I'm at Take Back America today. Taylor Marsh tells me that during her morning speech Senator Hillary Clinton was booed for saying that it would be wrong to set a timeline or date for withdrawal from Iraq.
That's a big deal. I sympathize deeply with Senator Clinton. She has not lived in the real world since 1993 out of necessity. The vicious smears by the right-wing forced her to build a phalanx of advisors who protect her from feedback. This was necessary, but it carries a severe cost. That cost is that she lives in a bubble. It's a different bubble than that of Bush, but not as different as you might imagine. It is a bubble built of big money donors, right-wing beltway pundits, campaign consultants, and constituency group leaders.
She doesn't get that a fundraiser with Rupert Murdoch, or chastizing young people, or pandering on abortion by pushing Bob Casey, or flag burning, or sticking with Iraq as the right thing to do, or any number of third way moves is not where the country is.
It's not really her fault. She lives in a bubble. Anyone in her position would have to do so, or risk going insane. But it is what it is, and it means that she has exceptionally bad judgment.
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