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Oddballs like These Make Hillary’s Odds Good
A politician in
complete command of
her gifts
d onAld K Aul
Eight years ago
in New Hampshire,
when the question
of Hillary Clinton’s
likability came up
during the Demo-
cratic presidential
debate, Barack Obama said, memorably:
“You’re likable enough, Hillary.”
That condescending comment earned him
the scorn among some liberals that he de-
served. But it rang true, even to many Dem-
ocrats.
There was something stiff and artificial
about the former New York senator back
then. Eventually, it cost her the nomination.
Well, it seems she’s been to charm school.
The Hillary we saw in the first Democratic
presidential debate was a politician in com-
plete command of her gifts.
She had an answer for everything and for
everybody. She beat back the mild attacks of
her fellow Democrats almost dismissively
and dodged the more determined assaults of
the feral CNN interrogators. She saved her
best for her Republican foes, excoriating
them for their hypocrisy in bleating about
big government while attempting to use that
by
government to control our lives.
Her solid performance gave substance to
the thought that we might be looking at the
next president of the United States and the
first woman to occupy the office.
Look at her opposition:
I love Bernie Sanders, her main rival
among the announced candidates. But half of
this country thinks progressive taxation is a
crime against nature and most of the other
half is wondering when the football game
comes on.
I’ve only rarely voted for the winning can-
didate in primary elections. There’s a reason
for that. The fact that I find Bernie Sanders
appealing is the reason. And Lincoln Chafee
and Martin O’Malley, the two leading wan-
nabes still in the race, are both striking out
with voters.
With Vice President Joe Biden saying he
won’t run after all, Hillary seems the clear
Democratic winner. Moreover, it’s looking
as though she’ll emerge from the battle with
a united party behind her. Sanders virtually
assured that with his “the American people
are sick and tired of hearing about your damn
emails” crack during the debate.
How about the Republicans? They’ve got
nothing, except those emails. Unless the FBI
comes up with something nefarious, they
won’t amount to much. This story wouldn’t
be alive if the Republicans had something
real to offer — unless you count Benghazi,
which the great majority of the electorate
can’t spell if you spot them the h and the z.
GOP voters have 16 or so candidates
to choose from. According to some polls,
they’ve put the three weakest hopefuls in the
lead for the nomination.
Donald Trump is a one-man clown show.
He may be ahead now, but there probably ar-
en’t enough circus fans to make him the nom-
inee, let alone president.
Ben Carson is a strange, rather pleas-
ant-seeming man who’s given to spouting
bizarre ideas on evolution, guns, and health
care. It’s hard to match the ideas with the
man.
Carly Fiorina is a persuasive talker but
she has a hard time distinguishing between
facts and fantasy. She rests her candidacy on
her proficiency as a business executive, even
though she’s widely considered to have been
a colossal failure in the corporate world.
Meanwhile, back at the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Republicans are doubling
down on what I call their “you can’t fire us,
we quit” leadership style.
So far they’ve thrown out the speaker of
the House, forced his anointed successor to
withdraw from the field, and tried to drag
Paul Ryan out from under the porch where
he’s been hiding to avoid forcible recruitment
(though now some Republicans are com-
plaining that even he’s too liberal).
Republicans couldn’t run a two-car funer-
al, let alone a country. Given all the oddballs
in this race, Hillary’s odds are good.
OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives
in Ann Arbor, Mich.