The Black Republican

This was the topic of discussion between Chris and I last Friday at lunch. We were both in agreement that she and Bill are so power hungry that we could think of little they wouldn't do to win. But then Chris asked, in the event she does indeed lose the nomination, "Do you think she would go Third-party?"

My gut reaction was that she would do anything - ANYTHING - to become President, so the answer I blurted out was "Of course." But boy did that start my mind - and our discussion - racing off into that area of speculation. How would she do it? Would she and Bill give any consideration to what that would do to the Democrat party? (Of course not!) Where would she try to position herself? Right of Obama but Left of McCain? (That last bit would be hard to do from our conservative perspective.) Perhaps to try to keep McCain off balance she would actually move to the right of him on Immigration? Truth and consistency are nothing to the Clintons, so I could see them trying that.

And while discussing that last topic (Hillary's political positioning for a 3rd party run) it hit me - Hillary and Bloomberg! That would give the Hilldabeast two of the things she would need the most to make a 3rd party run work - money and RINO/Independent support! This hit me like - well the only way I can explain it is when you are playing chess and you all of a sudden see the opening and all the moves your opponent needs to check-mate you! And you have that pit-of-your-gut feeling that shifts from wondering if your opponent has actually seen the same thing you have, or if he (she) is just so good that this was the plan from the start.

What if the Clinton machine actually does have dirt on Obama and just lacks the money resources to effectively exploit it? With Bloomberg's $$$ she could plaster the airwaves with "Obama is a Commie" and "McCain is a Fascist" ads from now until November, all portraying her as the only safe, moderate, known quantity candidate in the race.

What have we always known Bill's favored strategy to be? Triangulation! And wouldn't a 3rd party - positioning Hillary between the Obama far left and the McCain far right (in rhetoric at least) - be the very definition of that?

And what was the one of strategies put forth by Hillary's political mentor, Saul Alinsky to obtain political power? "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it." (and for those that would claim the Clintons are not Alinsky disciples, tell me who YOU think of when you read those 13 rules?)

I could be very wrong. I kinda hope I am. Perhaps Hil&Bill can pull this out by cheating the old fashioned way, but if they can't... well, I guess we'll see soon enough.