Eggplant said:

“This is all smoke and mirrors until after the Democrat Party has formally nominated B. Hussein. Right now, I suspect McCain’s greatest fear is that Hussein will do something stupid and his popularity crash before the convention. Let’s face it, if Hillary had won the Democrat primaries, the election would now be over. McCain has a chance at winning the general election because he’s running against Hussein. Hillary tried to tell her fellow Democrats as much but was hooted down by the moonbats.”

I’m not so sure that Hillary could have been elected given her stubbornly high negatives… however, there is no doubt that she wants to be POTUS right down to the nanoparticles that compose her DNA. She cannot, therefore, permit Obama to run and win in 2008.

She’s 60 y.o. (right?). If Obama wins in 2008, he’s pretty much the automatic nominee for the Democrats in 2012 unless he has some sort of LBJ moment. If he were to actually win a 2nd term, then his VP will be the standard bearer in 2016 (a la Gore following Bubba), which means that Hillary could be shut-out of the POTUS derby until 2020 at the earliest. Seeing as a certain percentage of the electorate might have trouble electing a 72 y.o. John McCain, what are the chances that an equal percentage would have trouble voting for a 72 y.o. Hillary Clinton twelve years from now?

Even a best case scenario cannot be attractive for her – Obama wins in 2008, has a dismal first term, runs for reelection in 2012 and loses… and Hillary has to wait until 2016 to run again. Eight years…

I don’t believe she can tolerate either option. She must quietly sink Obama BEFORE the convention so as to run against McCain THIS year, or barring that, make certain that McCain beats Obama, figuring that he’ll cross the aisle so many times in his first term that his support among conservatives will evaporate, thereby allowing her to run against and defeat him in 2012.

We live in strange times.

Triton