GOP Insiders: Hillary Strongest Candidate

[William769]

All those Republicans who say they are begging for Hillary Rodham Clinton to be the Democrats' presidential nominee? Don't believe 'em.

National Journal asked its panel of Republican insiders and found more than half (52 percent) think Clinton would be the "strongest general election candidate" Democrats could put up. Trailing well behind, former Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama were the choice of 18 percent each.

http://video1.washingtontimes.com/dinan/2007/09/all_those_republicans_who_say.html

[cobalt1999]

1. To the republicans who are begging for Hillary...

"Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it."

[bluestateguy]

4. In 1980, a lot of Democratic insiders were hoping for Ronald Reagan

They thought him to be too right wing, too inexperienced, and too trigger happy to be electable.

[Totally Committed]

7. To the Democrats who say, "Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.":

If you think all of this "Hillary is the strongest candidate" hoopla isn't bullsh*t, I say -- "Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it."

If they were really afraid of her, they'd NEVER say she was the strongest, never in a million years.

TC

[cobalt1999]

10. Personally, I don't care what the republicans want or who they are afraid of.

By automatically doing the opposite of what we think they want, they are, in effect, controlling your vote.

The "they don't want this person, so that's who I'll vote for" mentality is silly. I'll never let them influence who I vote for.

[truebrit71]

11. Thank you! The reason they want her is they KNOW they can beat her...

...it'll be like the good 'ole days.. Clinton-hate-fest 24/7...

No thanks....

[zulchzulu]

2. What a laugh

Someone I know who is very much on the inside with the RNC would love you to believe that... also linking a Reverand Moon publication is about as nauseating as a Murdoch publication...

:rofl:

[nxylas]

3. So the Moonie Times says that Republicans don't want Hillary

And that before, when they said that they did, it was just a bluff. But the Moonie Times is a Republican paper, so this could be a double bluff. Or is it a triple bluff? My head hurts.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. It must be too early to accidently leak their debate prep notes.

[jefferson_dem]

6. Oh ... "Please don't throw me in the briar patch!"

Say the Brer Rabbit Repukes...

[Captain Hilts]

8. People think women vote as a bloc, and they do not. However, ...

smart Republicans fear that enough suburban 'security moms' will turn and vote for HRC. It wouldn't take the defection of many to push the Dems over the top.

[Missy M]

9. They are basing this on her polling numbers....

yet some insist there is some deep, dark reasoning behind it.

[sufrommich]

12. One need only listen to 10 minutes

of right wing radio to know that their mouthpieces are already obsessively bashing her at every turn .Sean Hannity is practicallty foaming at the mouth at this point They are afraid.

[emilyg]

13. He even has a billboard bashing her on hwy. 78

if it wasn't so high up (I'm short) would be throwing tomatoes and eggs at it.