Andrew Sullivan, who no one could ever call a Clinton supporter, offers this insight into Hillary’s campaign and possible presidency:
“I think Clinton won the debate, and at this point in time, is winning the battle of nerves. Obama is still human. He looks deflated, as he must be, after New Hampshire. And whatever else you say, you have to admire Clinton’s sheer stamina. I don’t think she’s more experienced in any relevant way; I do think she is more emotionally and psychologically tested for the presidency. She and her husband are not, it seems to me, always the better politician in the race. But they have the most staying power, a preternatural ability to absorb blows and keep going. Like some sort of new political zombie, they just keep coming at you. I’d almost forgotten their shameless resilience.
The one sliver of optimism I can find in a Clinton presidency is that the enemies of the United States might one day feel a little bit of what Clintons’ domestic enemies do. Maybe they can bore and grind al Qaeda into submission.”
It is this resilience, this toughness and this ability for Hillary to (dare I say it) be ready to govern on day one that makes her the best candidate on the Democratic side. Time will tell if cool, logical aptitude will win over inspiring rhetoric.
Obama himself knows that he isn’t ready to run the bureaucracy of the US government. That is why he thinks being President is about vision rather than action. He is wrong and we cannot afford for him to learn that lesson while in office.
