August 28, 2007

CLINTON: Revenge, A Dish Best Served Caliente

Open Left's Chris Bowers crunches the numbers on general election match-up polling to determine if there is any evidence to back up claims that Hillary Clinton is less electable than Barack Obama and John Edwards. Bowers concludes: "In short, across the board I don't think that there is any clear evidence pointing to Hillary Clinton as less electable than Barack Obama and John Edwards at this time."

DailyKos' founder Markos Moulitsas links and adds: "I'd take Obama, Edwards, Dodd, and Richardson (not in that order) before I would vote for Hillary in my primary ballot. BUT, that doesn't meant that "she's not electable" line of attack against her isn't bulls**t. The data definitely does not bear that out. My argument against her, aside from her mushiness on Iraq and refusal to acknowledge her mistake in voting to authorize this war, is that she could hurt Democrats down-ticket. But as for her electoral chances, they are just as good if not better than any of the other top-tier Democrats and probably the second tier as well."

At MyDD, Todd Beeton notes that if Michael Chertoff is selected to replace AG Alberto Gonzales, Clinton opposition to Chertoff's confirmation would serve as "sweet revenge" for Chertoff's role in '90s Whitewater investigations.

CLINTON II: S-CHIPing Her Way To Universal Health Care

Reporting from The Livestrong Forum in Cedar Rapids, IA, MyDD's Nate Willems says Clinton's "best moment" came when she promise to "end the war against science led by the Bush Administration." Also talking HRC and health care at MyDD, George P cites Gallup data showing Dems trust Clinton health care more than any other Dem and adds: "She has done a great job with S-CHIP, and what better "training on the job" for Universal Health Coverage than working on and pushing through that program?"

Posted by Conn Carroll at August 28, 2007 01:01 PM