Hillary in 2008? No Way!
Anonymous--I mean, Joe Klein--says Hillary shouldn't run for president in 2008. His reasoning is kind of unfair to Hillary herself; he says she can't run because she was already perceived as a sort of co-president with Bill and because the prospect of Bill having a large role in her adminstration would loom over her candidacy. Moreover, he says, "I suspect there would be innate and appropriate populist resistance to this slouch toward monarchial democracy. There is something fundamentally un-American—and very European—about the Clintons and the Bushes trading the office every eight years, with stale, familiar corps of retainers, supporters and enemies. Bill Clinton was a good President. Hillary Clinton is a good Senator. But enough already. (And that goes for you too, Jeb.)"
Fair enough--but who would you run, Joe? Kerry again? Too bad we can't wait and choose our nominee after the Republicans choose theirs; beating McCain, Giuliani, and Frist are very different tasks suited to very different Democrats. For McCain you throw up a sacrificial lamb; for Giuliani, you can run consider another northeasterner or a Midwestern candidate; for Frist, you find someone who can project sanity and yet rip a bad man to shreds while wearing a smile. Hillary could beat Frist; might beat Giuliani, and would be in for the fight of her life (as would any Democrat) against unlikely nominee McCain. Kerry? I don't even want to think about it.
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