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Is This A Joke?
Is someone at the New York Times getting pwned or is this for real?
Despite her enduring popularity, a formidable fund-raising network and near unanimous support from her party, Mrs. Clinton, Republican leaders believe, is vulnerable to appearing a has-been.
Perhaps in the Democratic primary and certainly in the general election, theres going to be an argument that the time for a change of leadership has come, said the Republican strategist Karl Rove. The idea that were at the end of her generation and that its time for another to step forward is certainly going to be compelling.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/us/politics/republicans-paint-clinton-as-old-news-for-2016-presidential-election.html?smid=tw-share
For a party trying to make inroads with women voters, calling Hillary Clintons age into question seems a dubious strategy. But also:
The party that constantly invokes the sainted name of the long-dead Ronald Reagan, the oldest president ever elected, questions Hillary Clintons age?
The party whose base shows up wearing Revolutionary War costumes is questioning how current the likely Democratic Party candidates are?
The party whose White House hopes rest with Jeb Bush, brother of the last failed Republican president and son of a failed Republican president before that, is throwing around words like change of leadership and end of a generation?
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Hilarious!
Seriously, they just dont have a clue, do they?
the rest:
http://southernbeale.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/is-this-a-joke/
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)too and wondered if that was all they had. Katty Kay said she certainly did not want some Cuban 30ish-year old (Rubio) leading the country...LOL..
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)I mean I don't know what other arrows they have in their quiver, but particularly if they focus on her generation as well as her age it might well resonate.
I think we will lose the white house in 2016 anyway; nobody is set up as an heir to Obama, and the base is pretty restive at this point. The Republican Bench isn't strong either (and they keep shooting themselves in the foot) but in a wide open race I think they will find someone.
Bryant
leftstreet
(36,078 posts)The GOP has no one who can beat her
Maybe he's just prepping for his face-time