It appears that the most far-left Democratic party in the history of the nation may finally be figuring out that the man who was supposed to part the seas and cure all sorts of social illness isn’t doing too well in the polls. In a Wall Street Journal editorial, moderate Democratic pollsters and pundits, Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen, have sounded the call for President Obama to give up his bid for another term, and for Secretary of State HIllary Clinton to become the party’s nominee.
To support their cheer for Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Caddell and Mr. Schoen write:
Even though Mrs. Clinton has expressed no interest in running, and we have no information to suggest that she is running any sort of stealth campaign, it is clear that she commands majority support throughout the country. A CNN/ORC poll released in late September had Mrs. Clinton’s approval rating at an all-time high of 69%–even better than when she was the nation’s first lady. Meanwhile, a Time Magazine poll shows that Mrs. Clinton is favored over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney by 17 points (55%-38%), and Texas Gov. Rick Perry by 26 points (58%-32%).
But, are the authors under the impression that Mrs. Clinton would be more of a central candidate than President Obama? Likely not, on all the important domestic issues. Do the authors believe that Mrs. Clinton would have less “personal baggage” than any of the Republican candidates? Hardly, given her husband’s record, and the likelihood, in light of the size of the former president’s ego, that a “Hillary nomination” would really mean a “Hillary and Bill” nomination. Of course, we all know that Democrats are permitted to have untold pieces of “personal baggage” that are miraculously “lost.” The “personal baggage” of Republicans is right there on the luggage belt, on time and up front.
The fact that Mr. Obama’s highest level of favorability appears to be in the area of foreign policy, the domain of Mrs. Clinton, is also only curious, at best. Despite the fact that he has succeeded in knocking off a few terrorists and dictators, the president’s foreign policy has been clear on only one point: that the United States must apologize to the rest of the world for its exceptional nature. The rest of his policy abroad has been vague and unfocused, and his initial “rock star” domestic image has not spread to other nations. After nearly three years, the United States’ role in the world is considerably weaker due to this administration.
Perhaps Mr. Caddell and Mr. Schoen are pointing to the nostalgic popularity of Hillary Clinton, the feminist vision that, on Main Street in America, is now passe. American women, today, are more fiscally conservative because they have families to feed and know what it’s like to have to tweak a family budget to make ends meet. In many homes, one spouse is out of work. In addition, since 2009, most Americans are on record as being pro-life, as opposed to pro-choice.
Mrs. Clinton has said that she will not run for president again. If this is true, perhaps her decision is based on what she sees: that, in just three short years, the country is different than it was in 2008. Ironically, the person who pushed Americans in a different direction, who awakened the “sleeping giant,” is none other than her boss. And, for now, it looks like he’s not stepping down.
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