Hillary’s bad night
More is going to be made of Hillary’s flub tonight–on the issue of drivers’ licenses for illegal immigrants–than ought to be. That’s understandable; the media is desperately seeking to have a story to cover in the Democratic primaries, and there’s no story until Hillary stumbles.
That having been said: Hillary did indeed have a bad night. A whole lot of flailing around on a wide variety of issues. Three things prevent this from being a serious problem:
1. Nobody was watching.
2. The Republicans are going to pile on her so heavily over the illegal immigration thing that any attempts by the other Dem nominees to leverage the issue is going to make them look like Republicans.
3. The really heavy blows landed on her were not landed by Obama or Edwards, but by Chris Dodd.
Oh…and for those who missed the debate, Richardson is now more or less openly campaigning for the VP slot on the Clinton ticket.
Chris Matthews during the postgame: “Senator Biden, are you for or against letting illegal aliens drive?”
Biden: “Against.”
(Ten second pause ensues)
Heh. OK, point made, Senator. You’re decisive. I guess we’re never again going to hear about the fact that you proposed, this very night, the initiation of a trade war against China. Illegal aliens driving and alien aliens being aliens are just much more newsworthy issues.
Comment by Rojas — 10/30/2007 @ 11:24 pm
Damn. Sorry I missed it.
Comment by Brad — 10/31/2007 @ 12:09 am
Initial text polling has Obama winning (which suprises me a little), Edwards in second (which doesn’t), Biden a very strong third (which reaffirms my faith in the electorate), and Hillary running fourth at about 15% (which might be too generous).
Comment by Rojas — 10/31/2007 @ 12:28 am