Off the Mark
Jul 27th, 2005 at 9:33 pm by Susie
Steve Gilliard on the Hillary-DLC lovefest:
Whittman should be under no illusions as to the contempt he is held in by most Democrats. He worked for the Hudson Institute, home to various rightwing crackpots. Why not have Joe Trippi consult with Karl Rove on races. So his opinion is as relevant as mine on Jen’s choice of lipstick.
A candidate to her left? You mean like most of the people planning to run, like John Kerry, Wes Clark, Mark Warner?
Most serious candidates, as well as Dean, were nowhere to be seen. And the comments from Podesta and Hickey are serious warnings. They’re telling her that the party has moved left and there will be a price to pay for associating with the DLC. Podesta is clearly a Clinton friend and someone who they should listen to.
This isn’t just me bitching about people I don’t like. Podesta had President Clinton and John Lewis speak to a bunch of kids a couple of weeks ago. Not Al From or Bruce Reed. So when he says Hillary made a mistake, I would take it as a clear warning. Why? Because the weight of the party has shifted left. If you want to raise money, Kos can help you more than the DLC and there are no strings attached. The bright young Dems are working with the new think tanks. So you can disagree with the left, but you need them as the GOP needs the fundies.
What Podesta and Hickey are saying, gently, is that times have changed and that her instincts are off. I would bet Wolfson got an earful from them at some point. Because if they say this to the WaPo, there is a lot more anger behind the scenes.
hillary needs to say more about iraq. she’s said she had no idea it would be so poorly planned. that’s not enough for most of us far-left wackos, who were driven a little mad by watching the lies work.
gilliard’s post is too insidery. who’s jen? this part makes zero sense to someone who does follow politics but knows precisely who exactly one of these people is:
Podesta had President Clinton and John Lewis speak to a bunch of kids a couple of weeks ago. Not Al From or Bruce Reed.
additionally, he says who’s left and right without saying why. this is rapidly becoming my top pet peeve. it’s no different from calling anyone left of pat robertson “liberal.” justify it or don’t say it.