Tony Blankley is a long-time observer of politics, a regular TV pundit, and a columnist for the Washington Times. He has an interesting article on the Townhall website about Hillary Clinton's excellent chances for the Democratic nomination. He respects the abilities of Hillary Clinton the same way the Centers for Disease Control respect the perils of pandemic bird flu.
Blankley makes a persuasive argument that she will attain that nomination, because Edwards and Obama split the anti-Hillary primary vote. He discounts the recent Harris poll results that show half of adult Americans would not vote for her. His point is that many of those anybody-but-Clinton responders would also have said they wouldn't vote Republican. In November of '08 he feels she'll get many lesser-of-two-evils votes, just like George W. Bush did against Gore and Kerry.
Blankley reminds us that Richard Nixon was as awkward and uncharming as Hillary and yet was elected repeatedly as congressman, senator, vice president and president. If you enjoy doomsday scenarios, give Tony's article a read.
