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Just to clarify: “Don’t do stupid stuff” means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision.
— Former Obama adviser David Axelrod on Twitter (@davidaxelrod), hitting back at Hillary Clinton for her comments rejecting President Obama’s self-stated foreign policy principle, “Don’t do stupid stuff.”
Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.
— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with The Atlantic, said President Obama’s lack of assistance to Syrian rebels led to the rise of ISIS in Iraq. She also criticized the slammed Obama’s foreign-policy doctrine which he recently coined as, “Don’t do stupid shit.”
She has accomplished a lot of very positive things in her career, but I’m not quite sure that the political process is one in which we anoint people.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), in an interview with Yahoo News, critical of the seeming coronation of Hillary Clinton for president.
Well, I think there will probably be many candidates. I mean, I’m somebody who believes anybody can run.
— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Fusion, on the 2016 presidential field.
It’s not like we’re pals.
— Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D), quoted by Politico, on his relationship with Hillary Clinton.
I’d like to find a reason to believe she’s a political force who stands for something in an era when there is a real appetite for serious change. She could, after all, decide to campaign vociferously in favor of the ACA this summer and fall (universal healthcare is, after all, one of her positions), but that might siphon money away from her foundation and candidacy. She could get out there and start framing a foreign policy vision. But, again, too risky. I see nothing that suggests a real passion for getting on with the fight – just the usual presumptions of a super-elite, super-rich and super-cocooned politician of the gilded age.
— Andrew Sullivan, on The Dish.
I think that, for both Joe and for Hillary, they’ve already accomplished an awful lot in their lives. The question is, do they, at this phase in their lives, want to go through the pretty undignifying process of running all over again.
— President Obama, quoted by the New Yorker, expressing “bewilderment that his friends would want to subject themselves” to another presidential campaign.
She’s always trying to find the mythical center on controversial issues — and if you do that, someone else is going to take the bouquet for courage.
— Former Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO), quoted by the Washington Post, on Hillary Clinton being too cautious.
At the risk of appearing predictable, the Bible was and remains the biggest influence on my thinking. I was raised reading it, memorizing passages from it and being guided by it. I still find it a source of wisdom, comfort and encouragement.
— Hillary Clinton, interviewed by the New York Times, on her favorite book.
69%
Of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents support Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds. “Clinton also fares well in public perceptions in the new poll: 67% of Americans view her as a strong leader, 60% say she’s honest and trustworthy, and 59% say she has new ideas for the country’s future.”
