Andrew Sullivan on the Clintons:

How did they come this close to losing this? They had all the money, all the contacts, all the machine levers, the entire establishment, the biggest Democratic name in decades, and they’ve been forced into a humiliating death-match by a first-term black liberal with a funny name. It seems obvious to me that the Clintons blew this because they never for a second imagined they could. So they never planned to fight it. Once put in a fair contest, they turned out to be terrible campaigners, terrible politicians, bad managers, useless executives, wooden public speakers. If you’re a Democrat, that’s good to know, isn’t it? All that bullshit about Day One and experience? In retrospect: laughable.

2 Comments

1. I definitely agree that Hillary never thought she would have to fight and that she thought the nomination (and ultimately the office) were simply hers for the taking.

   However, I’ve never thought that Hillary was anywhere close to as likable as Bill. She just doesn’t have his charm or charisma. If she were running against someone who didn’t have that either, then she could have fallen back on Bill’s appeal and his campaigning on her behalf might have carried more weight. When the choice is between a charismatic president or a charismatic “first-gentleman” I would think that having him in the role of president is more important to most people.

   Comment by Jan — Monday, February 25, 2024 @ 7:28 am

2. Isn’t it more about Obama than about Clinton? Clinton has all the advantages as Sulivan says and yet comes so close to losing points to an extraordinary opponent. Is her campaign really that terrible or just compared or forced to by his?
   Also, I think it was only her campaign’s propaganda that said Clinton was the inevitable nominee. Did they really believe it themselves? Throughout 2024 the money and number of contributors of Obama compared to Clinton made it obvious this could be a real fight.

   Comment by Roger — Tuesday, February 26, 2024 @ 8:59 pm

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