Teh One Who Knocks
01-13-2022, 11:18 AM
By Monica Crowley - New York Post
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If you thought that after two failed presidential runs, Hillary Clinton would go gently into that good political night, you were sorely mistaken. She is suddenly everywhere, fishing for relevance and dispensing advice to anyone who will listen. She may now be in her mid-70s, but her insatiable ambition hasn’t waned.
In fact, as she watches President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris continue their catastrophic collapse, that old blonde ambition seems to be burning again. In her revenge fantasy, the Democrats come groveling back, begging her to save the day; indeed, some Dems are now openly discussing her as a possible candidate. Her Savior Complex meeting her Martyr Complex would be something to behold.
In her 30 years on the national political scene, she’s never stopped scrambling to be president. She’s spent her entire adult life on a relentless march toward the top job. Along the way, she blazed a trail of failure and shadiness — from Whitewater, her disastrous stab at socialized medicine and the smearing of her husband’s accusers to the shadowy use of a private server while secretary of state and the deadly debacle in Benghazi.
Eaten alive by the double humiliation of losing the presidency twice to men who had a better sense of the political zeitgeist, Clinton never came to terms with the public’s perception of her as a treacherous, entitled striver driven by self-dealing and defined by a deep unlikability that made her wholly unpalatable to the general electorate.
Her inability to see herself clearly keeps her salivating for the White House. She sees Biden and Harris in freefall, a direct result of their obvious incompetence and failing agenda, which have produced a weakening economy, skyrocketing inflation, a labor crunch, a supply-chain crisis, a catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan with Americans left behind, a wide-open border, spiking crime and cities in collapse and COVID as rampant as ever.
To her, this offers an opening. The signs are everywhere.
Clinton is giving interviews in which she continues to bemoan her 2016 fate but also offers a pivot toward the future, warning Democrats against their ruinous embrace of the far left.
“I think that it is time for some careful thinking about what wins elections, and not just in deep-blue districts where a Democrat . . . is going to win,” she told MSNBC recently. “At the end of the day, it means nothing if we don’t have a Congress that will get things done and we don’t have a White House that we can count on to be sane and sober and stable and productive.” With her running things, no doubt.
If you’d like to pay for Clinton’s advice, she’s also conducting a MasterClass, where for about $20 a pop, you can hear her opine on the “power of resilience” with such groundbreaking topics as “organizing a busy life.” As a bonus, you can also watch her tearfully read the election night victory speech she never delivered. She’s practically begging you to picture the “if only.”
Her Twitter feed is dotted with attempts at Clintonian nostalgia. On Christmas, she posted a throwback image of a White House family holiday. On New Year’s, she posted a portrait of herself — from about 30 years ago — sporting sunglasses and a determined grin as she gazed into the future.
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Another tell is her recognition that her inner circle also needs significant image rehabilitation, starting with Bill Clinton, although he may be beyond repair in the Me Too era. Revealingly, her most trusted aide, Huma Abedin, is busy cleaning up her past as wife to serial sexter, former congressman and general letch Anthony Weiner. She’s published her story and given sympathy-engendering interviews.
None of this is a coincidence. Given his advanced age and obvious cognitive challenges, few people realistically expect Biden to seek re-election. This opens the door to a free-for-all primary contest in which Clinton would bigfoot all comers, with two exceptions.
If Michelle Obama were to run, she could easily score the nomination.
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Without Mrs. Obama, the main obstacle would be Harris, who, as the first black female vice president, would be difficult to eliminate, despite her historic unpopularity. To get her to step aside, Democrats would have to make her an offer she couldn’t refuse — and they’d need to do it soon, before the Congress that must approve a vice presidential replacement likely flips to GOP control after the midterm elections.
In this scenario, if Clinton could overcome challenges from other aspirants such as Stacey Abrams, she could step in as VP, perhaps even replacing Biden before 2024; either way, she’d be running as an incumbent.
If Harris stays in office and runs, she’d sink fast, as she did during the 2020 cycle. If Clinton (and others) ran, it would be an identity politics feeding frenzy, but Clinton could position herself as the known quantity. Failed but known.
Sound far-fetched? Maybe. But Democrats know they have a big problem heading into 2024, and they’re desperate for a viable solution. Clinton’s public moves indicate she’s aware of this predicament too — and despite repeated rejections from the American people is preparing to try to make the third time the charm.
https://i.imgur.com/VfJ9CdK.jpg
If you thought that after two failed presidential runs, Hillary Clinton would go gently into that good political night, you were sorely mistaken. She is suddenly everywhere, fishing for relevance and dispensing advice to anyone who will listen. She may now be in her mid-70s, but her insatiable ambition hasn’t waned.
In fact, as she watches President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris continue their catastrophic collapse, that old blonde ambition seems to be burning again. In her revenge fantasy, the Democrats come groveling back, begging her to save the day; indeed, some Dems are now openly discussing her as a possible candidate. Her Savior Complex meeting her Martyr Complex would be something to behold.
In her 30 years on the national political scene, she’s never stopped scrambling to be president. She’s spent her entire adult life on a relentless march toward the top job. Along the way, she blazed a trail of failure and shadiness — from Whitewater, her disastrous stab at socialized medicine and the smearing of her husband’s accusers to the shadowy use of a private server while secretary of state and the deadly debacle in Benghazi.
Eaten alive by the double humiliation of losing the presidency twice to men who had a better sense of the political zeitgeist, Clinton never came to terms with the public’s perception of her as a treacherous, entitled striver driven by self-dealing and defined by a deep unlikability that made her wholly unpalatable to the general electorate.
Her inability to see herself clearly keeps her salivating for the White House. She sees Biden and Harris in freefall, a direct result of their obvious incompetence and failing agenda, which have produced a weakening economy, skyrocketing inflation, a labor crunch, a supply-chain crisis, a catastrophic withdrawal from Afghanistan with Americans left behind, a wide-open border, spiking crime and cities in collapse and COVID as rampant as ever.
To her, this offers an opening. The signs are everywhere.
Clinton is giving interviews in which she continues to bemoan her 2016 fate but also offers a pivot toward the future, warning Democrats against their ruinous embrace of the far left.
“I think that it is time for some careful thinking about what wins elections, and not just in deep-blue districts where a Democrat . . . is going to win,” she told MSNBC recently. “At the end of the day, it means nothing if we don’t have a Congress that will get things done and we don’t have a White House that we can count on to be sane and sober and stable and productive.” With her running things, no doubt.
If you’d like to pay for Clinton’s advice, she’s also conducting a MasterClass, where for about $20 a pop, you can hear her opine on the “power of resilience” with such groundbreaking topics as “organizing a busy life.” As a bonus, you can also watch her tearfully read the election night victory speech she never delivered. She’s practically begging you to picture the “if only.”
Her Twitter feed is dotted with attempts at Clintonian nostalgia. On Christmas, she posted a throwback image of a White House family holiday. On New Year’s, she posted a portrait of herself — from about 30 years ago — sporting sunglasses and a determined grin as she gazed into the future.
1476941183083548687
Another tell is her recognition that her inner circle also needs significant image rehabilitation, starting with Bill Clinton, although he may be beyond repair in the Me Too era. Revealingly, her most trusted aide, Huma Abedin, is busy cleaning up her past as wife to serial sexter, former congressman and general letch Anthony Weiner. She’s published her story and given sympathy-engendering interviews.
None of this is a coincidence. Given his advanced age and obvious cognitive challenges, few people realistically expect Biden to seek re-election. This opens the door to a free-for-all primary contest in which Clinton would bigfoot all comers, with two exceptions.
If Michelle Obama were to run, she could easily score the nomination.
https://i.imgur.com/A7TCe1El.jpg
Without Mrs. Obama, the main obstacle would be Harris, who, as the first black female vice president, would be difficult to eliminate, despite her historic unpopularity. To get her to step aside, Democrats would have to make her an offer she couldn’t refuse — and they’d need to do it soon, before the Congress that must approve a vice presidential replacement likely flips to GOP control after the midterm elections.
In this scenario, if Clinton could overcome challenges from other aspirants such as Stacey Abrams, she could step in as VP, perhaps even replacing Biden before 2024; either way, she’d be running as an incumbent.
If Harris stays in office and runs, she’d sink fast, as she did during the 2020 cycle. If Clinton (and others) ran, it would be an identity politics feeding frenzy, but Clinton could position herself as the known quantity. Failed but known.
Sound far-fetched? Maybe. But Democrats know they have a big problem heading into 2024, and they’re desperate for a viable solution. Clinton’s public moves indicate she’s aware of this predicament too — and despite repeated rejections from the American people is preparing to try to make the third time the charm.