Has Hillary Clinton Already Ruined Her Chances For 2016?
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December 8, 2014|8:47 am
Hillary Clinton has plenty of White House experience. Unfortunately, it's experience at mucking things up. Or, as The New York Times puts it in today's long profile, "Clinton's History as First Lady: Powerful but Not Always Deft." There's lots of juicy material in the Times piece, yet very little that's newthe dramatic opening anecdote included. The Times profile is based on recently released oral histories of the Clinton presidency, but memoirs and investigative biographies have largely covered the same ground.
That is not to say that today's profile is unimportant. On the contrary, the public has never fully digested the uncomfortable truth about Hillary Clinton's disastrous time as First Lady. Both the extent of her power and her gross mishandling of it remain under-appreciated. The truth is hiding in plain sight; buried in an avalanche of books that no one has time to read.
Hillary's defense against revelations about the mess she made of her White House years is that she's a good learner and won't make those mistakes again. The Times makes this point today, yet it's unconvincing. In a public relations fiasco, Hillary once closed down the White House press corridor. Nowadays she has reporters followed to the bathroom. Where's the learning?
The more serious problem is the impossibility of making a co-presidency work. Everything in today's Times story tends to confirm this, yet there is no analysis or acknowledgement of the problem. I tackle the disastrous Clinton co-presidency, as well as the Clintons' inability to learn from and correct their mistakes, in "Deja Two."
The one tidbit in today's Times profile that I don't recall seeing before is that some of the Clinton White House economists who worried about the effects of Hillarycare nicknamed Hillary's team "the Bolsheviks." So maybe the roots of the Tea Party go back to 1993.
This reminds us that Hillary was the Elizabeth Warren of her day, the leader of the left wing of the Democratic Party. I don't think much beyond Hillary's rhetoric has changed. Today's Times profile shows Hillary approving the strategy of Bill running for the White House from the middle. I think Hillary's been running a White House campaign for herself from the middle ever since she stood for the Senate. And just as happened in 1993, a run from the middle will swiftly turn into an attempt to govern from the left. With today's Democratic Party, the real question is whether Hillary can sustain even a run from the center, much less an attempt to govern.
Stanley Kurtz, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. On a wide range of issues, from K-12 and higher education reform, to the challenges of democratization abroad, to urban-suburban policies, to the shaping of the American left's agenda.
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Hillary Clinton: Failed Co-President
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By Eric Bradner, CNN
updated 2:58 PM EST, Sun December 7, 2014
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Washington (CNN) -- George W. Bush might have developed a brotherly relationship with Bill Clinton -- but he's still picking his actual brother, Jeb, over Clinton's wife, Hillary, in a potential 2016 presidential match-up.
The two former presidents have developed a close friendship, with Bush sometimes calling Clinton his "brother from another mother." In an interview, CNN's Candy Crowley asked Bush what that makes Hillary Clinton.
"My sister-in-law," he said.
Hillary and Jeb: How the deciders decide
But when asked whether his brother, former Florida Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, could run against his sister-in-law, the 43rd president said: "Yeah, and I think he'd beat her."
Bush said there's no question Clinton is formidable, but his brother is, as well.
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What G.W. Bush calls Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton tops every top potential GOP presidential contender in the Bloomberg Politics poll released Monday. Another number in the poll may give an indication why she could make such a formidable 2016 opponent: She scores high on the qualities Americans prioritize when they size up presidential candidates.
The new poll tells the story. When given four candidate qualities and asked which is most important to them, 29 percent chose "shares your values"; 27 percent went with "has a vision for the future"; and 26 percent said "is a strong leader."
Coming in fourth with 15 percent is "cares about people like you."
In other words, the public is all over the place on this question. There is no one, dominant answer.
But take a look at how the public rates Clinton on the three most popular responses when pitted head to head against leading Republicans. She tops former Florida governor Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz on all fronts. (She also tops them on the question of who "cares about people like you.")
Take Paul, who is arguably the hottest name on the GOP side right now. The public rates Clinton better on "sharing your values" by a 49 percent to 36 percent margin. On "strong leader," she wins 52 percent to 34 percent. "Caring about people like you" tilts toward the former secretary of state 48 percent to 37 percent. And "vision for the future" is advantage Clinton, 48 percent to 38 percent.
The caveat to all this is that the question about which qualities people care about was not an open-ended one. So it's possible American prioritize other traits more -- and that Clinton is not winning on those traits.
Still, the qualities tested routinely come up as focal points in the presidential elections.
It's worth noting that as Clinton mulls a White House run, she has yet to fully -- or arguably even roughly -- spell out what her overarching campaign theme(s) would be or what her "vision for the Future" would look like, precisely.
But the fact that she already scores high on that question illustrates why she should not be underestimated.
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Heres why Hillary Clinton would be so formidable in 2016
By Ashley Killough, CNN
updated 7:36 AM EST, Mon December 8, 2014
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
(CNN) -- A new poll released Monday indicates Hillary Clinton holds an advantage over five potential Republican opponents in hypothetical match-ups for the 2016 presidential election.
Clinton, however, fails to break past the 50% line when matched against each of the possible Republican contenders, according to the Bloomberg Politics Poll.
If the contest were held today, 45% of likely voters say they would pick the former secretary of state over Mitt Romney, who garners 39%.
She has a 43%-37% advantage over former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and a 42%-36% margin over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
All three of Clinton's margins over Bush, Christie and Romney fall within the sampling error of plus-or-minus 3.6 percentage points.
When matched against Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, however, her lead widens. Forty-six percent of likely voters side with Clinton, compared to 33% who pick Cruz.
In a head-to-head with Paul, who's been aggressive in reaching out to Democrats and independents, Clinton still comes out ahead, 45%-37%.
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Poll: Hillary Clinton ahead in 5 would-be GOP match-ups