Comments on: Hillary as Senate Democratic Leader — The Hillary Movement http://sorendayton.com/2006/08/22/hillary-as-senate-democratic-leader-the-hillary-movement/ Merely an aggregation of a dispersed life online Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eyeon08.com » Hillary, high name id and familiarity, and running for President with a record http://sorendayton.com/2006/08/22/hillary-as-senate-democratic-leader-the-hillary-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 eyeon08.com » Hillary, high name id and familiarity, and running for President with a record Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:12:58 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/22/hillary-as-senate-democratic-leader-the-hillary-movement/#comment-2006 [...] Today the Blogosphere is buzzing with the news that people are advising Hillary Clinton not to run for President. Some discuss her future as the Democrat’s Senate Leader. I have written earlier about some of this here and here. Why is she considering this? There are several theories: [...] [...] Today the Blogosphere is buzzing with the news that people are advising Hillary Clinton not to run for President. Some discuss her future as the Democrat’s Senate Leader. I have written earlier about some of this here and here. Why is she considering this? There are several theories: [...]

]]> By: schirdo http://sorendayton.com/2006/08/22/hillary-as-senate-democratic-leader-the-hillary-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-2005 schirdo Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:40:16 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2006/08/22/hillary-as-senate-democratic-leader-the-hillary-movement/#comment-2005 Seems a bit counter-productive. I think that part of Hillary's draw, as with Rudy Giuliani, as a fundraiser and luminary, is the speculation about a run for the Presidency. If she decides not to run in favor of becoming Senate Leader, will she still have the same cache or will she become an even more polarizing figure who does little to help anybody. That of course is separate from the fact that the Clintons are only team players when the team is Team Clinton - the leader's job is one where Clinton would have to share power - potentially with a Democrat president, and in Congress itself with the House Democrat leader. She would, at times be required to round up the troops for the Democrat Party even when the Democrat Party is not on the same page as Team Clinton. I don't know if her ego would allow her to do that. Seems a bit counter-productive. I think that part of Hillary’s draw, as with Rudy Giuliani, as a fundraiser and luminary, is the speculation about a run for the Presidency.

If she decides not to run in favor of becoming Senate Leader, will she still have the same cache or will she become an even more polarizing figure who does little to help anybody.

That of course is separate from the fact that the Clintons are only team players when the team is Team Clinton – the leader’s job is one where Clinton would have to share power – potentially with a Democrat president, and in Congress itself with the House Democrat leader. She would, at times be required to round up the troops for the Democrat Party even when the Democrat Party is not on the same page as Team Clinton. I don’t know if her ego would allow her to do that.

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