I agree with Matt Bai’s assessment at Yahoo of Hillary Clinton’s campaign to date:
To this point, Clinton has run a campaign that’s all about her bona fides, and nobody’s swooning. If she’s still defending her Wall Street speeches and whining about the vast right-wing conspiracy a few weeks from now, the nomination could very well slip away from her, again.
but I disagree with his prescription for her:
Clinton’s best move now is to lash herself tightly to the man who once beat her and hope it’s enough to ride out the wave.
I think that’s a drastic misreading of the mood of the electorate. Let me put it a different way. If Barack Obama could run for a third term he’d probably be defeated. Look at the trend line on his two election campaigns and you’ll see what I mean.
No, I have three suggestions for Hillary Clinton: ground game, ground game, ground game. She’s got to get the voters who support her out to vote. Easy to say; hard to do.
She’s a lousy campaigner, a lousy candidate. Her main strength is the organization she’s got backing her and that’s what will drag her across the finish line.
