Don't Count Your Chickens Yet

Ding dong, the witch is dead! But beware, the dead have been known to rise again…

Millions of trees and quadrants of cyberspace will be written over the next few months detailing how Hillary thankfully self-destructed. Many of these will be accurate. There’s no need for me to recount them all here, but here’s the best I’ve seen and here’s the second best. But none of them recount what I believe is the true reason, and one which I stated back in October – Hillary is just not a likable person.

That sounds superficial and it is. But Americans won’t vote for someone they dislike, no matter how much money they have, what their last name is or what their positions on the issues are. There is nothing harder than raising a candidate’s unfavorable ratings, and Hillary did absolutely nothing over the course of the campaign to change them.

But nobody ever dreamed that Bill Clinton would become so unlikable as well. The two of them were always attached at the hip, and by acting in such an unpresidential manner Clinton was able to drag his wife’s reputation down with him. The damage he has done to his own legacy is incalculable, and he helped drive the last nails in her coffin.

When you think of the Clintons now, what words come to mind? For me it’s ego, power-driven, unapologetic and narcissistic. If you’re a die-hard Democrat, you should be glad there is finally a nominee, but don’t count your chickens quite yet. Both of them will need to be appeased at the convention. Both of them will have to be given primetime speeches, which make me very nervous (and I’m not a die-hard Democrat). I am confident there will be a further Clinton attempt to sabotage or undermine Obama, possibly close to the election. And should Obama lose, expect them to say, “We told you so,” shortly afterward. Remind you of any psycho ex-girlfriends you know?

Nothing could be worse than Hillary on the VP ticket. This woman is toxic to the entire party and kryptonite to the Independent voters who will decide the election. Would it make sense if the New York Giants had to ask the New England Patriots for permission or advice on their championship parade and Super Bowl rings? The same logic applies to Obama having to check with Hillary on anything from this point forward.

Now, not all is rosy for Obama as well. If anything he stumbled to the finish line losing important states like Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and New Mexico. He needs to shore up support with the beer drinkers who compose most of the base of the party. Unfortunately there is a racial element here that the media will not cover. Many of these Democrats, particularly older ones, will not vote for an African-American candidate. But there’s a long, long way to go.