Monday, February 4, 2008
Fareed Zakaria on Hillary Clinton
Zakaria's column in Newsweek articulates better than I can what it is about HRC that rubs me the wrong way. If there weren't somebody like Obama to stand as a counterpoint to Clinton's focus group driven politicking, I'd be more enthusiastic about her, if only because she wasn't McCain or Romney. As it is, Obama's one-two combo of transparent generosity of spirit and cautious political pragmatism is in such stark contrast to Clinton's cynical maneuvering (reneging on seating the Michigan and Florida delegates, for instance) that if I have to pull the lever for her, it won't be with much enthusiasm
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