Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign
MANCHESTER, N.H. – It’s back to the future at Hillary Clinton’s campaign as some of the top advisers to former President Clinton are set to join to Hillary’s faltering campaign as early as tomorrow.Senior Clinton sources tell Fox that Hillary intends to bring in as top day-to-day advisers James Carville and Paul Begala. The campaign could also add other strategists from Clinton’s presidential years, but Carville and Begala are the biggest names and are set to join the campaign after a post-New Hampshire strategy meeting tomorrow.Carville and Begala will serve as top strategists on politics and communication and likely overshadow the current role of Mark Penn, Hillary’s senior strategist, and Patty Solis Doyle, Hillary’s current campaign manager. Top sources tell Fox Hillary won’t fire anyone but will merely seek to “enlarge” her pool of advisers.One Democratic described it as “addition by subtraction.” The subtraction won’t come in the form of lost jobs, but lost influence, meaning Carville and Begala’s strategic advise will now carry greater weight than that of the original team that devised a strategy that has led to a defeat in the Iowa caucuses and a likely defeat in tonight’s New Hampshire primary.
The Clinton team fully expects to lose New Hampshire tonight and will attempt to argue that anything less than a 10-point loss will constitute a “moral victory.” Hillary’s surrogates will try to persuade the public that if Hillary loses by less than 10 points she will have withstood the affect of Obama’s massive post-Iowa momentum — momentum, by the way, the Clinton campaign asserted as recently as Saturday did not exist. Obviously, a loss is a loss and a loss in a state the Clinton campaign guaranteed it would wn less than four days ago, any defeat is a huge blow — no matter the magnitude.
As for the future strategy, top Clinton advisers say Hillary will attempt to compete aggressively in Nevada’s Jan. 19 caucus though she expects to lose the vital endorsement of the culinary union in Las Vegas, a vital cog in the state’s Democratic machinery. Rory Reid, son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has urged Hillary not to give up on Nevada, arguing he can keep her competitive. Even so, Clinton’s camp has begun to reconcile itself to defeat there too.
A crucial decision, therefore, awaits the campaign on the Jan. 26 South Carolina primary. Hillary may skip the state in order to save money for the Feb. 5 primaries in more than 20 states. In essence, Hillary now finds herself having to fight a rear-guard battle until the national prmary, even though less than two weeks ago she was regarded as a nearly unbeatable national front-runner.
Financially, top advisers say the campaign has enough to carry on, with staff in all states between now and February 5th paid in full and with at least $28 million in the bank. But Hllary’s campaign hasn’t purchased TV commercials in any of the Feb. 5th states, meaning resources could prove scarce as Hillary tries to move her TV message in expensive media markets in New York, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Always thought Carville was a big blow-hard. Will be interesting to see if he can live up to his own hype.
This is exactly how Hillary would run her presidency (will never happen). Don’t fire anyone, just keep adding layer upon layer of government as if there is virtue in excess. Additionally, so much for CHANGE! It looks more like same old, same old! This is good for Obama.
Isn’t this going to present some sort of conflict with them working at CNN? Oh, I forgot, they’re the Clinton News Network anyway… Who cares about ethics?
I read on another site that if Hillary did poorly in Iowa, there would be a fight in the campaign, as Bill would want to bring in “the middle-aged, straight, white guys” who won his campaigns.
VOTE – HILLARY CLINTON—-FAR ABOVE THE HOT AIR….SHE IS A TRUE DOER.
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The HOT AIR phase will soon be over.
The old saying……..”What Goes Around…..Comes Around”…………so very truly.
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What is Obama real name? BSO…..?
BSO……is he a muslim, past muslim…….all the same.
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YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The clinton’s are getting payback for all their years of lying and spinning. They never got the message that people are sick and tired of them. They received millions upon millions from wealthy donors who want something in return. They have mistaken this for support! What are they giving the donors in exchange for all that money? That’s what I want to ask mrs. clinton.
Bin laden has said that when clinton pulled troops out of Samolia, that was his first victory over the US. If clinton had shown backbone and stood up against terrorism, we wouldn’t be in this mess. If he had not ignored the Khobar Towers attack, the lst WTC attack, the attacks on US embassies in Africa and the attack on the USS Cole we would be in this mess. Ms. Clinton was in on all the decision making to ignore terrorism during her 8 yrs. Now she claims she ‘didn’t know’ when she cast her vote for the Iraq war? She knew but she’s lying again! We don’t like her, never have, never will. Mr. Clinton sullied his legacy and the White House and totally disgraced the USA. I what lifetime do they think we want that back again? They need to revisit their own memoirs to remind themselves why they are going to lose. Now they need to claim bill clinton’s health is at risk so she can drop out of the race gracefully and get tons of “sympathy” which will restore them to their former status and wipe the loser label from their names. How sad is that?
How can Hillary Clinton continue to claim to be the best agent of change when she adds advisors from the past?? With every passing day her campaign looks more like a Bill Clinton campaign, and it will become painfully obvious when we start seeing Carville on MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MTV ….
REVISITING THE CARVILLE, BEGALA SLEEZE MACHINE IS “CHANGE”???? WAKE UP!! WE ARE TIRED OF THAT CRAP.
When in doubt, the Clintons always dive for the gutter. Bringing in these two low-life dinosaurs will not help. It will only remind people of the dysfunctional soap opera Hillary presided over last time she was hanging around the Oval Office. It proves that Hillary is simply Bill’s sock puppet in this race, and not her own person at all.
Hilliary is bringing in Carville and Begalla…give me a break. So much for change. Hilliary should get out now.
Why not try Dracula or Frankenstein?
Hillary needs all the help she can get. It wont make a difference Obama will win the nomination. I hope Hillary does not embarass herself too much chasing Obama.
Actually, according to a reliable source… James Carville himself, he is not going to join the Clinton campaign.
No big surprise here. For a woman with “35 years of experience” she can’t accomplish anything on her own. She still needs her husband to bail her out and needs others to blame for her lack of critical thinking and leadership. She’s a fraud and it’s obvious. Maybe if she cries some more she might get a few more votes, it’s the only chance she has.
Well, well, it looks like Bill’s old loyal attack dogs are back. Mr. Obama, watch your back. The old Clinton Crew is gearing up.
She is DEFINITELY toast! Thank God!!
Critical important notes:
Mrs. Hillary is not new to the political arena
She’s got a serious issue haunted her by her husband and her family
People knew she acted up to gain the support
Conclusion:
Despites what ever happen to her political career. American people already rejected her for one simple resaon: Untruthful
Great reporting Major Garrett. The Clinton Campaign has already begun attacking Obama by alluding to his Kenyan roots in a backhanded manner. Bringing in the “Big Guns” of Begala and Carville won’t work, unless the American people are more easily snowed than I thought.
A candidate for change? Right…………
Round up the Usual Suspects.
Hmmmm . . . perhaps you should do your homework first:
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/james_carville_emphatically_denies_that_hes_going_back_to_work_for_hillary.php
Nice try.
So on top of everything else, she has to rely on Bill’s old team because SHE could not put a winning team together on her own. Damn, is she going to use Bill’s old Cabinet too?
–The Clinton team fully expects to lose New Hampshire tonight and will attempt to argue that anything less than a 10-point loss will constitute a “moral victory.”–
Isn’t this something like Hillary saying that if Bill sleeps with less than three interns, than that’s a “moral victory”?
this campaign is about issues. my issue with the clintons is that they ignored terrorism and can’t be trusted with out national security. bin ladin has said that his first victory over the US was when clinton pulled troops out of Samolia after the black hawk down incident. Then, the clintons ignored several terrorists attacks during their 8 yrs. this is why they won’t release WH records which probably show how mrs. clinton helped enable terrorism.
On the personal side of the campaign, we have never liked hillary, never will like hillary and am shocked that she doesn’t know that because it common knowledge that people do not like her! She was greedy in seeking the presidency almost to the point of obscenity which is why people are not supporting her. Add to this the way her husband disgraced and dishonored the White House and there is no question that there is NO WAY we’re ever, ever, ever letting them back again.
I find it most interesting that the American electorate after hearing for about a year that the Clinton Years Part III was nearly upon them has basically begun to turn its back on here. Whether or not Mr Obama is “the guy” is yet to be seen but I am heartened that the GOP may yet avoid surrendering the WH to the Dems, in particular to the Clintons.
From my untrained nonpolitical opinion point of view, I beileve Hillary has a serious credibility problem and a millstone of a husband around her neck.
Ho Hum!!!!! Arrogance never wins. Some one should have taught her that.
Hillary makes a big deal of her experience as first lady and how that should qualify her for the top job. Why isn’t anyone asking her about all the ugliness that went on during Bill’s years as president? Is that part of the mysterious experience that her and Bill plan to bring back to the White House? Also, does she really that the public wants to have to listen to James Carville all over again?
I thought she was about change? This has the impression of retreated to the old ways….and don’tv forget Foster and Monica
This is a joke, right ? I thought she was the “inevitable ” candidate. She’s done.
Isn’t it interesting how this “Candidate of Change” now brings back the the Clinton advisers of the past after all her recent preachings. Boy, that is some change for you. Obviously her campaign is in shambles and my opinion is that these two guys will take it to a new low, both in campaign ethics and in support. They are unparalleled attack dogs and play very dirty. Obama evokes the message that people want to hear and believe in, even though it lacks specifics, and he is getting visceral support, while HRC is trying to play catch-up in panic mode. Too late to change, Hillary…the horses are in the middle of the stream. All together now, sing it “Ding-Dong”!!!
The old may not work for Hillary because Americans want REAL change in Washington this time, not just campaign verbiage.
Try as they will to convince voters that they’re the candidate for change, it seems obvious to me that Hillary et al who are already firmly entrenched Washington insiders are NOT the ones who will make those changes.
It’s exactly that insider same old, same old “experience” that Hillary and some other candidates tout that Americans want to get rid of.
WASHINGTON CANNOT FIX WASHINGTON!
Mitt Romney makes a telling comment:
“People who have been there all their careers don’t begin to have the freedom of movement and the capacity to change Washington. They’ve got lobbyists at every elbow, the deals have been worked out in the Senate cloakrooms are just so overwhelming – the scores that have to be settled, all of the favors that have to honored. You just can’t get the job done in Washington with people that have been in Washington all their lives. So people are saying you know what? We need change.”
To me it seems perfectly clear that the most qualified outsider candidate, the one who is most likely to make real change in Washington, is Mitt Romney.
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More evidence that the Clinton campaign is stuck in the past. It also speaks to her choices of staff, and her decision making. Decision making is the most important aspect of a President. The Obama Movement is off and running, and I feel a part of it. Clinton stands for CLEARLY LOST IN NINETEENNINETY’S, TRY OBAMA NOW!!!!!!
We now see what is behind Hillary and that is Bill. She is not the women she tries to show in front of the public, strong, independant and a leader. Bill wants the White House and Hillary is being used just like all of Bill’s Girls.
they just don’t get it,, the citizens of this great nation are saying goodbye to the CLINTON BUSH era,,
20 years is more than enough
The “return” of Carville and Begala will just reinforce Hillary’s image as representing the past rather than the future. It plays right into the Obama strategy.
With any luck this could be good riddens to the Clinton Campaign
Bush1 then clinton then bush2. Haven’t we had enough of these 2 families as well as their cronies.
The sooner she is eliminated from the race the better our country will be!!! I was so worried several weeks ago that she just might win the nomination. I really didn’t believe she’d ever be the next president but if enough stupid people vote for her we could be forced to endure more years of Clintonology!
Major Garrett’s assessment of Senator Clinton’s campaign is right on. Her challenges are many, and options seem few. Attack a charismatic Senator Obama and she is seen as mean spirited, cunning and cold. Not attacking him leaves the impression she does not have an effective response to his surging momentum. Bringing in former President Clinton’s team can leave the electorate questioning who is running, Senator Clinton or her husband. Also, skipping any pending state primary or caucus is risky at best, as evidenced by Mayor Giuliani choosing to skip the Iowa caucuses, and largely skipping the New Hampshire primary – his national poll numbers plummeted as media attention focused on Governor Hukabee, and now Senator McCain and Governor Romeny.
The inevitable Democratic nominee is in serious trouble, having been crushed by the waive of the ever-more popular and likable Senator Obama. If the Clinton campaign sharpens their attack on the Senator from Illinois, they do so at their own peril, and will further damage their party’s chances of winning in November. Accentuating his relative inexperience may solidify in the electorate the need to choose the experience and leadership of a Senator McCain over Senator Obama, and at the same time would relegate Senator Clinton to the fate of the “also rans” in American presidential politics. Something unheard of just a few short weeks and months ago.
Re: Hillary Rodham Clinton
I have waited for someone to remark upon the fact that here is this strong, independent, self-sufficient/reliant, tough feminist who seeks the Presidency. –Yet, she was not far into the campaign process before she had to call on her husband, the former President, to accompany her, then to sit on the platform with her, then to “warm up” the crowds for her, then to speak for her, then to make excuses for her, then to whine for her, then to complain to the press on her behalf and to demand special treatment from them when she began to look like the underdog. Now, she has to take on his former top campaigners on board to rescue her–this strong, independent, self-sufficient/reliant, tough feminist who seeks the Presidency of the United States of America!
It’s so funny to see her cry. She is probably seen as the most heartless person in Washington and she is shedding tears. She was never liked by America when her husband was in office, this should be no surprise that she is losing. We all know those tears are fake. There is no way Joe American is going to vote for her or her antics.
Is this what she means by “Change”
So Hillary turns to Carville/Begala…2 guys whose expertise in “Slash & Burn” politics is unmatched. The only thing that surprises me is how tone deaf the Clintons have become.
Obama has wide support because he is talking about ending precisely that kind of campaigning.
With these two advising her, Super Tuesday really will be Hillary’s worst nightmare.
I find it extremely ironic that Clinton (herself no agent of change) is criticizing Obama for not being enough of a change all the while bringing back her husband’s advisors from his past campaign!! I’ve always felt that Hillary, sooner or later, would have to dip into the talent pool from the past. Meanwhile, IF Hillary wins, I would expect to see the same old faces that were behind her in N.H. (Albright and others) in advisory positions or cabinet positions in a HRC administration. She simply does not represent change in my mind, especially given the latest move by her campaign to bring back the old guard.
Finally, I hope the media actually holds her feet to the fire when the claim a hallow “moral victory” if the don’t lose by more than 10 points, considering they guaranteed four days ago they would win in N.H.! There is no Comeback Kid scenario here (quite frankly, while effective the first time, it was a bit lame then, too).
The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome… Carville and Begala are SOS. They are stepping out in front of the Obama freight train, good bad or indifferent… What better guys to define what insanity is than these two political hacks… I believe the political hunting season on Obama just opened and they will go after not only him, but his family and anyone else that stands in the way of these people.
Be prepared for the politics of personal destruction. With Carville and Begala, you can just about guarantee the mud is going to start flying.
I can see it now. So Mr. Obama, we “heard” you were purchasing drugs. How much do you pay for cocain? Nothing?… You must get it for free. You don’t use it?… Then who are you buying it for? No one?… then why are you buying it?
No matter what the answer, he won’t win the argument. And remember, it doesn’t have to be true. It can be as simple as above.
Just shows how bad her campaign is going. We are told time and time again that we are a racist country yet look at how well Obama is doing. Or is it how bad Hillary is doing?
In a campaign for change it’s very interesting that she is returning to the good-old comfortable James/Paul robe & slippers! How do you effectively change a retread, especially one that has had a blow-out?
It doesn’t matter, these two political hacks won’t stop Obama. All they’ll do is negative attack after negative attack. You’re too late, keep up the good work Obama we’re woth you all the way….you’re the agent of change….Hillary is far from change and so is Carville and Begala. Clinton has dug herself a huge hole. Good job Barack…keep up the good work!!!
Hmmm…if she’s calling Carville back then the gloves are really off. Starting the campaigns as early as was done was not going to do her any favors and it looks like that is coming true. I thought that as the campaigns would draw on, there would be more chances for her and her team to flub up…she’s going to find it hard to admit defeat…now if they’d just get her out of the Senate.
Good to see her squirm – she’s taken the nomination for granted, thinks the Dems will hand it to her just because she’s entitled. It’s all about power and nothing else.
The Banshee Boys are back, welcome.
The last thing Hillary needs is a reminder to voters of how they joined forces with her in defending poor Bill, against that “Right Wing Conspiracy ” AKA as Monica.
Isn’t it interesting how this “Candidate of Change” now brings back the the Clinton advisers of the past after all her recent preachings. Boy, that is some change for you. Obviously her campaign is in shambles and my opinion is that these two guys will take it to a new low, both in campaign ethics and in voter support. They are unparalleled attack dogs and play very dirty. Obama evokes the message that people want to hear and believe in, albeit lacking specifics, and he is getting visceral support, while HRC is trying to play catch-up in panic mode. Too late to change your message, Hillary…the horses are in the middle of the stream. All together now, sing it “Ding-Dong”!!!
I think this is a great idea. It’s about time. Hillary’s strategist, I believe, took too much for granted. Hillary was ahead in the polls at an early stage of the campaign and her campaign seemed to be coasting along. They never saw Obama slowly moving closer to her. It’s not to late in the campaign to turn this election around. I have lived in N.H. all of my life and you just can’t be complacent about an election. Always campaign as if you are behind in the polls.
In moments of desperation, when we realize that we are drowning, we make ourselves to believe that cement blocks are floating devices.
Are we bringing back Monica Lewinski too?
Looks like EXchange not change….
So in order to be the candidate of change for the future Mrs. Clinton is going to bring back the same old Washington insider advisors.
What goes around, comes around Ms. Clinton and you’ll be meeting the same people going down that you screwed on your way up!
Carville and Begala, a/k/a slash and burn, will add nothing to her faltering campaign. The problem is the candidate, not the packaging.
The spin machine of the Clinton’s has lost it’s momentum and has lost it’s ways. I used to think that the people in this country were capable of electing Hillary, but I guess I was short sighted because they are smarter than I thought they would be. You can only be a “fake” for so long before people are wise to your games. She can thank the Schlick-Meister (Bill) for her downfall all the way back to 1992.
Carville’s coming on board? Here comes the real negative stuff!
There are two elements folks are missing — both of which President Clinton touched on when he mentioned the 15 debates in which Obama was given a pass. First, the free passes from an altogether fawning media are about to see an abrupt end. Second, Senator Clinton has been held to a double-standard. Imagine the outcry if she had gone after Obama on the fact that he’s less experienced to be president than was Dan Quayle to be vice-president. Now that Obama has opened the door to a discussion of his qualifications, perhaps we’ll have an honest discussion.
As if Hillary isn’t already disliked enough, now she brings in Carville. Yikes! Well maybe the strategy is that people will dislike him more than her ans she will look better.
[...] Obviously, a loss is a loss and a loss in a state the Clinton campaign guaranteed it would wn less than four days ago, any defeat is a huge blow — no matter the magnitude, writes Major Garrett for Fox News. [...]
So much for being an agent of change. How does she expect us to view her as someone who is going to change the course of the nation, when she is simply rehashing her husbands old cronies. Maybe she should hire Monica Lewinsky as a fashion advisor so the whole gang can reunite!
It seems to me the people are speaking……..and I believe the people will continue to speak.
What part of “NO” does she not understand????
With Carville & Begala joining the Clinton team things will really “heat” up so expect the attacks to begin shortly. Poor Obama…. he’s in for a real ride.
It’s too late for Clinton. Independents are flocking to Obama and this will carry over past NH. I am for neither of them, but I am starting to see Obama as a serious threat to Republicans.
I think Rudy is the most electable against Obama. I think New York is going to be crucial in the general election and Rudy can win there easier than McCain could I believe. He’ll also get Texas, a Republican stronghold and narrowly win Florida.
And this move meets the definition of “Change” HOW?!!!
Seems like same old, same old. Talk about handing Obama and Edwards a fabulous stick to beat her with!! And Carville/Begala are not known for…..positive campaigns. The Clintons are soooo “90’s”.
This clearly shows that the Clintons continuous attemp to take the country back into yester-years. I think the majority of the us are looking to moving forward; eventhough I was stong supporter of Bill during his time in office. Personally, I think Bill is began to loose creditability with Black voters.
It never fails; every time when drowining, we force ourselves to believe that cement bocks are floating devices.
Clinton cannot spin herself out of this one. No matter where she sets the bar for her “moral victory,” the public wil see right through it. You cannot go from strutting around like you are simply awaiting your coronation and then, within days, claim to be the underdog, and have any credibility. Her whole campaign has been to say what is popular, promise the voters lots of gooddies, and proclaim to the Democrats that her election was inevitable. Now that it clearly is not, she is merely giving up whatever credibility she has left. As a Clinton, that was not a lot of credibility.
As a Republican, I would prefer Ms. Clinton as the Democrat nomine, as she would be easier to beat. She lacks the charisma of her husband, which carried him thorugh his entire term.
Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
The people of Iowa saw through the blatant marketing messages of Hillary and Mitt. Now, it seems, the people of New Hampshire are going to do the same. Isn’t if refreshing? Money doesn’t buy voters. Citizens are not just pawns to be manipulated by selfish, power-hungry politicians and political party machineries. Hillary and Mitt are, thankfully, history. Long live the genuine leaders: Obama, Edwards, McCain, and Huckabee.
It’s “We, the people” all over again. The winners of the presidential election will not be a candidate but the people of America.
Time for the rag’in Cajun to put up or shut up.
It my opinion it’s not a good move on Hillary’s part to bring back Bill’s bullies because people are going to see this as Hillary can’t do anything without Bill. It’s a sign of weakness and desperation.
So who’s going to be running things in the White House…..Bill or Hillary? Hillary couldn’t keep Bill from playing the field the last time they occupied the oval office so what makes her so sure she’ll be able to control him this time “IF” they get back to the White House. I truly believe that’s the one biggest thing she is up against. I truly believe the ONLY reason she is still married to Bill is because she felt she needed him and his political clout to ascertain her political ambitions (eg. the White House).
One thing is for sure though, Mr Carville will surely make things colorful with his sharp tongue and his aggressiveness as he goes after Barak Obama and his campaign. The mud slinging hasn’t even begun to fly!
Here we go, Carville and the Clintonian “Politics of Personal Destruction” back to your TV set coming soon. Time to bring in the experts to smear Obama, this adolecent “her wrote a paper about being president in grade school” stuff and “the republicans will attack his cocaine use, not us fellow democrats of course, who are currently raising the issue.” These feable attempts will give way to some really harsh professional smearing by the best smear merchants in the business, the Clintons and Carville. The same smear merchant (both Carville and Mrs. Clinton) who smeared any women brave enough to come forward to speak the truth about Mr. Clinton’s inappropriate sexual advances. Yes, it was the “vast right wing conspiracy” not truthful revalations about your husband. Seems like that would have been the appropriate time to cry.
Is this the kind of tactics we want to reward? Hillary, if your going to loose, and you probably will not, try to loose with dignity and a small tiny bit of ethics, something very foreign and unknown to you. Demonstrate that change for us, ethical behavior. That would be a huge change, one we never saw demonstrated by your husband.
If Hillary’s elected, we will all be crying paying for huge tax increases, trying to negotiate a broken healthcare system where she rewards the pharmaceutical lobbiests supporting her now, when our foreign policy is a shambles and our intelligence cabalbility further gutted by continuing her husbands folly. Just say no. Hillary isnt’ change, she isn’t experience. She hasn’t done anything worthwhile in the Senate.
We need a new direction. We need new leadership. As my shirt says “Anyone but Hillary”.
Don’t forget Monica….. she was an adviser also….. and Bill always was attnetive to her remarks… this way… Hillary can really run another “Bill”" campaign….. which means again “little will change”
Going back to the strategists of old kind of goes against the whole “change” thing, wouldn’t ya say???
I thought Hillary was the candidate for change, one can almost smell the desperation on her. Still the thought of a muslim president that will not salute the flag seems even more scarry. With all the people in this great country how come so many crappy choices on both sides. Not a single person running inspires, except maybe Ron Paul but he looks like a cartoon charachter.
SO THEY ARE GOING TO BRING THE SLEEZE BACK INTO THIS..LOL..YOU KNEW THEY WOULD, THE CLINTONS CAN NOT ACCEPT AMERICA DOES NOT NEED OR WANT THEM. WHY CAN THEY NOT JUST GO AWAY….
This strategic move by the Clinton campaign is another validation, that they are not really about Washington change. They will use old tactics and old faces to bully their way.
Another reason I don’t believe a word she says.
I am a registered republican, and intend on voting for Obama!
This is huge mistake. It just reaffirms what Obama has been saying about Clinton being stuck in the past, same old Washington gridlock, living in the past etc….
Just add this tactic to the usual Clinton veneer. If she pushed aside a woman in place of a man, regardless of the strategic improvement, the perception would be that she’s not sticking to her feminist guns. If this approach is true, it is a complete hipocracy to her remarks that
Short of bringing in the Almighty (which we all know she would NEVER do), to assist her message, she is old news. I expect she’ll become more and more negative because who she is and what she represents are no longer stirring any hope in anyone. However, the Clinton machine will attack Obama, her money will talk, and she’ll get the votes needed on Super Tuesday. Her new team will get the credit. She, like so many of her contemporaries, are so completely out of touch with this country that what she’s being told is she doesn’t have our confidence, she doesn’t inspire us, and we don’t believe she’s an agent of change at all. She’s smart, she’s rich, and she’s going to do whatever it takes to have power, but it’s interesting watching her scramble and scrape, trodding on whomever she must.
Let’s see, Hillary is the agent of change by bringing back the past. Hmmm.
Here we go, Carville and the Clintonian “Politics of Personal Destruction” back to your TV set coming soon. Time to bring in the experts to smear Obama, this adolescent “she wrote a paper about being president in grade school” stuff and “the republicans will attack his cocaine use, not us fellow democrats of course, who are currently raising the issue.” These feeble attempts will give way to some really harsh professional smearing by the best smear merchants in the business, the Clintons and Carville. The same smear merchant (both Carville and Mrs. Clinton) who smeared any women brave enough to come forward to speak the truth about Mr. Clinton’s inappropriate sexual advances. Yes, it was the “vast right wing conspiracy” not truthful revelations about your husband. Seems like that would have been the appropriate time to cry.
Is this the kind of tactics we want to reward? Hillary, if you’re going to loose, and you probably will not, try to loose with dignity and a small tiny bit of ethics. Demonstrate that change for us, ethical behavior. That would be a huge change, one we never saw demonstrated before.
If Hillary’s elected, we will all be crying paying for huge tax increases, trying to negotiate a broken healthcare system where she rewards the pharmaceutical lobbyists’ supporting her now, when our foreign policy is a shambles and our intelligence capability further gutted by continuing her husband’s folly. Just say no. Hillary isn’t’ change, she isn’t experience. She hasn’t done anything worthwhile in the Senate.
We need a new direction. We need new leadership. As my shirt says “Anyone but Hillary”.
Here we go, Carville and the Clintonian “Politics of Personal Destruction” back to your TV set coming soon. Time to bring in the experts to smear Obama, this adolescent “she wrote a paper about being president in grade school” stuff and “the republicans will attack his cocaine use, not us fellow democrats of course, who are currently raising the issue.” These feeble attempts will give way to some really harsh professional smearing by the best smear merchants in the business, the Clintons and Carville. The same smear merchant (both Carville and Mrs. Clinton) who smeared any women brave enough to come forward to speak the truth about Mr. Clinton’s inappropriate sexual advances. Yes, it was the “vast right wing conspiracy” not truthful revelations about your husband. Seems like that would have been the appropriate time to cry.
If Hillary’s elected, we will all be crying paying for huge tax increases, trying to negotiate a broken healthcare system where she rewards the pharmaceutical lobbyists’ supporting her now, when our foreign policy is a shambles and our intelligence capability further gutted by continuing her husband’s folly. Just say no. Hillary isn’t’ change, she isn’t experience. She hasn’t done anything worthwhile in the Senate.
We need a new direction. We need new leadership. As my shirt says “Anyone but Hillary”.
Bill, Begala, Carville, Albright and Clark – you call this change…lets complete the team and add Reno, Epsy and Berge…and for added excitement include Lewinsky, Jones and Rich.
It looks like Clinton is panicking after two primaries? Is this who we want as leader of the free world? Someone that panics at the first sign of trouble?
Don’t the Clinton’s get it already. We all know Hillary Clinton inside out and at least half the country can not stand her and would never vote for her, no matter how many times she tries to reinvent herself. She has totally alienated us with her many scandals and divisive rhetoric. About another 35% has serious concerns about her but some will vote for her anyway. The remaining 15% have already been snatched and there is no hope for them. Even if she was to somehow become President, she has no hope in bringing the country together to solve problems.
So much for “change”.
This brings to mind the issues that were raised by George W. Bush’s opponents, as he announced at the start of his first term the role many of his father’s advisors would play. It was argued that there would be no change; that he would play as a puppet to the old school cronies. Bush’s team agrued that the advisors would bring experience and ensure a smoother start to the term. In my opinion the Clinton team shows a lack of memory and an abundance of hypocrisy.
Bringing on more advisors!?! Seems that she will be putting more strain on her budget, while funds are drying up as more commit to Obama. If she could swollow her pride, she should bring back Dick Morris, but that bridge is long burnt.
James Carville -mouth of the south back in the news. Hoefully he and Hillary will enter the no spin zone. That would be TV news, and one could sell tickets.
When you are counting on slimy individuals like Begala & Carvelle, you are definitely talking about the Bill’s crew. Carvelle and Begala are both snakes, they will fit perfectly. Watch for the politics of personal destruction to kick in a major way. With these guys in control, things will digress quickly to “gotcha” politics. First things Carvelle does is hire some sleazy P.I. to dig up dirt, then he will release it to his back ally allies in the MSM.
Hillary has been told to sit down and shut up, now Willy’s boys are in charge.
Barack’s message reflects the youth’s calling on causes greater than one
self while Hill’s message is me, me, and me. The winner is very clear as night
and day. It reflects personal character, the calling for self-sacrifice and
willingness to learn other viewpoints to achieve a common ground. This message
is very idealistic and the youth are idealists and some older people still
haven’t lost their youthful idealism. It resonates widely with voters because
most voters still has that idealism within them. I don’t consider JFK is really
that great president, but he was able to tap into that idealistic callings to
promote programs that really worked. No amount of slogan changes can help
Hill’s campaign and their constant adaptation only showed how out of focus was
their message or their message just doesn’t carry the gravitas of an
“experienced” candidate. Hill’s tearing up yesterday shows her frustration and
fear of really losing to Barack like she was staring at reality. I consider it
to be a reflection of her true feelings and got my empathy, but not my vote !
Her time is passed, and she should just learn to accept fate as Al did and pick
to work on causes that is greater than one self !
Bringing back Bill’s old guard attack dog to wage a war against Barack will not make any difference. They have a lousy message that nobody buys anymore. Voters crave for civility in our body politics and they have enough of old slash and burn tactics that was the hallmark of Bill’s campaign.
Bringing back the past equates to change???? Instead of moving forward we digress backwards???
People just do not want another 4 years of the Clintons. Even the Dems don’t . !!! Who would really be the President? Tell me Bill would not try to run things. And Hillary just is not trusted by either party.
Perhaps the message here is that America is not interested in another Clinton in the White House. She should look for some new cookie recipes as there will be plenty of time for baking next year.
With Begala and Carville now officially on board it is about to get real ugly. Those two are the Clinton gestopo boys. They will appeal to the worst in people and it will become a no holds barred affair. They are the two most nastiest people in politics.
[...] of (bad) experience, here’s your fodder: she’s bringing Bill’s old advisors, James Carville and Paul Begala, into her campaign. So she’s out there telling people, “this campaign is indeed about [...]
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Clintonian way of politics has just begun..again. They will stop at nothing to regain the WH. Some may even go the way of Vince Foster before all is said and done.
These people need to be watched closely.
Wow, Fix News still has not pulled this story? It was only debunked over an hour ago.
Super reporting!
I think the assesment made here about Edwards is correct. I like Edwards but I find it difficult to get on the Obama band wagon. Obama’s lack of experience has me worried. I’m not a politician but if this guy thinks he’s going to sit down and negociate us back to “Hunkydory Land” then I say he’s crazy or at least anyone that listens to him is. Even with a Democratic Congress he’s not going to get anything done because of his lack of experience. He thinks he’s going to negociate with the Irainians? The Iraqis? The Pakistanis? I don’t think so. However, I think a woman would scare the pants off of these morons.
It’s not the advisors Stup*d, it’s YOU Hill! People do NOT want YOU! You are corrupt, you are a KNOWN liar, you are entwined in corrupt partnerships, corrupt money, corrupt people.
The best advisor in the world would tell you ONE thing. DROP OUT and GO AWAY!
The problem isn’t the message or the communication. The problem is the candidate. The more she meets people the less well she will do. Her “choked up” commentary will be her final undoing not because she was tearful, but because it was self-pity oriented and the world can hear and see that for themselves. Hilary’s body langauge repeatedly gives her away. She is not able to coordinate her words with her body language much like Al Gore. Thus, Hillary will never come off as a warm, caring and loving person, because that is not who she is and she does not possess the acting skills to hide it. Trying to pitch her that way is disingenous and the public is picking up on that.
The point is Barack Obama is change; if for no other reason than he is not Hillary, he is not Richardson, he is not Biden and he is not Edwards. He is change because he is different. His voting record has nothing to do with it.
Just my thoughts.
Matthew T. Dean
They can change the presentation, but it’s the product that’s not selling.
Our history is not about the power of money to rule!!!! Maybe we need to return the government to THE PEOPLE not special interest groups!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well now the heat is on. This ought to be interesting. Mutt and Jeff to the rescue.
Ya think they will make a movie out of this one too. She still is not getting my vote.
Hillary, desperate, hired the likes of Carville, to bring up dirt on The Big “O”, he will slam O every way but honest. My advice: Barak watch ur back, u may have to fight a different battle. Good luck, Rocky a veteran, First American, professional, and a republican, I support you and U have my vote, throughout
Back to the Past! How great is this! she simply doesn’t get it we do not want Hill and Bill in the White House. Bring in the old guard and Americans will fly to Obama. Bill Clinton wants to be co-president.Its called living on the backs of the American People. She has no experience. We do not want the clintons.
The Walking Eagle doesn’t realize she is the problem, not her advisors.
Why is the media overlooking the obvious? . . . Couldn’t it just be that the electorate is simply worn of the idea that a Bush or a Clinton should occupy the White House? . . . Its’ been 20 years since Bush 41 was elected . . . time for a change indeed.
if hillary clinton hopes to compete in nevada with the help of harry and rory reid……well, she might just as well write-off nevada too……and on to the next one……
It doesn’t matter who they bring in, it will not change anything. Can’t they see that we are tired of the Clintons. Why don’t they just go away. In with the new (Obama) out with the old (Hillary). As a young woman, she is no role model for me. I simply do not trust her. She appears to want to make history and is all about power. As a young woman campaigning for Obama, all I hear from the young crowds is that Hillary is too OLD to understand what we need. We relate with Obama better. At my age, all I ever remember is a Bush or Clinton in the white house. It’s time to turn the page.
Obama 08!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer girl.
YOU GO HILLARY CLINTON!!!!!
YOU GO HILLARY CLINTON!!!!!
HILLARY – PUT THE HOT AIR – - FRONT AND CENTER – - FOR ALL THE KNOW ABOUT!!!
THERE IS TRULY LOTS THAT SHOULD BE SAID ABOUT HOT AIR!!!
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i guess carvile will have to give up his work at the vatican. where will they ever find another gargoyle ?
Hillary now feels as Robert E. Lee felt in April, 1865. Her outcome will be similar! Bringing back the ‘old guard’ in Carville is not exactly ‘change’. Who is Hillary and Bill attempting to FOOL????
Must admit that it will be comedy to watch her and Slick Willie attempt to spin it! Hillary can only blame herself for her futile attempt at triangulation of the illegal immigrant situation in New York during the Philadelphia debate.
Sadly, the more one sees of Hillary, the more sorrow is felt for the folks of New York who elected her in the first place.
i guess carville will have to give up his work at the vatican. where will they ever find another gargoyle ?
I would rather lose to Hillary than Obama, but think she will hope for the vice presidency.
I am glad she is employing desperate measures. This tells me she is almost out. Anybody but Hilliary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am just absolutely loving every minute of this, Hillary is FINALLY FINALLY getting her much deserved comeuppance (?) I was wondering just how long it was going to take before everyone else came around to realizing just how phony, scripted, un-ethical and utterly disingenuous she really is…I figured it out way back around in 1992….Does anyone else remember how many White house scandals and soap operas she was in the middle of during Bill’s term??? Whatever really did happen to Vince Foster anyway??
Carville? Everyone has known all along that Bill is the puppet master in this campaign. Bringing back Carville is another slap from Bill to Hillary, implying she can’t manage the task herself, like she could not keep Bill from womanizing, etc.
Pathetic attempt by a desparate party. All Carville will bring is more devisiveness, more attack ads and character assassination attempts against the Republicans and Hillary’s Democratic rivals, Obama and Edwards.
This will be fun to watch………………………………vote Republican
Well, this is a little strange, bring Bill in when the chips are down. If elected, will Hillary bring him in everytime she is feeling attacked. Look at it this way, she was in the house for eight years and beside her stood the leader of the free world who I will say had his chance to put an end to this by striking back agains Bin Laden, however he would not. He also ran to Canada, how quickly we have forgotten this. Lets not put that type of leadership back in the white house,
Hillary is outdated and behind the times. Her campaign is over. Carville and Degala are outdated as well. Nothing they come up with is going to make any difference. Nice try Hillary.
Its not the “Message” it’s the Messager!!!!! She should stop crying, did’t she said she wanted to join the Marines…….Hehe…Funny. She is SO fake….She should of said ” I feel your pain”
IT’S TIME FOR THE CLINTONS TO LEAVE SO WE CAN FIX OUR PARTY…..
Same old, same old. That’s what I see, hear and think about Hilliary Clinton. We, Americans, deserve something better than the Clinton spin machine.
When it comes right down to it, people are tired of the Clinton’s and all of their baggage. A vote for Hillary is not a vote for change, if that is what you want.
Call in the Maytag man. The spin cycle seems to be broken.
Great move Bill, now will CNN really tell the truth and put the Clintons in their place. What a joke, Hillary’s experience served her well serving coffee at the polling places, just like at the white house and her foriegn experience. When this is over, will CNN stop the poor Hillary route and report the facts. Wolf cannot say a nice thing about Obama, which in the long run will pay off for him. Vote Obama. When will people realize her 35 years of experience includes white water problem, Bill under the desk, her failure at even getting health care from the tv of CNN to the elected officials that did not even enter it on to the floor……
Hillary can only talk about what she’s supposedly done. people don’t want to hear that. People have immediate problems now and look forward knowing the economy and world issues will affect them greatly in the future. People largely don’t care what’s happened in the past; they want to know how, specifically how, she’s going to fix things in the future. Hillary’s riding on Bill’s coattails and sorry Hil, it brings back bad memories for lots of people.
I thought the Clinton stategy was about change. How is going back and using people Bill Clinton used making a fresh change.
Does anyone doubt that Hillary’s “tears” were phony?Does anyone remeber Bill Clinton at Secretary Brown’s funeral going from walking talking and smiling suddenly tirning to wiping a tear when a tv camera was pointed his way.
Now that is smart. People want change, so lets bring in the good old boys??
I’m so happy that Obama entered the race. I thought it would be a shoe-in for Billary!
Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope…. If these guys pile on and the Clinton campaign still sputters, it’s just more refutation of the Clinton Dynasty. I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope…
How can Hillary even begin to claim any defeat in New Hampshire as a moral victory. She was the front runner there as recently as two weeks ago. People are seeing her for who she is and that is not the next Democratic nominee.
Interesting – not a single supportive comment in this forum – - – and RIGHTFULLY so!! There really is no fooling we Americans!
Indeed, it seems the writing is on the wall…
With these new attach dogs, she will only serve to dirty the campaign and go on the attack… as a result show everyone the politics of the old. People are tired of all the constant fighting in Washington, nothing gets done and her campaign will soon show this same strategy.
Obama is showing “change” not only in his proposals, though also in the way he campaigns, if he keep’s so his message and does not get caught up in the mud slinging, then she and her new dogs will be seen as the sore losers and she will be out of this very soon!
Here we go now its Bill running for office again!! This country had enough of him now Bill is trying to get elected again as you know Hillary could never do it on her own. Without Bill she is nothing and with Bill they are both nothing!!
Ha… so much for “Change”!
Hillary will unleash the politics of personal attack against Obama which will haisten her loss and an end to the Clintonistas forever. Obama will be runner-up to the R in November since he will have nothing but yet to be developed policies to run on that include tax increases, cut and run foreign policy and socialized medicine.
So much for change. I wondered how long it would take for her to bring in the same people who helped Bill Clinton lie his way to the White House and lie his way through 8 years of helping the FOB – friends of bill. I will only hope that America sees this for what it really is – a Bill Clinton run for the White House! Hillary hasn’t had an original thought in years, exaggerates her role in the First Clinton White House, and claims to understand the people of America. Who is she kidding? We have had enough of these 2 – Why won’t anyone tell them that their 15 minutes of fame is up? Go Away and Stay Away!!!
This is great! Bring on all the old guys from Bill’s Administration. Hillary cannot put together a winning team so she enlists Bill’s old team. She is untruthful, dishonest and arrogant. They did not go after Bin Laden but kept us bogged down in Kosovo. Wait until they start on OBAMA. She is for change, RIGHT! They want to move from Chappaqua to the White House because they feel they are entitled to live there. When will they get the message that we, the people, do not want the Carpetbaggers to live in the People’s House.
Hillary is done.
Nice to see the Democratic party turn a new page. Perhaps we as a nation can now get past the “politics of destruction” that Hillary first invented to stop the bimbo eruptions and focus on the issues at hand. A good, honest debate on the issues is what we need and is what will serve our nation best.
I’m a die-hard Democrat looking desperatly to see any value in Hillary, but I can’t help it anymore…she is a jackass. Change…and you bring in old buddies! What a joke. She is so arrogant and honestly believes she is entitled to the nomination and election. She says she has experience….what? Doing what? She was in charge of the state dinner menus in the White House for 8 years. That’s experience!!!! The pastry chef had White House experience too…..but he’s not claiming to be qualified. Hillary is a moron…sorry. I’ll vote for someone else.
SEE Hillary CAN NOT DO IT ON HER OWN . hAS TO BRING DADDYS BOYS BACK IN .
Well, it is clear now Hillary is not ready to be the next president of the United States. Her credibility and shallowness have always been her trademarks when it comes to defining herself. Her so-called independence and tough mindedness and knowledge of all subjects related to what it takes to be the next president are nothing but her Husband´s pedigrees. She´s always ridden on his popularity and never has shown her personality and views on policies important to the American people despite all the years that she spent in the White House. Now, lately she has been talking about a choice between readiness and rethorics coming from Obama´s camps, and little did we know, she would flinch at the first setbacks. The question is, what we will she do when she starts getting tough briefings on issues related to the security of the country from the National Security Adviser? If losing two insignificant but important states during the primaries is already making question everything and crawling back to Bill, God knows who will be in running the country is this woman makes it to the White House. Thank God the old Bill´s guards will just terminate this non-sense campaign of hers, anyway.
It truly is amazing that Hillary Clinton would bring on Carville and Begala. It has been constant and continuously verbalized by Americans for some time now that no one wishes to revisit the continual flow of garbage that so permeated the Clinton years – ALL of them (years).
First, she cried (quite possibly genuine) then in desperation, brings in the “nasties”. These are not the actions of a person I would look to for the security and advancement of our great nation.
I think she should drop out of the race. There are some things that are going to be no matter what you do or say and this is one of those times. There is nothing she can do to change the mood of the country at this momemt in time. Our Time is Now!
SEE HILLARY CAN NOT DO IT ON HERE OWN . SHE HAS TO BRING DADDYS BOYS BACK. NEXT COMES THE BLUE DRESS.
There are no easy answers in public service. Hilliary’s supporters would be mad if she did nothing and her opponents are saying it is a weakness. As the spouse of an elected official all Hillary can do is the best she can and let the voters decide. An experienced staff can certainly make a positive difference. However I think today’s general public is smart enough in the end to see through all the smoke and mirrors and do what is best in one of the most important races in recent years.
My disappointment lies with both parties and the fact that many good people simply do not want to expose their families or personal life to such an exercise as seeking public office.
With the information highway, there is no excuse for someone to cast an uninformed vote!
Barack’s message reflects the youth’s calling on causes greater than one
self while Hill’s message is me, me, and me. The winner is very clear as night
and day. It reflects personal character, the calling for self-sacrifice and
willingness to learn other viewpoints to achieve a common ground. This message
is very idealistic and the youth are idealists and some older people still
haven’t lost their youthful idealism. It resonates widely with voters because
most voters still has that idealism within them. I don’t consider JFK is really
that great president, but he was able to tap into that idealistic callings to
promote programs that really worked. No amount of slogan changes can help
Hill’s campaign and their constant adaptation only showed how out of focus was
their message or their message just doesn’t carry the gravitas of an
“experienced” candidate. Hill’s tearing up yesterday shows her frustration and
fear of really losing to Barack like she was staring at reality. I consider it
to be a reflection of her true feelings and got my empathy, but not my vote !
Her time is passed, and she should just learn to accept fate as Al did and pick
to work on causes that is greater than one self !
Bringing in 2 attack dogs from Bill’s campaign won’t make any difference as Barack have moved to a level beyond their reach – civility in our body politics. Attacking Barack with their old slash and burn tactics will only bring a backlash from establishment Democrats who won’t appreciate this kind of tactics.
Hill sure is listening to the public again. Bringing back “serpant head” will sure make her look like a change agent. Clinton’s have nothing new to offer.
Sounds like desperation to me! And trust me the American people wont buy it bringing in the good ole boys to try to save her. Here in lies the rub with the American people about Hillary. MISTAKE #1….She was raised in Illinios and spent 20 years in Arkansas but for some reason decided it would be best to carpetbag in New York. Mistake #2 Then when she had an opportunity to leave Bill who chased skirts from DC to Little Rock, she stayed in the White House. Every other spouse who had been humiliated like she was would have pulled the plug. So thousand of people in their heart of hearts think she traded her diginity for power. She is bright and tireless but thousands have not been able to get it out of their minds she does everything for power. Thus you see all her negatives across the country… she is very polarizing and calculating. Obama is not the answer for the Dem party he for the time being is just easier for the Amercian people to swallow. My guess is you better watch out for someone running under the 3rd party nominee. That little played news clip on Monday Jan 7th about the 2 dozen or so who met in the mid west may very well loom large in the end…
Thanks
Carville will be the end of Clinton. Thank goodness. It will be great to get rid of both of them.
His loud mouth and serpent looks will only turn people off. Hillarious is cunning, deceitful, conniving, greedy, and pompous (to name only a few of her traits).
Vicki ( A mental health therapist for 25 years)
So how will two extremely unlikeable guys like Begala and Carville make SHrillary look more likeable? Ain’t going to happen. In fact it will alienate even more of her “supporters”.
Who is running for President Hillary or Bill?
I agree! Great summary of the Clinton campaign Carolyn! Now if her supporters could just take a moment and use some common sense. What a show she has put on for us and now it’s time for a curtain call.
The old saying if you cant stand the heat get out of the frying pan or something along those lines….Hillary is/and never was presidential material….with her hatred of the military (especially in these times) among many other filegate…..travelgate…..etc etc….the constant lying and manipulating…never answering a question truthfully……and now……………….CRYING…my oh my just what we need when Bin Laden throws that first attack at the new president…..Hand me a hankie….I am just so stressed out…..give me a break…we need a STRONG LEADER…not this woman at least. Oh and dont forget her experience with the health care debacle….ah yes…and she was banned from public for the next year until the people had forgotten just how badly she screwed up….Is this the person you want in charge of this great nation…..I hope not…..but remember you get what you vote for………………………..I can hear many people crying along w/Hillary the next time this country is hit w/a terrorist attack…..God help us all!
I’m LOVING IT.
The Clintons are scrambling around like roaches, after the lights have been turned on!
Repeatedly, Repeatedly, Hillary as mentioned her “35 yrs. experience”. Will someone Please fill me in?????? What experience? The only elected ‘job’ is the one she holds now. Look for yourself what Bill & Hillary were doing 35 years ago. Hippie living, dodging the draft, ad infinitim!!!
Hillary is realizing that a whole lot of people don’t like her,and even with the help of Bill and CNN it’s “NOT” working.She can cry all she wants but what this country needs is a woman not a girl that is passed 60
Only one thing can save Hillary clinton’s candidacy. She should resort to Bill Clinton’s use of the “race card”. Hillary should create her own “sister souljah moment”.
Isn’t that how the game is played?
I hear people always bringing up the awesome “Clinton Political Machine”. Yet it seems that these people have a short memory. The Clinton Polictical Machine never won more that 49 percent of the national vote, and only won its elections on a weakend Republican Vote spit by Ross Perot. Without Perot, Bill Clinton would have been an also ran and a small footnote in history. If being first lady is expierienct, than she is expierienced in, not dealing with a terrorist threat, dibilitating our military and causing a political divide in our country that will take years to overcome.
Hillary needs to realize she’s the problem, not her advisors.
Who cares! Barack Obama is a MOVEMENT which trumps MACHINE every time!! Bring it on!!
OBAMA 08
Watch out!!! ‘Tis time to hide the dishes and the lamps. Hillary will be slingin’ everything she can get her hands on! You bet it’s personal…just imagine… a self-annointed, arrogant socialist being rejected by the majority of liberals.
Obviously no one posting here truly follows politics. Or they would know that Obama’s campaign has hired Bill Clinton’s old advisors. He keeps touting change when he has no record to prove it and he has employed people that gave advice to the very person he critisizes. Give me a break! Hillary has only missed 6% of the votes while being a senator. Mostly while running for president. Obama has missed 16% of his senate votes in the short ime he has been in it. It’s obvious who works harder and who is actually making change.
Smacks of desperation. Like a bad date.
So she’s an agent of change? I think the caption, “Back to the future” says it all. She’s reviving the old Clinton approach.
Re: The COLD one!
I could not sleep last night thinking about Hillary Clinton and her scripted soft spoken teary eye rant, she is evil! Who is she worried about, this county or herself? I am a Mitt Romney supporter but if a democrat is going to win the white house, I want Barack Obama! How can America truly not see through the Clinton’s ugly dirty machine and vote for this person? I realize that the left hates George W. Bush and most of the republican party but God help us if Hilary becomes president. Go Obama!
I am writing form New Hampshire. The ground swell of support for Sen. Obama is everywhere. Clinton will be extremely lucky to lose by less than 10 points. Bringing on these two hired guns at this point may well be too late. The horse is out of the barn; she might just as well leave the door open.
Well, Well….seems as if Hillary the horrable might go down in flames…tends to happen to witches…..
The old pros are back now the REAL mudslinging starts ! Get out your protective gear.
She just doesn’t get it…..like rearranging the deck chairs on the HMS Titanic……She’s not going to be elected Prom Queen or anything else………WJC is really getting desparate, he want’s to be back in charge……all those “extra curricular” benefits he had the last time he was in DC…..that won’t work either. Paul Begalla and the other WJC adviser re-tread may be looking to get back in the game for yet another round at the trough, they’re all just a bunch of opportunistic over the hill dancers, looking for a new spotlight to showcase their worn out talent and ability to spin anything but the truth. As as it was when WJC was in Foggy Bottom, truth is always their first victim.
Bill, part duex! Thus proving yet again that the sequel is never as good as the original.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a republican and would never consider voting for Clinton. But, what really brothers me is the real possibility of Obama being our next President. He talks a good line, change and all that, but what change? He has a more liberal voting record then Ted Kennedy. How can he cross the isle for bipartian support with his record?
With the addition of Carville and Begala (and other Karl Rove-type aids) the Clinton camp asserts that the will of the people isn’t what the primary is about. This is tantamount to ignoring the Constitution, and tramples the notion of a free society expressing its view of who should represent them in the White House.
We will once again see the tail wag the dog, but this time I suspect it will be done with a vengence! If the past behaviors of these folks is any indication of how they will comport themselves in this primary, then the Carville’s and Begala’s of the world will begin by twisting and shaping the election news, and continue by distorting the records of every candidate running (including Clinton’s). Fact will no longer be discernible from fiction; truth will be tainted by falsehoods; right will be in the shadow of wrong–and all the while, we will see Clinton’s smiling face, presumably above the fray. This will become so negative that the democratic party may even undermine its own chances of retaking the White House. (Shame!)
For Clinton and these aids the end justifies the means. Who cares that free-will has been usurped; who cares that the will of the people is ignored; who cares that Clinton and her camp believe we do not know what we are doing and we need their help to think correctly and to vote correctly. The only thing Clinton and her newly hired heavy guns care about is winning. In their minds, there is something wrong with us–but don’t worry, Clinton is willing and able to bring in the help we need: here comes Carville and Begala. Her saviors are here. Reason and free-will can now be trampled and Clinton’s entitlement re-established.
All candidates need to make their case for the presidency and then stand aside and let us make our decision. If you resort to arm-twisting and other questionable tactics, I and others will see that for what it is. Those misguided efforts will be interpreted as ‘your case’.
Craig
Well, Well, Well – ole Hillary needs some help from the good ole boys she so despises with everyone else. The more the word Change is used, the more the voters see why Hillary should not be in office – she doesn’t represent change she represents higher taxes, more government and the same old bull-s*** that’s been going on in Washington for all these years. Someone should ask Hillary what specifically did she do in her 35 years of public office that she can claim as experience (besides screwing the American people and being married to a buffoon). Carville is a hack so is the other guy – it’s becomming abundently clear Hillary cannot stand on her own and with that she will not be able to stand on her own in the White House – slick willy will be running the show.
It is about time that Hillary brought in the big guns. James carville is definitely what is need to get the campaigns message on track and bring Hillary back out in front of Obama and Edwards. Carville will be the one unknown variable that is needed to throw the other campaigns off track.
Obama, watch ur back, the blood slingers are back. If Hillary wins it all we will have the first Hill-Billy presidency and the slut returns, Billy being the slut. We will watch ur back, those that believe in change, and hope.
Hopefully, bringing on James Carville will bring about Hillary’s demise much quicker.
He is a loud mouth looking serpent with the manners/class of a “Redneck.”
Hillary is doing a very good job by herself of ending her run for the presidency. She is cunning, deceitful, conniving, greedy, self-rightious and pompous. No time to name the rest of her traits.
It’s over Hillary! Now grab Bubba and get to therapy!
She just doesn’t get the concept that what worked for her husband will NOT work for her. She is female, is NOT charismatic and represents the POTENTIAL for change. Her theme song now needs to be “Bring in the Clowns”. Looking back while trying to move forward means you will wreck and no telling who you will take out with you when you do. She should roll up her tent now and start trying to be a good senator for New York. Give it up, girl.
I thought Hillary was going to ‘CHANGE’ things. Wow, how soon she forgets…it really is ‘back to the future’, do whatever you have to to win…if her ideas are so new, fresh, and right for the country, why does she need all the old-school good ol’ boys to get the message across?
She’s counting on MoveOn being right about the american sheeple blindly following after manipulators — only this time she is employing the manipulators. We didn’t want her s.o.t. in the white house anyway …
While I am a Republican and avid political observer, I believe that there is an intellectual dishonesty emerging regarding the records of both Barak Obama and John Edwards. While it may be true, that the issue of “likeability” is resonating with voters for Obama, he is clearly gaining because Americans love the underdog. I as a Repubican see myself as pulling for Obama just because he appears to be a nice and decent human being with great inspirational skills.
My concern is that Hillary Clinton is being rejected for the very charcteristics the President must have, standing up to everyone when everything is against you and now calling on some of the best political minds in the country to help her. Who would not do the same if you had access to them? She has endured some of the the most scandelous scrutiney in the history of politics in this country, no doubt about it. And yet she is still here. Who among us could endure what she has endured? Who among political figures has chosen to keep a marriage together against all of the advice to dump Mr. Clinton?
Statecraft my fellow Americans takes more than just good ideas. It takes something we all know is required but are so unwilling to admit. There are times when unveilng the truth about your opponets can very ugly. If Hillary Clinton were a man, we would endure her cold and calculating style and say “This is a leader”… and if that leader showed a sign of emotion at some time during the campaign trail, we would say, “And look he is sensitive also”. It is only that Hilary Clinton is a female that we are attribiting weakness to her future resolve in statecraft during a sensitive moment. This is patently unfair.
I am not voting for Hillary Clinton, but if she looses, let it be because of issues and because the other person has better qualications to run the country, period. Not because we don’t “like her”. I can put aside my distaste for some of her idiosyncrasies, but for anyone to state she is not as qualified or does not have the skill sets to be President as anyone presently running in both parties is simpl intellectual dishonesty. She does have the skill sets. She is just not “popular”. Well this isn’t high school.
We may want to go back and get a copy of “The Prince” and get a grip on how world politics is really done. Machivelli is alive and well in both parties and those unwilling to use his tactics on the world stage are the ones who need not apply for President of the Untied States. Is Obama willing? That my friends is the question.
So, she can’t campaign without her husband, she can’t run a campaign without her husband and now she can’t have her own people run a caamaign and must rely on her husband’s past campaign people.
I guess he will run the country and bring back his old cabinet too, since she can’t seem to do anything without him.
Why is this report still up on Fox?!!?
James Carville has denied this report.
IF HILLARY IS SO BRILLIANT AND COMPASSIONATE FOR THE PEOPLE, WHY IS SHE BRINGING IN THESE TWO BOZO’S?
SS-DD. Motor mouth and spinner back to boggle the minds. Some things never change. Except this time we know the game better–and the mouth from Louisana and the spinner from everywhere will be ignored by all except the terminally Clintonized.
The dirt will be flying at Obabma now. He’s never faced this type of evil before.
Carville? Begala? WTF??!!
this move is dead on arrival!!
Bill! Bill! Bill! taking his wife down with him.
Does anyone else see a devorce coming?…this was the only reason Hillary kept his ass around.
There is no use for that cheating bastard now.
Thank God!
It is time to beef it up and bring in the big players!
Obama is using some of Clinton’s former advisors to run his campaign.
If Obama thinks he can run this country without the help of those who already are in place in Washington and without those who have the experience…..
He will fail within his first 24 hours.
That is why he is running a race based on words and a fairy tale that people are buying in to who don’t even care what is at stake.
The big players that Clinton is bringing in will know how to get this message across to the people.
So far the people have not connected with this message.
I praise the Lord for this! Because our country is in trouble and no offense to Obama but he is not qualified to save our ailing democracy.
Hillary Clinton is the best and most qualified and the new players will make sure this message is clear to all voters.
IT SHOWS SHOWS YOU WHY WE HAVE HAD BUSH IN TWO TERMS BECAUSE AMERICA IS STILL THAT STUPID TO VOTE ON LIKENESS THAT EXPERIENCE! GOOD GOING HILL HATERS JUST BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE HER DOESN’T MEAN SHE COULDN’T REPAIR THIS COUNTRY. OK SO TAKE THE OBAMA GUY THE ONE THAT TALKS CHANGE BUT HAS NEVER PRODUCED! YOU MAKE ME SICK! HILLARY 08!
I fed up with Ms Clinton and all the rest of the lying, mud slinging, back stabbing. Two faced politicians who are in this campaign for president. Not one of them knows what the truth is if it came up and slapped them in the face and told them what it was.
The only reason that I’m going to vote in November is that I consider voting one of the few privileges that the government has not taken away yet, I don’t know about the future of voting in this country. With all the above going on I hate to see what kind of president one of them will make.
This is about as stupid as anything I have seen in this campaign yet. People better start
“thinking” about exactly why they are voting for whomever they are going to vote for.
A bunch of mindless votes, not to mention dead people voting and hanging chads got
us into the fix we are in now. I am really ashamed of how the media and my country
has treated the first serious woman candidate for president that we have ever had.
There is no hope for this country. Do you really think Obama is the answer? One
person could not pull this place out of the rat hole it is in.
Watch out, folks!! There will be dishes, lamps and everything else she can get hands on flyin’ through the air. I guess it is personal…extremely personal…just imagine..a self-annointed, arrogant socialist being rejected by a majority of liberals.
Maybe this last ditch attempt to resurrect the Clinton campaign will finally expose Hillary for what she really is….a power-hungry socialist who would say or do anything just to get elected.
Hillary claims she has experience. The only experience she has was “LIVING” in the Whitehouse.
Boots, her cat, has just as much experience!
I’ll take Boots over Hillary – anyday!!
To Flo Jo: Thank you very much. President Clinton didn’t have the balls to deal with terrorism under his watch. BL was on silver platter to be handed over to Clinton; what did he do- nothing-
We are in this mess because of President Clinton and Hillary playing dumb doesn’t work anymore.
I wonder if those WH records are in Clinton library which Hillary will not allow to be released.
The worse mistake this country could possibly make is electing Hillary as President. Now that Hillary has Bill’s top guns, watch the dirt to start flying. No one play dirty like the Clintons.
It’s beyond me how people just don’t get it. HELLO! I will never forget the Clinton years. I feel Bush did do the best he could under the circumstances and any President who goes to war will not be popular. Trust me, we get Hillary or one those other Democrats in office, we’re all in trouble.
Hillary’s meltdown yesterday took me by surprise because Hillary’s persona is so tough.
both have denied this story
THIS STORY IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/james_carville_emphatically_denies_that_hes_going_back_to_work_for_hillary.php
FOX IS GETTING DESPERATE NOW BECAUSE MSNBC IS CATCHING UP QUICKLY IN THE RATINGS!!!!
She projected an image as if she was the democratic nominee in the earlier debates but when faced the music of campiagn, she lost gound. She spend most of her time in bashing Bush and now she is facing the same from the voters.
The lady spouting CHANGE at every opportunity is going back to the old. Personnally, I’d like to see her go home!
Did Hillary peak to soon…..a bye product of starting the campaign to soon!
The season is too long as it is.
Is the message tired?
Let’s see if Obama has any substance now that he is the front runner on the Democrat side.
I cannot believe she is bringing those two fossils into her camp. Is this really change? She is deperate.
gotmilt refers to a quote from Mr. Carville that “I’m not getting back into domestic political consulting. If I do go back, it would be safe to say that I’m the biggest liar in America.” I’m having trouble remembering when James Carville did NOT lie! The lies were, in fact, the basis of his entire “political consulting” career. All I seem to remember was his nightly network foaming at the mouth over Ken Starr and Rush Limbaugh.
This is equal to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. For their next trick, Slick Willie is going to claim that he was actually black before Obama was black, just wait and see.
Looking forward to the polls in NH closing tonite so we can REALLY see her cry!!!
Well, it looks like it’ll be Barak and ????? next November. I’m glad she’s faulting and even happier to see she’s going back to “Bill’s team”. It just goes to show you she’s not bringing anything fresh to the table.
Comment by the Original Ouisa.
Give me a break. Repeatedly, Repeatedly, Hillary has mentioned her “35 yrs of experience”. Will someone Please fill me in on just What this experience was!! The only office she has been elected to is Senator. One only has to look back 35 years in their life to know what they were doing.l living the hippie life, draft dodging. All a matter of record.
What a fraud; yes change is her watch word alright. Bring in the goon squad form Bill’s days. Look out for bodies all over the place. Some leadership by not eliminating those who could not do the job but add as in government mentality. I am not an Obama supporter but Hillary looks like she iw going down fast. I would not be surprised over the next two weeks to see a lot of real dirt come out about Obama from the Clinton Mafia. Go home Hillary and kick Bill; you guys have taken enough form the government Clinton Welfare Program.
Well, it’s just like the Clinton’s to give Americans more or the same. Where is the “change” Clinton said she would or (excuse me) has changed? Mayor Guilliani said it best, change can be good or change can be bad. Clinton is more of the same, bad change!
How does bringing back the Sleaze Machine of Begala and Carville represent “change”???
Wake up!! America is tired of this childish nonsense.
Two observations:
1. Is this how she would run her administration? I have no doubt she is working hard for the cause but the decisions all seem reactive to the latest poll or vote. If Bill had similar problems during his first election, where is all of her experience and ability to initiate change? It still looks like another incumbent about to get kicked to the curb.
2. Major has really drank deeply from the Clinton well. He has gone from fair and balanced reporting to a tool for the Clinton machine.
Well said, Carolyn.
Just wanted to add that the return of Carville and Begala is akin to polishing the brass on Titanic.
We will REALLY see some tears from Hillary when the polls close tonite!!!
I’d like to quote; “this chick is toast”……..but she and her husband scare me…..their ambition to get back into the WH is disruptive to this countries political process…….they will do more harm than good…….
Goody goody goody!
I want Billary back in the white house!
Ok folks…it is now time for Hillary to be diagnosed with a mysterious disease that will make it difficult for her to pursue a run for the presidency at this time. However, with all of our prayers she should be completely healed in time for the next election, whether for the senate or the presidency.
This way she can make a graceful exit from the presidential primaries without losing face that America doesn’t love her and Bill as much as she thinks we do.
Folks shouldn’t be so quick to write off the middle aged white guys. Carville and Begala may come off as blow hards on the small screen, but that is pure theater. Both men are absolutely brilliant political operatives and strategists. Hillary was a fool to not have brought them in from day 1. Is it too late? Perhaps not. Only time will tell. Can they help Hillary overcome her worst enemy, herself? Unlikely.
If she cries and gets emotionally shaken over a small state primary how will she handle nuclear crises as a President? She won’t! She isn’t ready for the Oval Office!
No one really wants Hillary. C’mon…. She’s just more of the same old corruption.
More Free Trade. More Illegal Aliens. More War. Same old s…tuff.
Obama is also more of the same, but is lying through his teeth spouting “change”.
People, of course, are silly enough to believe it. Will they never learn?
Folks… get a grip. Nothing will change.
It’s too late for the GOP/DEM party to do anything constructive.
DON’T WASTE YOUR VOTE!!!!
Vote third party.
Richard H. Clark
Independent Presidential Candidate
http://www.middleclass2008.com
It is amazing to me that even though three news organizations (TPM, Politico, and CNN) have completely discredited the thrust of this story, that Carville and Begala will join the campaign, that it is still the headline article on Fox’s main page. I’ll bet no retraction is in the works either, some source did supposedly say it after all…just because they were either wrong or misinterpreted seems unimportant I guess.
Not that I frown on Hillary bashing
We can now drop one of Hillary’s claims. The one that she was the first serious female presidental candidate. Smartest woman in America my rear.
Hillary is really pathetic. Her change of campaign slogans, denying that Obama had huge momentum coming from Iowa..now they are conceding New Hampshire..which was considered Hillary’s state. The latest spin is that if she loses by less than 10 points it will be a moral visotry..who is she kidding???? Plus bringing in Bill’s old team…that is really sad.. the problem isn’t with the message…the problem is with Hillary. She is cold, calculating and power hungary. She needs to be kept far away from the White House. Both of the Clintons do. They are all about smoke, mirrors and lies. The War, immigration and Health care..how many flip flops did we have wth Hillary.. I’m tired of the Clintons. They are parasites on the political system. Bill will be trolling for interns in the White House…Hill the Pill is a turd who needs to be flushed down the political toilet. I hope that the voters of New Hampshire pull the handle.
Well said, Carolyn.
The return of Begala and Carville will be the straw that brakes the Clinton campaign.
I LOVE YOU GUYS, YOU ALL SUMMED IT UP VERY NICELY!!
So this is what she meant by change… Pull the plug, she’s done.
I hope everybody is correct. I hope it truly is a case of her being out of this thing. There is little doubt she is in trouble. But I would not be too quick to count her out. Things change so fast in politics; remember she was on top of the world 1 month ago. I for one believe this is more about Obama than it is about her.
Does anybody really believe that if Obama stumbles or lets loose some huge gaffe, that lifelong Democrats won’t jump back on her bandwagon? I suspect if they see Obama’s electability take a dive, we will once again be subjected to talk of the good old days of the Clintons once again.
Remember this politics and if the Democrats have shown anything over the years, its that self interest drives every single thing they do.
I hope Obama does nothing stupid but if he does, look out.
Hillary is pathetic and weak..she has Bill’s boys bail her out..here is a pattern..she stays with a man who publically humiliates her..over and over again with his cheating..she is stays with him..I just looked up the definition of the word co-dependent in the dictionary..it said, “see Hillary Rodham Clinton.”
She is unfit to be president.
So much for Hillary running on change. When things get tough revert back to Bill’s old used stand-bys. I think I liked her ploy of tears better than her two new henchmen!
Oh well, same Clinton rhetoric just Hillary instead of Bill this time. We should all consider moving on……..Obama or Edwards!
Like the stock markets, people are quick to bail out when losses have occurred. That’s exactly when people should buy. To say she’s history is pretty shortsighted. Just look at what John McCain has done over the past several months. Don’t discount what Carville and Begala can do regardless of past supposed baggage. Who knows what things are in closet of the “boy from Illinois?” Right now Obama is preaching sermons of hope. The question is whether he’s actually saying anything.
BTW – I’m not supporting either candidate.
I heard a really funny story on the news today. A reporter searched for proof of Hillary’s claim that she negotiated the Irish peace accords. The reporter went through the books the Clintons wrote, articles, and newspapers. What she found was that Mrs. Clinton received a teapot on her visit to Northern Ireland. That was the single mention of her participation.
The Clintons will say anything to better themselves in the eyes of the public. I think they, unfortunately, believe the lies they tell.
She can’t believe she’s losing because its HER turn! Its George & Lurleen Wallace all over again. Hillary is Bill’s puppet.
Well if I was working on Hillary’s staff I might bring up the fact that Obama belongs to a Church that espouses “liberation theology.” Why is this significant? Because “liberation theology” is Marxist influence. Obama’s Church adheres to “black liberation theology” that sees America as one big huge capitalistic evil empire. I am actually shocked that the Clinton’s have not looked at this. That Church’s allegiance is to Africa not America and Obama would do nothig to secure the borders because in the idea of liberation theology God sees the poor as rightous and the wealthy as evil to be overcome and not to overthrow a “evil capitalistic empire” like the U.S. is sinful.
Whites are seen as being racists and the reason for any problem that happens with blacks. Check me if I am wrong but this doesn’t sound much different from National Socialism. Check out the website http://www.tucc.org/talking_points.htm
Everyone is going for the moderate swing vote and how can anyone vote for Obama is beyond me unless of course you hate America and think that capitialism is evil and whites are to blame for all the problems in the world.
Hillary doesn’t have a prayer. If she’s going to run to hubby every time she hits a roadblock, then perhaps she should consider another profession…like inmate.
How can you be a chief executive if you can’t make tough decisions – Like say… getting rid of poor performers!
Implosion. That describes the latest Hillary campaign efforts. Bringing into the mix more ’sixties types’ that spread hate, anger, and antiestablishment rhetoric will hasten her demise. Look out Obama, they are coming after you with every trick in the book (their books).
No one is going to believe a devious person regardless how much she boo-hoos. Her whole being is transparently socialist/communist. She is just one of the many “enemies within” and it’s time to get her out of our government. Have a good day.
Doesn’t she get it by now that adding in Bill’s old team mates is not going to change the fundamental reason she is losing: Everyone hates her. No one trusts her. She has ZERO likeability.
Bill Clinton was a master deceiver but at least people actually liked him. No one likes Hillary. No one trusts her. Having Bill’s Boyz on his campaign worked for him because he was actually likeable. Hillary can add all the Bill’s Boyz she wants, nothing is going to change the fact that she is unelectable.
She can plan all the hostage crises at her campaign headquarters, eat at all the diners, install all the plants at debates, leak “bad information” about candidates and then blame her staff, cry all the crocodile tears, label everyone inexperienced and showboat her ugly pantsuits all she wants. It will never change the fact that voters do not trust her. She is out of dirty tricks. All of them have blown up in her face. She has absolutely no business whatsoever running for President.
Hillary Clinton is unelectable.
Bill’s old gang of low-life advisors. Hmmm – Maybe they will bring back the silverware, pictures, furniture, and dozens of other items stolen from the white house, and Air Force 1 during their exit 8 yrs ago. We paid for that haul – where is the press on this one?
So much for “Change” Hillary. Let the lieing, back stabbing, slander and defomation begin. This country needs someone we can respect in the White House!
Watch the mud fly now!!!!!!!!! Hildabeast will play the race card….ie: America won’t elect a blackman that did drugs, back to Clinton as usual. They are now reaping what the sowed in the past
Will Sen. Clinton run to her husband each and every time she fails?
Bill better charge up his pager.
Maybe from now on, when James Carville appears as a talking head commenting on the candidates, it will be a little more obvious that he’s completely in Hillary’s corner. I love how the Democrats don’t want to appear in debates hosted by the Fox News Channel because they perceive some bias against the Democrats. And yet it’s supposedly unbiased to have Chris Matthews moderating a Republican debate. That’s basically the equivalent of having Rush Limbaugh moderate a Democrat debate.
Well the election just fell into the mud. Mark my words, Bills two old attack dogs are coming to Hills rescue and the election will now take a decidedly negative spin towrds the other candidates. Watch how things begin to “leak” to the press about the others; “but it didn’t come from us”. This reeks of despiration.
Wow! Afte reading the aforementioned comments about the “Dysfunctional Dream Team” that is Bill, Hillary, James Carville & Paul Begala all I can say is “Where’s the Change you (Hillary) clamored so much about”? Remember the more things CHANGE, the more they stay the same! “Nuff said!
Praise God that we may finally be rid of the Clintons. Does this country really want to del with more moral decay; don’t we have enough. Give us all a break Hillary and go back to Bill and live in the much he is steeped in. The United States was founded on solid moral disciplines while the senator does not have a clue about. Now she wants to bring back the old muckrakers. Goodbye Mrs. clinton.
Clinton should get out while she still has an ounce of dignity. These two knuckleheads can’t help her. She’s done.
To Carolyn F. Rogers: Right!! This is the best encapsulation of a downward political spiral that I’ve ever bemused. It is disturbing that President Clinton is so involved in this process. The issue is not the person so much as the idea that the American people will never really know with whom they are dealing – front office or back office.
To add to this can of worms, who is it in the country that is so close to the end of their political career that they might run as vice president with a nominated HR Clinton? It would have to be someone who never expects to win another election of any kind anywhere – although a Nobel prize isn’t all that bad.
I’m sure she’ll get her victory today, that is a loss of less than double digits. Good show.
Here we go again.Look out anyone dare get in the way of a Clinton.Look back.About ever one the Clintons run with ended in jail are dead.They will bring in the big liarers to try and bring down anyone that gets in the way and use cnn to help.
Amazing. Hillary is hiring James Carville. Is he going to show her “gentler” side? I think the campaign just went from ugly to uglier. Hillary is not losing because of her staff, Hillary is losing because she is Hilary.
It is very clear. Hilary first ! Hilary really, really, really wants to be president at any cost and by any ploy. First it was experience. Then it was change. Now it is influence from the past.Tomorrow it may be feminism. Whatever it takes! She shares the basic motive of mainstream Democrats like Pelosi and Reid: Win! Win at any cost! Win even if it destroys the nation!
I’ll try this again. If I was working for Hillary I would consider bringing up Obama’s Church. It is a Church that believes in a “theology” called “liberation theology.” This theology is heavily influenced by Marxism and sees that the United States as a huge evil capitalistic conspiracy. The poor are rightous and those who want to obtain ’salvation” must help overthrow capitalism or the U.S. throught any means necessary including violence. The reason is because capitalism oppresses the poor and the U.S. is the hugest offender.
I think most American reject this nonsense. If Hillary wants the moderate swing vote I would bring this up. http://www.tucc.org/talking_points.htm
The Church’s website says nothing about America and is only concerned with Africa.
I would bring this up and ask Mr. Obama why he attends a Church that is so adamant about hating the United States. Do we want someone like that?
It makes me wonder just who is running for president as the Clinton candidate, Hillary or Bill! No “two fors” please. With every bump in the road, it’s “run to Bill.” His 1990’s playbook is out of date. The Clinton techniques like forced tears (remember Ron Brown’s funeral?) don’t work. Hillary’s mistake of answering questions (when she chose to answer them) are so triangulated that it’s difficult to know when she it real and not scripted/acted. Contrary to her belief that she is entitled to the presidency because of WHO she is, is the arrogance typical of what needs abolishment in Washington.
Obama has promised change, but he has not given specifics. We need someone with experience to maintain this country. During the Clinton years, we did not have a major war, gas prices were not 3.19 per gallon and unemployment was low. Oh, how people forget.
I will state up front that I am a Republican, although I try to give every candidate, whether Democrat or Republican equal time in convincing me of who they are, what they stand for, what they will do for this country,how strong they are on national defense, etc. I was actually a huge Bill Clinton supporter, but no longer see him as anything but a huge disappointment in how he handled his presidency. I have never been a Hillary supporter for many, many reasons. She is not to be trusted, serves only herself and special interests groups. I cannot imagine relying on someone like her to lead our country. She is power hungry and everything she does is calculated to gain more power. I fear now that Cargile and his cronies are joining her campaign, the next few months are going to be awful for the American public as we have to listen to the spin that these people will put forth on her behalf. Hopefully it will backfire early so that she will see the handwriting on the wall and have to withdraw from the race. She is right a bout one thing – this country is at a point where we need a strong, honest, reliable and smart person to lead and keep us safe. SHE IS NOT THAT PERSON!! Go back to the Senate Hillary – let Bill go do “his” thing – and do the right thing for the American people.
This poor woman needs to do herself and her family a big favor and “git while the gittins’ good”. Her husband dragged them all through the mud with him back during his tenure on Pennsylvania Avenue. Was he really in DENIAL??? Now, his wife wants to hang around this election like gnats on a hot summer night. Doesn’t she know that the American public is waiting to swat her out of the air….for good?? Is she really in DENIAL??? Enough is enough! She needs to pack up the family bags and head back to the home turf. Now, the only thing is…..is the home turf still in Arkansas, or did it move to New York? Either way, it’s time to ride the train outta Dodge and head for home. At least there, they’ll leave the light on for her!
HAD THE CLINTON’S CHASED OSAMA WHEN THEY HAD THE CHANCE,
TODAY!!!!!!!!
THEY WOULDN’T BE CHASING OBAMA.
what goes around comes around.
She talks about it being a “Time of Change”, but with the thought of her turning to Carville and Begala, its really sounds like “Time for Bill and the Clinton Legacy”.
For cryin’ out loud, isn’t this what people are revolting against, the same old same old. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or Republican, a time for TRUE change can only be accomplished by someone with NEW idea’s, and inspires HOPE. Obama inspires hope, and captures the youth much like John Kennedy did. I really wish him the best when he takes his oath of office.
If that’s not desperation, then what is?
I’m so excited to think Hill and Bill may be history, but we can’t count her out yet. She has money, she has a Dem party that is scared to death that Obama could be the candidate and lose what they believe is their RIGHT to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in 2008. Along with the complete lose of power Bill experiences, they will muster every resource available to the Dems to turn this thing around. Their biggest problem is the American people – includung Moderate Dems, have a greater resource – VOTES!
Maybe Bill and his friend Carville should get Hillary hand puppets and pass them out. That would solidify everyone’s belief that Bill is the one that would run the whitehouse. Maybe that way she will get more votes.
I’m glad to see its finally catching up to the Clinton’s. Bill Clinton lied under oath and got away with it. Hillary knows it and stood by her man. Why should we think she would be any different with him standing behind her making decisions. Its time for the Clinton’s to say, Adios.
And these are words from a Democrat.
I don’t know which would be worse, a socialist like Obama, or the manipulative, lying, Hillary. Oh well, I guess the American people need to decide. Not much of a choice, in my opinion.
You folks at FOX are soooooooooooooo unethical. You put a false headline up about Carville and Begala so that you can hammer Clinton some more……. It’s pretty obvious what you folks are doing there……..get Obama the nomination on the democratic side cause then your republican buddies will stand a chance of winning……..Your not fooling everybody.
Great story, Major! Thank you! This is great news!! New Hampshire primary voters, as well as the American eletorate at large, should take note here and jump for glee. We are all in for a wonderful treat. Begala and Carville have done it all for America. If by “done it all” I mean “undermined, traited, lied, cheated and stole”, that is. From rigging elections in third world countries then extorting money from their leaders; to systematic and ethically unbalanced mis-use of the free press [although I am sure there was no "controlling legal authority"]; to destroying [mentally, personally, and, if all else fails, physically] anyone who ever comes forward to tells what the Clintons really are: low grade white trash who have cheated, murdered, lied and stole to undermine America’s distinction, greatness and importance in the world. Of course, this all depends on what the definitions of the words, “Lie, Cheat, Murder, Extort, Destroy, and Steal” are.
Hillary Clinton is desperate and flailing around for a rope. James Carville and Paul Begala aren’t the right
people to save her campaign since they’re both the architects of the politics of personal destruction. To quote James Carville, “You drag a dollar bill through a trailer park, and you never know what trash might
turn up.”
If hillary wins, Canada will have me as a new resident
AND SHE CALLS HERSELF AN AGENT OF CHANGE?
Agent of change? Looks like a rerun to me. Are her writer’s on strike too?
So TYPICAL of them
Bagala and Carville are wasting there time and energy if they do. I cannot imagine at all this country returning the Clintons to the white house. They all (Clinton campaign) need to wake up and smell the cofee…. The pasture is calling them NOT the future!
Looks like she “Swift Boated” herself…she’s going to let “those” two under her tent? YOWZA, she’ll have alot of ’splainin’ to do! Why doesn’t she get Stephanopoulus back and Rosie O’Donnell to lead her Public Relations, maybe Sharpton and Jackson……asta la pasta Hilliary, not a moment too soon!
Well I genuinely never thought I would be voting for Hillary Clinton, but here I find myself frustrated with the way I see things going in the democratic primaries. I would describe myself as an independent liberal (economically and socially), during the last general election I found myself deliberately spoiling my vote I could not bring myself to vote for Kerry, and there was no way I would vote for Bush!
The question was poised a month ago by a McCain supporter, How do we stop the b**ch? Well it looks like some of the democrats have found away. Yes Obama and Edwards have clearly decided to join up and create an atmosphere of hostility towards Clinton. Has Edwards and Obama came to some sort of old Democratic Party agreement in some dark smoky back room. Surely, Edwards realises that he has no way of winning a national election, so has there been an agreement by Edwards and Obama where Edwards attacks Clinton while Obama sits back regally apparently above it all and taking a lot of independent votes with him.
It makes no sense to me that Edwards would focus all of his attention on Hillary when she is clearly not leading in the NH polls. If he were serious about winning he would surely be attacking Obama just as viciously or indeed as equally? What happens if this is true, we are left with a left of centre candidate and an ultra left candidate on the ticket. YES this is how the republicans win in 08. Please lets take the opportunity after NH to examine the roles and there records of all candidates, if we don’t we will have a democratic ticket that promises change but unfortunately our wave of craziness and emotion will allow the republicans to keep the white house and have no real change that America needs so badly. REMEMBER this coming election is the Democrats to lose NOT the Republicans to win!
How scared do you think bin laden was when he saw mrs. clinton crying….I’m sure he knows if she thinks “its hard” now, it’s nothing compared to what he’s gonna do next. She can’t handle it….we don’t need a meltdown from the president…he must be laughing his head off….
Carville and Begala are old farts,just like Bill and Hill. When was the last campaign they ran..1996? . Talk about back to the future! 10 years ago some voters were in kindergarten and we know how they feel about old people, anyone over the age 30. I just want the Clintons to GO AWAY!
Who ever thought this would happen — not me in a million years. I realized she was not liked nationally, but this is just beyond anything I ever thought would happen. I always felt like I was the only one who took time to really read between the lines of all Hill and Bill’s rhetoric! I have new renewed faith in the American public to see them for what they really are. It is a shame because they are really intelligent people who could have done a lot of good for a lot of people; instead they seem to have thrown it all away on self-interests. The rest of the campaign should be interesting.
What an empty skirt!
Hillary’s support, obviously as thin as Bill’s list of accomplishments, fell quicker than her Husband for an intern.
Bye Bye Hilary, enjoy the extra quality time you’ll have with the hubby!
Obama had better look out, avoid sitting on park benches, and try to limit travel as much as possible.
A disconcertingly large number of people over many years time who have been associated with being a threat to, or negative about, the Clintons have suddenly decided to commit suicide, or died in plane/helicopter/automoble crashes. Clinton supporters say that is just coincidental.
Another case of depending on what the meaning of is, is?
GO President Hillary Clinton, you made the first change in the right direction already, it says you are a doer and not the talk of change as INexperiece Obama continues to talk. That’s the difference between seasoned vs. novice.
I am said that I have to watch the mud slinging that is going to take place. Hillary’s crew will begin the spin – Osama is a muslim (which he is not) – they will use the “race card”. They will use any means, and have no conscience. I just hope the electorate is awake and realizes what is taking place. I believe people are very aware, and won’t accept this kind of campaigning – I believe it will backfire big time.
I don’t know who I support at this time – in either party – BUT I DO KNOW I don’t want Pres. Hillary Clinton. I have already lived through an arrogant, mindless Clinton presidency – I sure don’t want to do it again!
Mark my words – if Hillary stays in the race – it will end up being the “dirtiest, most discusting, most mean spirited” campaign – and it will all be from one source.
We deserve better!
Oh please, please bring back Carville. At least we’ll see something besides crocodile tears…. if she’s crying from being tired and concerned while CAMPAIGNING …. she’d never survive the White House. What a mistake – and as everything she says and does is orchestrated, it’s such a dumb mistake. Can you imagine – such a show of strength to the world – another stupid woman using tears to get sympathy and manipulate. (I’m a woman, by the way.) Oh, yeah, that will work on Bin Laden. Great.
Her campaign team should be fired… Carville may be her only hope… but would Carville risk his stellar reputation on a candidate so clearly on the downslide? Hmmm.. stay tuned!
Finally – loud and clear we are saying “Goodbye Hillary!”
Carville spits and slobbers when he’s angry…which is most of the time. Is he coming on as an advisor or a thug to keep all the little democrats in line?
Geez, with those 2 sharks coming on board (denials notwithstanding) I sure hope Obama understands what he’s up against. They play dirty and that’s a big understatement!
Hillary can bring in Jesus Mary and Joseph at this juncture. The die is cast. The Clinton’s have drawn the shortest straw than they ever thought in their wildest dreams. Obama is running a beautiful campaign and I am a republican.
What can I add to the above brillant comments? I have one thing to say…. the days of dirty politics AND character assassination are OVER. Enough said. The thought of “those two” makes me ill.
Does anyone remember the last presidental election/the Demacratic convention? Who was the key-note speaker? A first term Senator Obama was! Maybe the Clitions are regreting that choice now? And how about the “change”, lets bring back Former President Clitions staff. Looks like a change to the old ways.
So what else is new? Same song….second verse.
I couldn’t imagine the frustration Hillary’s election staff must be feeling!!
For example, when they advise against “planting questioners” she goes ahaid and does it anyway??
I thought Hillary was in trouble the minute Bill Clinton opened his mouth talking about her…..ummmmm…….him. (All he can do is yap about himself.) For her to bring even more people connected to either his presidency or his campaign is a serious mistake for Hillary. Then again, I wouldn’t put it past her to have started these rumors just to find out what everyone would think before she actually did the deed.
Of course, the entire premise that new campaign advisors will change things suggests the cause of her failures lies with her managers, and not herself. REfusal to accept personal responsibility for his or her actions is one of my biggest gripes with the Clintons.
I think New York needs to keep Hillary right where she is.
I’m waiting for the Hillary team Not To Take Advantage of that “rumor” about Obama’s ties to Al Qaeda. And NOT to mention anything about the rumor of Michelle wearing a burka around the house at Baraks insistance. And not to mention anything more about those drug dealing rumors.
Good Luck Obama, I think you’re in for it.
[...] James Carville, quoted by NBC News, denying reports that he was going to take over managing Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential [...]
[...] Back to the Future: Carville & Begala to join Clinton campaign MANCHESTER, N.H. – It’s back to the future at Hillary Clinton’s campaign as some of the top advisers to […] [...]
Somehow Bill Clinton was reelected President. If people are stupid enough to do THAT, they are stupid enough to also elect Billary.
James Carville and Paul Begala! I thought Hillary was the candidate of change.
Where do you get this stuff? I just heard Begala completely deny this!
Good story, only completely bogus. Not only has Carville denied the rumor. Begala has as well. Moreover, Begala has posted on his blog communications between he and Garrett in which Begala tries to set the record straight; Garret seems completely uninterested in his side of the story, which seems odd considering that Begala is the subject of his writing.
Seriously people, you need to wean yourselves off FAUX News, but I guess what H.L. Mencken said about the American public is true…*sigh*
Do you guys ever check your facts?
Fox is consistently the worst ‘news’ source – why do you even try to present yourselves as legitmate journalists?
This might actually be interesting…if it was actually true.
Paul Begala has denied joining the Clinton campaign, advising the campaign, working in any way with the campaign and has contacted Mr Garrett to let him know this was so. Only to be ignored.
Oh, well, let’s not let the truth get in the way of a good anti-Hillary story.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/08/carville-and-begala-deny-clinton-campaign-return/
and
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/fox-news-we-report-e_b_80698.html
Don’t loose heart Hillary. Speak from your heart and you wow everyone. People want to see the human side of their canidates. You are my choice. Alma
Too bad thisagee, I hate to break your hearts, but this rumor is garbage: neither Begala nor Carville has anyn plans to join Hillary. Um, Garrett: did you even bother to call either of them for verification or comment? No? Hm, I thought journalists were supposed to check their sources.
What a doughbrained slob Garrett is.
This ‘newsflash’ has already been debunked, yet the comments continue on this topic as if it were true.
C’mon, people – put down the kool-aid!
Lier Lier
Pants on fire
LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t you people ever check your sources??? Paul Begala has emphatically denied this report, and has copies of e-mails to Major Garrett showing that he tried to wave you guys off of this story.
Stop the propaganda dude!!!
[...] remember when Fox News reported that James Carville and Paul Begala were joining Hillary’s campaign? Well, according to Begala, not so much… I’ve been dealing with the media and politics [...]
This is friggin amazing. People have been posting for hours in this thread that the story is false. Both the principals categorically deny it and the patter continues? OK, here’s another post in addition to the last three for people to ignore that are posting to this thread.
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However Carville told ABC News from Houston by telephone that he hasn’t been tapped.
“I am not joining the campaign,” Carville said, “I have had no discussions with them about that.”
When reached by ABC News, Begala emphatically said he is not, and will not, be joining the Clinton campaign as an adviser. He also said that he will not be joining the Clinton campaign in an unpaid role.
“It’s not going to happen. I’m not being cute here,” Begala told ABC News. Begala says that he has not been asked by the Clinton campaign because they know that he has commitments that would prevent him from doing so.
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from: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/carville-denies.html
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After I [Paul Begala] told Fox it wasn’t true — and this is the surreal part — they kept reporting it anyway. In fact, Fox’s Garrett told me he’d “take it under advisement.” Take it under advisement? I realize I’m generally seen as just another liberal with an opinion, but this was not a matter of opinion, it was a matter of fact. Fox now knew their story was flatly, factually wrong, and they took it “under advisement.”
Apparently that meant repeating the falsehood with added detail: the “fact” that I had been on a conference call the previous day with the Hillary high command. Again, false. My worry is that if this is what one of Fox’s best and most respected reporters is doing, what are the hacks up to?
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from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-begala/fox-news-we-report-e_b_80698.html
Begalla is not joining or with the Clinton team and you knew it when you printed it. You are not ethical enough to be reporting the ‘news’. Further you never checked with Begalla, a man you know, and when he clearly denied it, you still stuck with the story. That, my boy, is not reporting, it is propaganda.
I know you hope that either Begalla later joins the Clinton team and makes you look correct (it would still be a lie), or that the flood of stories will make this one disappear. I hope it sticks. and that folks challenge your ethics, and your viability as a working reported sinks.
There are only two kinds of journalists ethical, who struggle to report the facts as best they can, and unethical who become propagandists for a certain person, group or point of view. You sir have given up the struggle.
Paul Begala commented on the Imus radio show 1/15/08 that he isn’t working for Clinton and spoke for Carville as well. He said they are employed by CNN. What the heck is the truth?