Whose afraid of the big, bad "Hill"?

Jay Cost of Redstate.org has a great op-ed in the Wall Street Journal's Opinionjournal.com today about the "overestimating" of Hillary Clinton as a Presidential hopeful.

"I have never understood this. Where do her political credentials come from? It seems to me that she was a great supporting player to a good (though highly overrated) politician. She played the part of the forgiving, intelligent, driven wife with great effectiveness. When she takes center stage, however, the results are quite mixed. She botched health-care reform so badly that President Clinton got absolutely nothing from a Democratic Congress. She coined the term "vast right-wing conspiracy"--guaranteeing that conservatives everywhere would curse her existence until the end of time. She did win that New York Senate seat, but that, to my mind, was pretty unimpressive. She beat latecomer Rick Lazio, who was not a formidable candidate, to say the least (the word "sophomoric" comes to mind)."

While I'll admit she needs be taken seriously and will very likely end up with the nomination in 2008, I heartily agree with Jay that she is a horrible politician.

"There is nothing subtle about her strategic positioning. Not a thing. Everybody talks about Hillary's political calculations not because they are brilliant but because they are obvious, because everything about Hillary screams "political calculation." There is nothing organic to her politics; it all seems artificial."

Which is exactly why her negatives in almost every poll - including Scott Rasmussen's "Hillary-Meter" - are so high. Even her supporters can see what a phony she is.

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