In a horse race, seldom do any of those comprising the initial breakout group finish in the money. It’s only after two thirds of the race has been run that one horse from somewhere in the middle makes a strong move, easily passing all those ahead of it and go on to win.
As we look forward to the 2012 presidential elections we are naturally drawn to what we now consider to be the front-runners. This would presumably include Palin on the right and Obama on the left. There will be others, of course. Petraeus was a strong possibility until just a few days ago.
Conventional wisdom has it that establishment Republicans, independents, and the Tea Parties will split the ticket on the right, leaving the field wide open for any Democrat who chooses to accept the mantle. Obama, currently, is the best bet. However, if - as has been rumored – Obama drops out of the race, there is currently no Democrat with even a snowball’s chance in hell to get elected dog catcher – except Hillary Clinton. She’s been hanging back, conveniently keeping herself out of the various loops of what can be construed as any of Obama’s assorted controversies and disasters. She has been pointedly quiet about the oil spill, about the McChrystal mess, ObamaCare, Israel, Wall Street reform, Arizona, unemployment, etc. It’s almost as if she weren’t even there. I believe that the liberal media is actively helping to shield her; that she has become their next ‘project’.
Yet, her presence is palpable. Her silence on issues hangs like a damp cloth over everything and can be taken as either approval or disapproval. By purposefully failing to openly endorse Obama’s policies, she appears as one who stands apart from the Democrat power hub (that appears to be making all those unforgivable mistakes. Mark my words, the press will not allow her to be tarred by any of them).
Look for Hillary to make a move as 2012 draws nearer. Voters will not easily forget the Bush years (Democrats will do their best to remind us over and over again), nor will they take seriously Tea Party incursions. Obama will go back to what he loves (and he doesn’t love being president; ex-president will suit him far better), leaving Hillary to pursue her socialist vision with the full gravitas of her blue* or green pants suits - and her name. We’re being set up. The country has been preparing to receive its savior for a long time now. We thought the time was at hand when we elected Barack Hussein Obama. Little did we know that he was only a voice crying in the wilderness.
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*remember in today’s upside-down America the colors are not what they appear to be – specifically, blue could be red.
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