Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Hill's winning argument...in my view

Watching the Vegas debates live on MSNBC, and Hill just slam-dunked Obama in a subtle way:

Obama, when asked about his one biggest strength and weakness by Brian Williams, seemed to shrug off his weakness, which he identified as being unable to keep track of a piece of paper, unable to run an office. Hillary, in her response came back at him slyly, with what I have been arguing all along...she's the most ready to hit the ground running because she knows how to make Washington run from the bulpit, and be an effective office manager.

Now, in truth, anyone in politics worth their salt will note two points: 1. Bill Clinton ran a terrible office, and perhaps was an awful manager. 2. A strong Chief of Staff is essentially the Office Manager for the White House, not to mention his/her inner circle (a-la, Tobey, Josh, CJ Craig, and Sam Seaborn in the early years of the West Wing tv drama).

But, Bush fucked up shit soooo bad, we don't have time for someone to learn on the job. Hill's self-identified weakness (pushing to hard) is evident in her failure of making the Clinton health care plan of 1992 not work because she pushed too hard. But, again, I'd rather have someone who pushes too hard, as opposed to someone who is unable to push because they don't know how to play the Washington game.

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