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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: Why Hillary won't quit
Why Hillary won't quit
By David Jones, Ottawa CitizenThere are all sorts of legends in play about Hillary Clinton's motivations for continuing her campaign in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Category: Commentary
By David Jones, Ottawa CitizenThere are all sorts of legends in play about Hillary Clinton's motivations for continuing her campaign in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.She is obsessed. She thinks she is "owed" the presidency. She believes that it is her turn, and her opponent is an Obama come lately. She made a deal with Bill to stay with him if he supported her for the presidency. She sincerely believes that now is the time for a woman as president. She is deeply concerned over the fate of the United States (and the world) if the country is led by a man as inexperienced and untutored as Senator Barack Obama.Or all of the above.But less attention has been paid to Senator Clinton's political "biological clock." She is 60 years old; it is now or never for her in U.S. presidential politics.The next president is likely to hold office for eight years. Although there have been recent illustrations of a president losing a second term (Jimmy Carter; George H. W. Bush), the historical norm is for presidents to win two terms.And rarely in the past 50 years has there been a more positive calculus for the Democrats.
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