Presidential politics 101 by Jim Splaine

I have written about it in more detail before, but I'll say it again in this shorter but begging message to her campaign management: Let Hillary Be Hillary. Please. She will not win this one by being overly-managed, by giving focus-group designed, poll-driven, politically-correct answers, or by talking about 1990s "experience."

What we have seen lately is not the Hillary Clinton many of us think we know and have been before. And the Hillary Clinton we have watched on the campaign trail these past few months is not what we have seen these past few years in the United States Senate. Something happened when she hired all these Washington-based consultants.

To Hillary Clinton, if I may be so bold: Starting Friday at 12:01 AM until the polling begins in the New Hampshire First-In-The-Nation Presidential Primary, you have just exactly 96 hours. That's 5,760 minutes. Don't waste any of those minutes with your slogans or the meaningless ads your managers have put on television. Spend time talking "with" us, not "to" us. Talk with us about your vision in these next few hours.

Give us your hopes and dreams. Display your courage. Please don't pass up this opportunity to be the Hillary Clinton that can be a great President.

Comments

Yes Hillary...be yourself...be the deceitful and mean Hillary Clinton who only cares about power and who will do or say anthing to get elected!

Posted by: michaelcharles | January 4, 2008 04:37 PM

And tell us how to make $100,000 from a $1 stock trade... "I don't recall" is not an answer I want to hear again. Oh yeah and tell us how you were named after the first man to climb Mt. Everest when he did it after you were born, tell us more lies Hillary we love them, and were too stupid to possible recall such things.

You power hungry witch I hope you never ever get elected go ABC... Anyone but Clinton

Posted by: dolphinman | January 4, 2008 05:21 PM

Hillary is being to nice and needs to go after obama's inexperience.

Hillary needs to attack
Obama's inexperience on foreign policies.

Her campaign manager is not doing a good job.

Obama and Edwards are getting much media coverage than Hillary and Hillary needs to work hard to win new hamphire.

Posted by: zigzag | January 4, 2008 07:55 PM

What experience does Hillary have? What did she do in the Senate? What did she do that was so great as first lady?

If someone knows of website that lists her accomplishments (not her husbands) then please post it.

Posted by: rottengirl | January 4, 2008 09:33 PM

If Clinton wins, would Justice Clinton be far behind?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/04/justice.clinton/index.html?eref=rss_politics

The problem HRC has is her campaign stands for nothing. Obama stands for change and Edwards stands for helping the lower and middle classes.
The only point HRC seems to make is she should be President because she is entitled to the position. She feels entitled to the Presidency by the fact that she lived in the White House and wants to move back into the mansion and have the privileges that come with living there once again for eight more years. Needless to say the public and electorate could care less about indulging her standard of housing and ego needs.

Posted by: kip peyser | January 5, 2008 05:25 AM