Comments on: Reid Wants Clinton to Drop Presidential Bid, Be Minority Leader

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 21:06:41 +0000

Hillary for Senate Leader??... Well, it's the rumor anyway. According to The Washington Note, Harry Reid is making overtures to Hillary to take the Democrat Leader job in January of '09...and that he'd like to give it up.Some high level Democratic Party political insiders......

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:25:52 +0000

James,

I would give you everything but the "good speaker" bit. I think she would make a great staffer, but I have trouble seeing her being great on her own.

I guess it is also what you are looking for. If you want the most triangulating position oriented person, great. If you want someone in the minority who can make deals to get the most they can, she's not the right person. Reid has been running circles around Frist as far as being a obstructionist. I don't think Hillary would be any better at that.

By: vnjagvet

vnjagvet — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:07:52 +0000

An outtake of her performance at this morning's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing might not help in the realization of her Presidential ambitions.

Rumsfeld laid her open, IMHO, in a gentle but firm tone.

She was not amused.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:01:00 +0000

She's highly intelligent, a good speaker, very disciplined about staying on message, and has developed a pretty keen ability to position herself shrewdly within the mainstream without alienating too much of the base. She has, by all accounts, been an excellent senator in the sense of actually being informed on the issues and doing hard work rather than just doing photo ops.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:40:01 +0000

What makes you think Hillary would be good as Minority Leader?