Hillary and Romney front runners in 2008 election
Austin Simko '09
Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: Commentary
Over the past few months, the nearly two-dozen presidential candidates from both parties have criss-crossed the country, appeared in several debates and engaged in intense retail politics. And despite an increasingly front-loaded primary season, the primaries are still four and a half months away. The axiom says that in politics, one day is a lifetime. On any given day, the entire landscape can be transformed by a scandalous revelation, a candidate's slip of the tongue or a major event.
I believe that one year from today, the country will be transfixed by a general election battle between Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney. I hazard this prediction, fully cognizant that there is a political eternity between the September 12 and February 5, Super Tuesday.
Hillary will be the Democratic nominee for a myriad of reasons: She has raised and will continue to raise millions of dollars using the fundraising network and personnel that made her husband the most successful Democratic president since LBJ. She will use her funds to promote her message, damage her foes and insulate herself from the savage attacks that are headed her way. As a two-term senator, former First Lady and brilliant attorney, Hillary is versed in the methods and tactics of politics and will not make a substantial mistake.
Hillary will likely win the nomination not just because she has the capability to win, but also because the other candidates have the capacity to lose. John Edwards has been criticized as a rich, hypocritical, effeminate liberal who has a big heart but no common sense. Obama is vulnerable because the country is not ready to entrust its security to a man who has been in the Senate for three years. These are issues that will likely sink the candidacies of Hillary's competitors.
The Republican field is harder to adjudicate, but I believe that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for president. Romney has raised enormous amounts of money. He has assembled a top-flight staff of veterans from Governor Jeb Bush's campaigns and, for what it's worth, it is believed that the Bush family is pulling for Romney. Like Hillary, Romney is consistent, disciplined and mistake-free. He is a good campaigner who knows how to connect with the GOP's conservative voters. Romney is brilliant at striking the patriotic chord so important for conservative and independent voters.
Hillary vs. Romney will be a close election. Each side is fielding its strongest weapons.
I believe that one year from today, the country will be transfixed by a general election battle between Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney. I hazard this prediction, fully cognizant that there is a political eternity between the September 12 and February 5, Super Tuesday.
Hillary will be the Democratic nominee for a myriad of reasons: She has raised and will continue to raise millions of dollars using the fundraising network and personnel that made her husband the most successful Democratic president since LBJ. She will use her funds to promote her message, damage her foes and insulate herself from the savage attacks that are headed her way. As a two-term senator, former First Lady and brilliant attorney, Hillary is versed in the methods and tactics of politics and will not make a substantial mistake.
Hillary will likely win the nomination not just because she has the capability to win, but also because the other candidates have the capacity to lose. John Edwards has been criticized as a rich, hypocritical, effeminate liberal who has a big heart but no common sense. Obama is vulnerable because the country is not ready to entrust its security to a man who has been in the Senate for three years. These are issues that will likely sink the candidacies of Hillary's competitors.
The Republican field is harder to adjudicate, but I believe that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for president. Romney has raised enormous amounts of money. He has assembled a top-flight staff of veterans from Governor Jeb Bush's campaigns and, for what it's worth, it is believed that the Bush family is pulling for Romney. Like Hillary, Romney is consistent, disciplined and mistake-free. He is a good campaigner who knows how to connect with the GOP's conservative voters. Romney is brilliant at striking the patriotic chord so important for conservative and independent voters.
Hillary vs. Romney will be a close election. Each side is fielding its strongest weapons.
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