Friday, April 25, 2008

Game, set... won't someone please call "match"?

Here's a good commentary from MSNBC on the current state of the Democratic presidential race.

Despite what some may assume, I really don't think Hillary Clinton is a bad person. Under different circumstances--had her path to the While House not crossed that of such a strong Democratic adversary--I think she might have become a great president.

But having previously occupied the White House as First Lady has shown itself to be not only an asset but also a liability. She seems to have fallen victim to the presidential trap that Daniel Ellsberg described: the inability to distinguish between the interests of the nation and one's own self-interest. He witnessed Republican and Democratic presidents alike fall victim to this "do anything to stay in office" mentality.

Do what you need to do to put forward the best case as to why you should be elected. It's the business about changing the rules mid-contest that I find so offensive.

I know that she thinks that what she is doing is right for the country. Only time will tell...

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