When Hillary Clinton pointedly refused to criticize the disgraceful Moveon.org ad in the New York Times which called General Petreaus a traitor, Rudy Giuliani’s campaign followed with its own ad bashing Hillary. 

Rudy has his own problems but this is exactly what Republicans must do before it’s too late.

Hillary Clinton was and remains a denizen of the hard left.  From her Yale Law School days defending radical causes to her rants about vast right-wing conspiracies against her husband, from her support of groups advocating the right to sue one’s parents to her efforts to socialize 1/7 of America’s economy, Mrs. Clinton has spent a lifetime exhibiting a world view that mainstream America abhors.

There’s plenty to criticize so let the criticism begin.

Granted, Hillary wants to become president and knows she can’t until she feigns a move to the center. 

But she can’t until she gets through the Democratic primaries, with its hordes of left-wing voters.  Until then, she is forced to stay where her heart truly is — with the Moveon left.

Hence the opportunity….Between now and the end of the primaries, Hillary can be bashed as a leftist.  She can’t fight back because if she does, she will outrage the Moveon Democratic base that will decide the outcome.

If and when she gets the nomination, she will attempt to move on from Moveon and occupy the center.   She will likely succeed because millions of general election voters don’t pay attention to what candidates say in primaries.

So if Republicans and others want to stop Hillary, the time to begin is now.

Tags: Hillary Clinton, Health Care, Campaigns, Groups & Parties, MoveOn, Charles Gordon, Rudy Giuliani, Socialism, Iraq, Culture, Defense Policy, Conservatism, GOP, War on Terror, Economics, Culture War, Democrats, Election 2008

1. Or the Republicans could nominate Ron Paul, who would destroy her in the general election. He’s to the left of her on the war, and to the right of her on every other important issue, especially immigration. His message of freedom resonates with people.

   But most Republicans don’t want to embrace his humble foreign policy, so just get use to saying President Clinton. No one in the current field will be able to stop her.

   4 years of Paul or 8 years of Clinton, which could possibly be worse?

   Comment by MKostelny — October 5, 2007 @ 9:41 am

2. Speaking of the Republicans, very interesting the degree to which the fundraising race has tightened at the top. Romney has dropped beneath Giuliani ($10 mil. vs. $11 mil.), with Thompson — who wasn’t even an announced candidate until early mid-Sept. — coming in at $9. That’s very tight, particularly when you consider the day-to-day numbers (Thompson met or beat Romney virtually every day he was actually a candidate). Combine this with Thompson’s surge into second place in Iowa — and Giuliani’s falling behind even Huckabee there! — and you may just be seeing the beginning of the Giuliani implosion.

   Comment by Rod D. Martin — October 8, 2007 @ 9:40 am

3. Indeed!

   Comment by Action Figure — October 8, 2007 @ 9:56 am

4. Speaking of Republicans,

   Ron Paul just raised $4.3M in one day. That puts him over $7M for the quarter. This may just lead to a Republican Party implosion.

   He does not register in the polls when he first entered the race because:
   1. The Media didn’t give him any time because they didn’t consider him a serious candidate who could raise serious money
   2. The polls only asked for the top 3 candidates during each poll (Romney, McCain, Guiliani). My dad tried to throw a vote for Paul, and they said he couldn’t because he wasn’t on the list.

   Now that he has money, the media is saying he still doesn’t have the poll numbers, and they magically put Mike Huckabee up in “top-tier” status. Hmmmmm, if I connect the dots it shows me the media may be trying to ignore one giant revolution.

   Then again, if polls were right, George Bush never would have won in 2000 or 2004, and Pat Buchanan wouldn’t have won the New Hampshire Primary in 1996. Should be quite an interesting race indeed.

   Comment by MKostelny — November 6, 2007 @ 12:10 pm

5. tisk tisk, it’s “Petraeus” not “Petreaus” (”ae” switched)

   see: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=16

   Otherwise, you guys are doing something amazing. Keep up the good work!

   (Second issue, you should edit your Single Post file in your WordPress template to have a registration link and a note that one must register to post comments. Without this change, I was allowed to type up my comment only to have it rejected because I was not logged in.)

   Go ahead and delete this comment if you want

   Comment by nfriedly — January 14, 2008 @ 1:22 pm