All Not Quiet On the Presidential Front
In a shocking, shocking move, completely unanticipated by political observers, Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced her intention to pursue the 2008 Nomination.
2008’s field of candidates is shaping up to be truly historic: a young black candidate with Muslim ancestry, a former First Lady and the first serious female contender, and in the days to come, a Hispanic governor of a western state.
My prediction is that Edwards, Biden and the rest will have a difficult time among the liberal activists in the party who want to force the diversity issue: being the first to party to nominate a woman, a Hispanic, a African-American, etc.
Senator Clinton’s campaign website site was poorly launched this morning. I understand the Google algorithms involved, and Hillary Clinton.com was an appropriate choice but it's glaringly absent as a cross-link from her official Senate.gov page. Thus, anyone looking to find the site this morning using Google was treated to several “Draft Hillary’ and unofficial sites, as well as her official Senate Site, which makes no mention whatsoever of a Presidential Announcement.
Interestingly, just a few hours after Clinton’s announcement, she was bumped off the top AP headlines at sites like Yahoo by the far lesser known Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who began his campaign with such rhetoric as “"Search the record of history. To walk away from the Almighty is to embrace decline for a nation… …To embrace Him leads to renewal, for individuals and for nations."
Brownback is, of course, making a play for the social conservative Republican base. It will be interesting to watch the fight between Romney and Brownback over who can turn furthest right, and still be a contender in the general election.
2008’s field of candidates is shaping up to be truly historic: a young black candidate with Muslim ancestry, a former First Lady and the first serious female contender, and in the days to come, a Hispanic governor of a western state.
My prediction is that Edwards, Biden and the rest will have a difficult time among the liberal activists in the party who want to force the diversity issue: being the first to party to nominate a woman, a Hispanic, a African-American, etc.
Senator Clinton’s campaign website site was poorly launched this morning. I understand the Google algorithms involved, and Hillary Clinton.com was an appropriate choice but it's glaringly absent as a cross-link from her official Senate.gov page. Thus, anyone looking to find the site this morning using Google was treated to several “Draft Hillary’ and unofficial sites, as well as her official Senate Site, which makes no mention whatsoever of a Presidential Announcement.
Interestingly, just a few hours after Clinton’s announcement, she was bumped off the top AP headlines at sites like Yahoo by the far lesser known Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who began his campaign with such rhetoric as “"Search the record of history. To walk away from the Almighty is to embrace decline for a nation… …To embrace Him leads to renewal, for individuals and for nations."
Brownback is, of course, making a play for the social conservative Republican base. It will be interesting to watch the fight between Romney and Brownback over who can turn furthest right, and still be a contender in the general election.
