad belief among Democrats that despite his public claims of neutrality, Clinton is desperate to stop Howard Dean for fear that he'll yank the Democratic Party too far to the left, damaging it for decades and hurting Hillary's chances in 2008.
That may be the Clinton's plan for the Democratic primary, but that doesn't explain why pretty much every candidate he's supported in state elections has tanked.
Perhaps the people who voted, unlike the people who answer polls, are as sick of him & Hillary as I.
Posted by Rita at October 30, 2003 05:36 AM