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Is Broder Shilling For Hillary?

He keeps bringing up this "issue":

The former president's intervention . . . raised the second, and largely unspoken, issue identified by my friend from the Clinton administration: the two-headed campaign and the prospect of a dual presidency. In his view, which I share, this is a prospect that will test the tolerance of the American people far more severely than the possibility of the first female president -- or, for that matter, the first black president. As my friend says, "there is nothing in American constitutional or political theory to account for the role of a former president, still energetic and active and full of ideas, occupying the White House with the current president."

As I understand Broder's theory, the prospect of former President Bill Clinton being again in the White House and likely being Hillary Clinton's chief advisor is a political problem for clinton and the Dems. Is the man insane? Have whatever opinion of the actual Bill Clinton Presidency, but you have to deal with the fact that Bill Clinton remains extremely popular and his Presidency remembered fondly. Broder is either a fool or a shill on this.

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    the short answer would be (5.00 / 0) (#1)
    by cpinva on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 11:11:01 AM EST
    Is the man insane?

    yes. but that would be an insult to all the truly insane. let's go for b, broder is, and has been, an idiot.

    i think you've hit on the truth; fmr. pres. clinton is still very popular, and a lot smarter than bush ever was. the prospect of two extremely intelligent people in the white house scares the daylights out of broder, because it would easily show the republicans as the "short bus" group they are.

    How about a tool? (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by Lora on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 12:15:12 PM EST
    Anything to undermine the Democrats.

    Broder - Hillary Can't Handle Job On Her Own (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by john horse on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 01:55:15 PM EST
    Regarding Broder's comment about the "prospect of a dual presidency", what Broder is suggesting is that if elected Hillary will have to share the duties of the Presidency with Bill because she is a woman.  He apparently believes that there are some jobs that are too much for a woman to handle by herself.      

    I love how Broder finds Bill Clinton (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by masslib on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 02:14:28 PM EST
    being anywhere near the WH a more compelling prospect than the Democratic woman president.  Honestly, why does anyone read what this tool has to say?

    The view from the Village idiots (5.00 / 0) (#7)
    by Alien Abductee on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 02:19:53 PM EST
    The Clintons turned their town upside down! They came in and trashed the place! It's David's and Cokie's and Joe's and Sally's and Chris's town, and they have their own set of rules. They're just like any other small community in the country, aren't they? - wholesome, simple, honest, apple-pie-lovin', hard-workin', god-fearin' Middle America?

    The Village never forgets.

    Absent term limits (none / 0) (#3)
    by andgarden on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 12:55:29 PM EST
    I could easily imagine us on the precipice of a 4th BIll Clinton administration.

    Well, he's not a shill on this. (none / 0) (#5)
    by masslib on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 02:05:53 PM EST