Comments on: Post-Pennsylvania thoughts http://nealo.com/2008/04/22/post-pennsylvania-thoughts/ a collection of editorial cartoons by neal obermeyer Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: j http://nealo.com/2008/04/22/post-pennsylvania-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:25:11 +0000 http://www.nealo.com/blog/2008/04/22/post-pennsylvania-thoughts/#comment-225 Yup.

I’ll add that I though H.H. touched on some interesting points in this weeks New Yorker. Notably that Clinton isn’t as “tested” and hasn’t been subjected to all the possible scrutiny that can be aimed at her. Largely because Obama and the other democrats are wary of bringing up anything to do with her husband’s role in a Hillary administration, or the many scandals and questionable acts of the first Clinton Admin. I supposed this is because despite his recent effort, Bill remains popular among democrats (I find it interesting that such a legacy-obsessed president- who IMO owes a lot of his legacy to being succeded by such a terrible pres- would do so much damage to his legacy and popularity in the name of getting his wife elected.)
In a general election, McCain would have no trouble unearthing the well-worn scandals and dishonesties of the first Clinton admin. or of attacking Bill.

I also love how Hilary frames this election about being about “experience”, I may work against Obama, but if it were true, she’d just be setting herself up for a massive defeat by McCain, who absolutely trumps her on the experience front.

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