Good for Her, Bad for Us.
A recent Quinnipiac poll had some good results for Hillary. There has been speculation that New York Gov. George Pataki might seek to challenge Sen. Clinton's re-election bid in 2006 instead of running again for governor. According to the poll, he'd better look for another office. The poll showed that the twice-elected Pataki would lose to Hillary by more than twenty points, 58% to 36%, among New York voters. The poll also tested how Hillary would do in 2006 against Gen. Colin Powell, and she even beat the former Secretary of State, 49% to 44%. Another Quinnipiac poll showed that Mrs. Clinton is the favorite among Democrats questioned about the 2008 presidential race. Morris on HRC.
Former Clinton advisor Dick Morris told Fox's "Hannity and Colmes" that Hillary "would make a terrible President," and that "she would combine the self-righteousness of Carter, the ethics of Nixon, [and] the tactics of Joseph McCarthy." Morris, by the way, has known Hillary for nearly 30 years, so he might be considered an expert on all things HRC. He also said that "Hillary will be anything she needs to be to win. And what she's doing increasingly is trying to move to a red state center . . . she came out a few weeks ago and said she was strongly opposed to illegal immigrants. She got a seat on the House Armed Services Committee. She voted for the Gulf War resolution. She supported the Defense of Marriage Act. Hillary is going to do anything she can to position herself as a red-state kind of girl." Sounds exactly like the kind of advice the political guru used to give Hillary's husband. Money for Poor Hillary.
Last week, Hillary's fund-raising committee, Friends of Hillary, sent out an email asking donors for money for her 2006 re-election campaign. They asked contributors to "fight back" against what they called a "new flood" of shrill anti-Hillary rhetoric coming from conservative groups they say are already raising their own funds to defeat her. The email also quoted unnamed groups as stating "Bill and Hillary Clinton are outlaws" who "must be held accountable for their crimes." The fund-raising appeal was sent out and signed by Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary's long-time assistant who now runs "Friends," and she told supporters they cannot wait until 2006 to raise money: "We have to have the funds on hand even before the campaign begins, so that we can respond right away." Mixed News.
U.S. News & World Report's "Washington Whispers" reports that some friends and allies of Hillary are advising against placing bets that the former first lady will be the nation's 44th President. They are saying that Hillary isn't so sure about a run for the White House. "She's not running," says one supporter. These unnamed friends and colleagues claim that Hillary is well aware of the partisan feelings she generates. "People love her or they hate her," says an adviser. "There's very little gray area to gain voters in." One Friend of Hillary thinks the senator will be satisfied to stay where she is: "She loves the Senate, and she can be a kingmaker there if she wants." But at the same time, the New York Post reported that "no sooner" had John Kerry conceded the presidential election than Sen. Clinton's "closest confidants" were calling Kerry backers to ask for their support. The pitch was for her '06 Senate re-election race with the "twist" that "we need to send a message," the message being that "there would be an '08 White House run in her future." Mommy Dearest.
Hillary's mother, Dorothy Rodham, has sold her condominium and left Arkansas to live in Washington, D.C., to be near her daughter and son Tony. Mrs. Rodham sold her condominium for an impressive $304,000. Back in July 2003, Hillary had bought her mother a condo in Chappaqua, N.Y., two minutes from the Clintons' house "because she wants to be on her own," but according to Sen. Clinton's press secretary, no one knows what transpired with the condo in New York.
