Gary Hart: Breaking the Final Rule

Over at Huffington Post, "Red Phone" ad veteran Gary Hart gives his take on Clinton's "kitchen sink" strategy:

It will come as a surprise to many people that there are rules in politics. Most of those rules are unwritten and are based on common understandings, acceptable practices, and the best interest of the political party a candidate seeks to lead. One of those rules is this: Do not provide ammunition to the opposition party that can be used to destroy your party's nominee. This is a hyper-truth where the presidential contest is concerned.

By saying that only she and John McCain are qualified to lead the country, particularly in times of crisis, Hillary Clinton has broken that rule, severely damaged the Democratic candidate who may well be the party's nominee, and, perhaps most ominously, revealed the unlimited lengths to which she will go to achieve power. She has essentially said that the Democratic party deserves to lose unless it nominates her.

Discuss over there.

[Editor's note: We're attaching our names to the Presidential posts. This one's mine. --Charlie Burr]

March 08, 2008 Posted in elsewhere.