Until the Bitter End

The Washington Examiner muses over how long Hillary Clinton will stay in the presidential race before bowing out?

Why is Clinton struggling? Because she broke the rules and then repeatedly offered false explanations and excuses. Is she electable? It should be easy to give a resounding “no” in answer to that question, but Democratic primary voters may not come to that conclusion in time.

Even so, there is also the possibility, as Vice President Joe Biden smells blood in the water and considers a presidential run, that Clinton herself will prefer a semi-dignified early exit from the race rather than a battle to the end and ignominious defeat.

I demur. Sec. Clinton’s lead for the nomination dwarfs her lead in 2007. Even if Bernie Sanders carries both the Iowa Caucus and the first in the nation New Hampshire primaries, there’s always Super Tuesday and beyond.

It is in her financial interest to remain in. A prospective president rakes in a lot more dough than a former Secretary of State. The moment that Sec. Clinton pulls out of the race if she ever does her speaking fees will plummet.

Sec. Clinton will be in until the very end come what may. There is no next year for her.

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    I saw Monica Crowley earlier today, and I rarely listen to anything she has to say. Being an unrepentant sexist, I did check her out (not bad but not Nicki), and I inadvertently heard what she had to say.

    She thinks that Hillary Clinton is being set up by President Obama. Her reason is that the FBI investigation would be squashed if he wanted it to go away. It is strange that this is the only thing that the FBI is investigating.

  • My take is quite different. I think that once the mess has become an FBI investigation it takes on a life of its own. It will march to a schedule; it will be a slow schedule but it will be a schedule nonetheless. Could the president stop the march? Sure. But not without leaving fingerprints. That’s the way things are in a bureaucracy.

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    Saw several stories today that apparently the Clinton campaign is starting to go after Biden hammer and tongs behind the scenes, and that they’re giving ‘defectors’ within the party holy Hell for disloyalty to Dear Leader. As I’m looking at this, I’m thinking the worst possible thing for the Democrats is if Hillary gets elected President – she’ll be looking to remake the party to look more like the Communist party of the Kims in North Korea. Of course, the Dems already started down this path with their hero worship of Barack Obama, so its not like I’ve got any sympathy.

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