theaustralian.news.com.au - 9/7/2008
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HILLARY Clinton may be the most obvious choice to throw into the ring against the new darling of American politics, Sarah Palin, but the failed Democratic presidential candidate is refusing the job."We're not going to be anybody's attack dog against Sarah Palin," a Clinton insider said ...
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Conventional Wisdom Shifting In Obama Biden McCain Palin Presidential Race As Republicans Smile
The Moderate Voice —
... and campaign for the Democratic ticket all over.
She has repeated the “No way. No how” line about John McCain many times and warned against four more….
…years of a Bush-like administration.
But she’s been very careful to avoid saying harsh things against her good friend from Arizona, who was among the first to welcome and show the former first lady around the old-boys club of the Senate on her arrival in 2001.
Robert Lusetich, writing in The Australian:
Hillary Clinton may be the most ...
Hillary Will Not Go On Offense Against Palin For Obama
Flopping Aces —
... Gov. Palin instead of Senator McCain would be a mistake…
Clinton-Palin might drive ratings and sell magazines, but it wouldn’t be good for the Democratic party, or the cause of women’s rights. Some might enjoy the spectacle, but don’t expect Hillary Clinton to play along. Hillary Clinton has spent a lifetime resisting quick and easy stereotypes, and she’s not about to stop now.
This doesn’t mean there aren’t some mighty pissed off Democrats at the news:
Although she is 60 and unlikely to ...
That’s That
Right Wing Nation —
“Eh, not so much” becomes “Hell, no.”
Although she is 60 and unlikely to have another shot at the White House, Clinton is apparently concerned that she would appear ungenerous to the Republicans’ first female vice-presidential candidate if she were to go after her.
It is a rationale that will fuel the belief - lingering among Democrats since Al Gore’s failed 2000 presidential run - that the Clintons always put themselves before their party.
[ . . . ]
Her refusal to roll up her ...
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