As many of you know, who read this blog with any sort of regularity; I used to be a Democratic Party voter. Then the 2008 election happened, as well as the meltdown of the economy, which was brought on by the Democratic Party’s fixing of the system to give to people who really did not deserve to even own a house.
While giving an assessment of whether Hillary Clinton will run again for office, AllahPundit observes something that I have known for years. He puts it so very well. Over you AP:
For what it’s worth, I don’t think she’ll run again, either, although three years is a long way off, too. The Clinton moment passed for good in 2007, when Barack Obama eclipsed her in the presidential primary cycle. She has high favorability ratings now, in part because she hasn’t been involved in partisan politics for more than three year years, and in part because of the declining popularity of her current boss. It won’t take long for the negatives to return if she decided on another run in 2016 based on all of the old baggage attached to the Clintons, as well as some more recent baggage, like the “reset” button and her husband’s curious mea culpa after speaking economic common sense that happened to conflict with the disaster of Obamanomics.
What I find fascinating is the fascination itself. The two Democrats most often mentioned for a potential 2016 run are Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, and at 69 years of age, Hillary would be the younger of the two when Election Day 2016 arrives. They belong to a different era of politics, but who else in the Democratic Party is ready for a national run in four years? Andrew Cuomo might be the only one that leaps to mind, but his father rather famously played footsie with Democrats for years and never actually took the plunge; the son will be a tougher sell, although he’s getting good reviews in New York thus far in his first term as governor. Their Senate leadership is too old, and Democrats lost so many gubernatorial elections over the last three years that their bench has almost run dry.
Compare that to the Republican bench, in and out of Washington DC. The party has a number of exciting, fresh talent in chief-executive slots around the country. Assuming Romney doesn’t win this year, names like Bobby Jindal, Nikki Haley, Susana Martinez, Scott Walker, and Bob McDonnell will probably be in play. On Capitol Hill, energetic newcomers like Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio will be more seasoned and better prepared to argue for a shot at the highest office in the country. If Romney wins this year and in 2016, those same candidates will still have their positions improved for another run, plus more may join them. Unlike Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, they’ll represent the present and the future, not the distant past.
It’s so true, the Democrats have nothing anymore. They tried running Al Gore, who would have been an disaster for a President; he lost. They tried running John Kerry, who lost, because he was seen by many, and rightly so, as an out of touch elitist idiot. Kind of like the current President! Now they have this President, if he is beaten, who else do they have? No one. Class warfare and Wealth distribution are remnants from a bygone era and the American people know this. My Father did well with the unions and voting for the Democrats. I, on the other hand, did lousy. True, I eat here. But I do not have a nice union job, like he did, before he retired. I have basically gotten nothing from the Democrats, in return for voting for them, for a good number of years.
This is why I have decided to take a different path than my own parents to vote my own convictions and not just go along with the crowd. For the record, I expect nothing from the Republican Party or the Conservative movement; that is just it. They don’t promise you anything; and I like that sort of blunt honesty. The only thing I want is my freedom; and that is what the libertarian/Tea Party/Conservative movement is about —- Freedom. Now the Republicans, as far as this writer is concerned; have not proven to me they will reduce the size of Government at all. But I am waiting to see, just what truly happens with Romney, if he is elected. I really do not expect much greatness from him. But, I will be hopeful. I will be voting libertarian, because that is where I am politically. But I am a realist, and I know Gary Johnson does not have a chance of winning. This is why I am watching what the Republicans and Mitt Romney will be offering as agents of Freedom. It is something I look forwarding to writing about in the future.