If Hillary Clinton pursues the Tonya Harding strategy now, will she be electable in 2012?

[LoZoccolo]

Poll question: If Hillary Clinton pursues the Tonya Harding strategy now, will she be electable in 2012?

[saltpoint]

1. She's not electable now.

[Dems Will Win]

3. She will be defeated by Paterson if she tries to run for Governor

So she won't. Dodd will beat her for Senate Majority LEader in January, and then RFK jr. will run for her Senate seat in 2012 and she will just retire.

Clinton is now officially OVER THE HIL.

[saltpoint]

6. Hi, Dems Will Win. I like the idea of Chris Dodd as Majority Leader --

no complaints from me on that at all. Durbin, Dodd -- either would be outstanding, IMO.

RFK JR for the U.S. Senate? Count. Me. In.

[TahitiNut]

17. Oh, I don't know about that. The word "electable" covers a lot of territory.

County commissioner? State Attorney General? Maricopa County Sheriff?

:shrug:

[saltpoint]

18. "Maricopa County sheriff" !!! LOLOLOL!

[TahitiNut]

26. (grin) Maybe Fairfax County is more apropos ...

... since they actually get snipers there. Maybe I was just distracted by the pink underwear.

:evilgrin:

[saltpoint]

27. LOL! Ok, you're killing me here. Laughing this hard is alarming the dog.

[ClassWarrior]

2. I guess her campaign materials will go to waste...

NGU.

[LoZoccolo]

7. lol n/t

[Kahuna]

4. Not just no. But, "HELL NO." nt

[rsmith6621]

5. Hillary is Toast......

....she should be thankful she can pull the wool over the voters of New York...perhaps her and Bill should return to AR in 2010....she is toast.

[eleny]

8. I don't think so

Since yesterday, upon learning how Rudy wants to run for NY State governor, I've been hoping she runs for that office, wins and sends him to political oblivion. New York needs her to save it from Rudy.

[my3boyz]

9. No...if she made a graceful exit (well as graceful as can be after a dirty campaign)

and Obama lost people might think they made the wrong decision and want to give her a chance in 2012.

[Crunchy Frog]

10. She wouldn't get my vote.

I wouldn't vote for her if she was running against Satan himself.

[DemGa]

11. BO is the real Tonya Harding

Sure, it's obvious projection -- BO latched onto the right-wing smears of Clinton for his personal gain very early on. A club to the knees indeed. Of course it was done under the thin veneer of a smug grin -- but done nonetheless.

Yes, it's really BO that is using the Tonya Harding strategy.

[OzarkDem]

16. True, the inferior candidate who uses dirty tricks

to compensate for lack of talent.

[Lerkfish]

22. the "inferior candidate" is defeating your candidate

where does that put your candidate?

I laugh at this just like I did in Halo online, where someone I killed would just shout "newbie!" and I would say, so how does it feel to get killed by a newbie? where does that put YOUR skills?

:)

[cali]

21. bwahaha. I get a kick out of the Orwellian world of hillbots.

[DemGa]

25. But refute the point? Not so much.

[VolcanoJen]

12. At this rate, Chuck E. Cheese could beat her for the nomination in 2012.

I'm With Chuck - 2012!

[Faygo Kid]

13. That "Tonya Harding strategy" line really caught on

Simple, to the point, everyone knows exactly what it means.

Nicely done, I'd say. Although I always thought Nancy Kerrigan was something of a snot.

[LiberalAndProud]

19. Which brings to mind ...

Didn't Nancy win the gold medal? (snot or not)

[LoZoccolo]

20. Actually no; she won the silver and Oksana Baiul won the gold. n/t

[Lerkfish]

Have to agree about Kerrigan

does not minimize the bizarre actions of Harding and co., though.

[TahitiNut]

23. I've found it very useful to describe such tactics for a long time.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=690331&mesg_id=691332

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1894729&mesg_id=1895676

[VolcanoJen]

24. Tonya's goin' down!

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[billyoc]

15. Of course not, she'll be even more hated(yes, it's possible). nt

[kwenu]

28. We won't forget what she is and has done.

[lumberjack_jeff]

29. If Obama succeeds as president, he'll be reelected in 2012.

If Obama fails, a Republican will.

The only scenario in which a Democrat other than Obama is elected in 2012 is if we lose this one. A goal that many Obama supporters seem to be working toward.

Once the party selects a nominee, DU won't put up with any criticism against Obama. I suggest that to prevent the self-destruction we're witnessing now, it not tolerate any directed at other Democrats either.

The only purpose criticism of Gore, Edwards, and other non-combatants has is undermining the party. Once the primary is over, criticism of Hillary (or Bill) falls into the same category.

[mckeown1128]

30. kick. nt