Tag: Hillary Clinton
Clinton’s Remarks on Job Creation Raise Eyebrows on Wall Street
“Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs. You know that old theory, trickle-down economics. That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly. One of the things my husband says when people say, ‘What did you bring to Washington?’ He says, ‘I brought arithmetic.’
— Hillary Clinton at a rally Friday in Boston for Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley.
Bachmann Wants to Take on Clinton, But She’s Palin by Comparison
Michele Bachmann lecturing on foreign policy makes Sarah Palin sound like Dean Acheson. Hillary Clinton is one of the most admired and respected public figures throughout the world, who continues to prove her knowledge and intellect on foreign policy matters. There is simply no comparison.
— Adrienne Elrod, spokeswoman for pro-Clinton group Correct the Record, told Politico, responding to Bachmann’s assertion that “There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. She will continue foursquare … and put forward Barack Obama’s policy in a third and fourth term.”
Kerrey: Webb Would Have an ‘Uphill Fight’ Against Clinton for Dem Nomination
It would be an uphill fight, almost like climbing a wall. He would be running against someone who simultaneously has two television shows based on her. She is a political figure with such remarkable strength ahead of the campaign, unlike anything I’ve seen in my lifetime.
— Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE), quoted by the Washington Post, on the possibility of former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Rand Paul Labels Hillary Clinton a ‘War Hawk’
I think that’s what scares the Democrats the most, is that in a general election, were I to run, there’s going to be a lot of independents and even some Democrats who say, ‘You know what? We are tired of war. We’re worried that Hillary Clinton will get us involved in another Middle Eastern war, because she’s so gung-ho.
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by the Associated Press, labeling Hillary Clinton a “war hawk.”
Fear of Hillary Keeping Democratic Contenders at Bay
There are plenty of ambitious but little-known Democratic governors or senators who are a decade or two younger than Clinton. So why aren’t more of them considering a presidential campaign that might set them up to be Clinton’s successor? The answer speaks to one of Clinton’s under-appreciated assets: her ability to instill fear.
— Peter Beinart, writing in the Atlantic.
Seeking Political Cover
Some say her political instincts are superior,
But she shouldn’t have called Obama’s foreign policy inferior.
She said she was sorry,
And even hugged him at a party,
But Karl Rove says Hillary was just “covering her political posterior.”
