Hillary: The Nomination is Hers to Lose

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Hillary: The Nomination is Hers to Lose
August 10th, 2005

Everyday we hear more and more about Hillary angling for a presidential run in ‘08. Monday, I noted here that Jeanine Pirro is poised to run against Hillary in the ‘06 Senate race. Personally I think it’s a bit early for Hillary to be pushing for ‘08, it appears I’m not alone…

Nearly all Americans have an opinion about Hillary Rodham Clinton, the junior senator from New York, and if she runs for president, as expected, she will begin her quest for the Democratic nomination well ahead of her rivals. On one point, still with 2-1/2 years to go before the first caucuses or primaries, political analysts agree: The nomination is hers to lose.

She could yet lose it, they add. Just as Democratic voters had second thoughts about Howard Dean’s “electability” on the eve of the 2004 Iowa caucuses, so, too, could the earliest primary voters in 2008 get collective cold feet and opt for a safer choice. “There may be a ‘eureka!’ moment early in 2008, when Demo- crats find a more moderate candidate who can actually win in November,” says Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Hillary, while having name recognition, comes with a lot of baggage–most pollsters agree with that…

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