Will Jerry Brown Be Another Democrat Running Against Hillary Clinton ?
First Octogenarian President almost as likely as first Female President — Brown would be 78 years old upon his inauguration as the nation’s 45th president in 2017, if he were he to win the nomination and the election next year
Is this good news or bad news for Hillary ? — Depends who you ask....
California Governor Jerry Brown will be the featured guest on NBC News’ Meet the Press with host Chuck Todd this week. Todd has been one of the most prominent Beltway journalists to tout Brown’s potential as a “dark horse” candidate in 2016. Last July, Todd predicted on MSNBC’s Morning Joe that Brown would be challenger to Hillary Rodham Clinton ((See “Jerry Brown to ‘Meet the Press’ Presidential Ambitions?” by Joel B. Pollack, 3/20/15, Breitbart News/ (AP)Associated Press [http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/03/20/jerry-brown-to-meet-the-press-presidential-ambitions/]).
“I still think the person that is most likely to do this is going to be Jerry Brown. And he equally is a nemesis to the Clintons in a way that is different from Al Gore but also possesses every one of those attributes that Mark was talking about Al Gore, other than winning Iowa and winning the popular vote. Jerry Brown’s resume with the left and populist movement is as strong, if not stronger,” Todd said, adding that Clinton “... can’t just go unchallenged until the general election.”
Brown has recently spent time in Washington, D.C. Last week, he met with Obama administration officials to discuss a variety of policy issues, and bashed Republicans for their opposition to the president’s executive amnesty for illegal aliens. He was also a guest of the Washington Post at the super-elite Gridiron Dinner.
JUST A WEEK AGO — BROWN WAS TELLING EVERYBODY IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY NOT TO CHALLENGE HILLARY
According to a report in Politico last week, the California governor urged his fellow Democrats not to run against Mrs. Clinton in the primaries(See “Jerry Brown: Leave Hillary Clinton alone”By Edward-Isaac Dovere, 3/13/15, Politico [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/hillary-clinton-primaries-jerry-brown-116066.html]).
Hillary will be the nominee and she will not have a Democratic primary opponent. Sanders, O'Malley, Warren and Brown are all on board the Hillary train to victory. Her only challenger will be the GOP nominee in the general election. Who oh who will that be? What a cast of clowns floating around right now! We'll have the most fun with Jeb though during the campaign. Hope its him.
ReplyDeleteIn the most recent CNN poll, Hillary trounces any potential GOP contender. Her approval rating is 67% and her trustworthiness is well over 65%. I like that trait in my future president.
Hillary looked smashingly elegant at the Irish America Hall of Fame induction this week. Ray Kelly and Brian O'Dwyer (of the famed O'Dwyer and Bernstein) were both fawning all over her - each perhaps looking to be named Ambassador to Ireland when she is elected. Irish America loves Hillary.
In other news, Dan Donovan has taken to race baiting in his cheap shot campaign for the 11th CD. A mailer today is trying to instill racial fears in the voters. Well now, Brooklyn, who does that remind you of? In somewhat related news, Joe Hynes will be voting for Donovan - kindred spirits as they say . . .
Governor Brown will be one of the contenders to face Clinton in 2016. He may win the nomination, and maybe the presidency.
ReplyDeleteJerry Brown will be the veep. He adds executive experience. In New York, I think Brooklyn GOP chair Craig Eaton should run for mayor in 2017. He brings gravitas and could beat De Blasio.
ReplyDeleteThe real "inevitability factor" for Hillary Clinton is that she will never be president of anything. Her support is showing slow but steady leakage. There are two or three "young" Democrats getting ready to make a move -- the first one in breaks the log jam.
ReplyDeleteA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE "YUH GOTTA LUV IT" EDITION
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Gale your close with Jerry Brown, but word on the street is Al Gore will suddenly jump in.
ReplyDeleteGore will beat Hillary
“She is the least transparent person in the world....
ReplyDeleteStay secretive, my friends.”
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BACKFILL: THE “SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO THIS – OR THEY’LL HATE THEMSELVES LATER” EDITION
ReplyDeleteSLATE AUTHOR NAMES FIVE THAT HE THINKS SHOULD RUN — ESPECIALLY IF HILLARY FALTERS
Last week, there was an article in the on-line magazine “Slate” that started out like this: “Hillary Clinton is not doomed. One terrible press conference won’t mean the end of a long, storied political career.... Hillary Clinton is more vulnerable than many Democrats seem to think, and it would be a shame if other Democrats who represent the party’s future rather than its past failed to make a go of it.”
“... One nevertheless wonders whether the latest Clinton miniscandal will lead at least some Democrats to think, Hey, why not run for president? What exactly do I have to lose? If nothing else, a 2016 presidential campaign would lay the groundwork for a future run, when there will be no Clintons blocking the way....” (See “Hillary Needs Competition – Five Democrats who should challenge the presumptive nominee” by Reihan Salam, 3/12/15, Slate
[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/03/hillary_clinton_campaign_deval_patrick_ron_wyden_amy_klobuchar_and_other.html]).
The “Slate” article went on to name about five Democrats that should be interested in the top job in the country: Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden; former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; Senator Sherrod Brown and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
“Any contest for the Democratic presidential nomination needs an earnest, nerdy liberal technocrat who appeals to the intelligentsia....” The author, Reihan Salam’s pick for this role is Oregon Senator Ron Wyden.
“While Wyden woos the nerds, Sherrod Brown, the gravelly-voiced, tousle-haired senator from Ohio, could step in as the red-meat populist, who’d bash China for its unfair trade practices, offer a blueprint for revitalizing organized labor, and demand that the big banks be brought to heel. Though Brown is a solid social liberal, he’s managed to win over Ohio voters by appealing to their nationalism. In Rust Belt primaries, Brown could rail against “Benedict Arnold CEOs” for outsourcing jobs to great effect....”
“More than one-fifth of self-identified Democrats are black, and black voters play a large role in Democratic primaries in the Deep South.... Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, is a [good] bet. Though Patrick... has denied any interest in running for president in 2016, he has a sterling liberal résumé, having worked as a civil rights lawyer for much of his career.... Like Obama in 2008, Patrick has been dismissed as an empty suit. During his first run for governor in 2006, however, Patrick turned these attacks against his critics....”
Mike Bloomberg would be very interesting running as the sober centrist. “...Yes, Bloomberg ran for mayor of New York as a Republican, and he now identifies as an independent.... Bloomberg’s brand of centrism would be quite different from Bill Clinton’s ’90s version, not least because Bloomberg is, if anything, less culturally conservative. He would present himself as the turnaround artist America needs—kind of a pro-choice, anti-gun Mitt Romney. It’s easy to imagine Bloomberg, like Ross Perot, saturating the airwaves with detailed discussions of how he’d fix America’s roads and bridges, and how he’d put our entitlement programs on a sounder footing....”
“And then there is Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, who, despite having served eight years in the Senate, still counts as a fresh face. Klobuchar is one of America’s most popular senators, and she’s cultivated a reputation as an indefatigable, impeccably bipartisan problem solver.... It’s unlikely that a candidate with Klobuchar’s profile would gain much traction in a race against Hillary Clinton. But in a race without [Clinton], Klobuchar could go very far.”
First, Hillary will not falter. She is the most experienced and respected leader our country has as a presidential candidate and that includes both parties. There will be no Democratic primary because the party has unified behind Hillary. The Democratic goal is to ensure the Whitehouse does not go to the GOP. Hillary is the only candidate who can and will ensure that. The GOP is terrified of Hillary and that is a credit to her proven accomplishments. She has the strength of a Maggie Thatcher, the economic astuteness of an Elizabeth Warren and the grace and elegance of an Audrey Hepburn. Hillary's election will see the women's movement and fight for equal rights finally come full circle. It will be the culmination of 100 years of fighting for women's equality. You can be sure that this will be a theme of her campaign throughout the coming months and it will guarantee the women's vote on election day.
ReplyDeleteIs your Hillary the one whose belly is as big as her behind? How can a woman her age look so pregnant? And what is up with her hair sometimes? But thank God, at least she's not a feminist.
ReplyDeleteTo Stanley Kowalski above: Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State spent four years travelling the world meeting world leaders, forging peace deals and negotiating conflicts. In her service to our nation - unprecedented in that role - she may have gained weight. This is because she focused first and foremost on the needs of our great nation. We call that patriotism. Your ridicule of her physicality is blatant sexism. You must be a Republican. By the way, Hillary is as much a feminist as Susan B. Anthony and Gloria Steinem are. She has dedicated her entire career to women's equality. But your picking on her because she is a woman is expected.
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE "HILLARY CLINTON AS TEA PARTY AND FREQUENT FLYER PATRIOT" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTHE HILLARY STUFF MENTION BY "ANONYMOUS...3:57 PM" ABOVE ---> NEVER HAPPENED <---
"...Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State spent four years travelling the world meeting world leaders, forging peace deals and negotiating conflicts...." -- EXCEPT SHE DIDN'T
If "...she [had] focused first and foremost on the needs of our great nation. We [would] call that patriotism...." What she actually did is called "busy work."
Take the recent absolute nonsense concerning her "award" as an inductee to the "Irish-American Hall of Fame": First, she is not in any way Irish-American; second, she had no real hand in any Irish peace process -- EVER !
When others made peace in Ireland, she made tea -- wait a minute, she didn't even do that -- she had tea. Her recent inflation of her role in all of that could easily and fairly be described as "qualitative and quantitative easing."
This is a woman whose record is as synthetic as her affect.
However, I will concede that Hillary Clinton probably did pile up a lot of frequent-flier miles.
So if mileage and drinking tea are measures of patriotism then Hillary clearly is a Tea Party and Frequent Flyer Patriot.
Among the inflated foreign policy claims that Hillary Clinton made in her failed 2008 try for the Democratic Nomination for President was for her role in the North Irish Peace Process.
ReplyDeleteGetting caught in such false claims was one of the reasons her lead on Barack Obama evaporated. One of the areas where she was caught off base was her participation or rather non-participation in the North Irish Peace process.
Barack Obama put it best during the 2008 primary campaign -- When it came to North Ireland, "Others made peace and Hillary made tea."
Your revision of history is appalling. Hillary Clinton played a critical role in the Peace process in Ireland and now when others have all but abandoned the nation she continues to raise needed funds for its many programs that she started. Hillary was the very reason Gerry Adams was granted a visa to come to the United States which actually was the beginning of any potential talks for peace. Her work toward obtaining economic security and jobs programs for women in Ireland is unprecedented. It is why she is so loved there. You can't fool the Irish. An Irish woman sees authenticity and that was evident in Hillary's commitment to Ireland. And yes, she is the only non-Irish American to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. That speaks for itself. Oh, and Gerry Adams thanked Hillary for her work on the Peace process. I tend to think he is has more first-hand knowledge of who did what than your sources. So hush and go put the kettle on.
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE " 'HILLARY IRISH AWARD' BOUGHT, PAID FOR AND PHONY"
ReplyDeleteHOIST ON YOUR OWN PETARD: SECURING MONEY FOR ONGOING PROGRAMS -- RELYING ON THE WORD OF A MURDEROUS TERRORIST LIKE GERRY ADAMS !
"YOU CAN'T FOOL THE IRISH" ? ? ? -- ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S FOOLISH TO TRY TO FOOL FOOLS IN THE FIRST PLACE
"...[S]he is the only non-Irish American to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. That speaks for itself...." WELL NOT QUITE ! What speaks for itself is that the PHONY "Award" of induction into the so-called Irish-American Hall of Fame was arranged by Clinton stooge Niall O’Dowd. The award event was a typically corrupt Clinton affair with Hillary beginning an open and notorious auction of the Ambassadorship to Ireland at the event.
The comment above shows that more needs to be brought out about all of this phony Irish-Clinton stuff in full-scale post.
Stay tuned....
What is appalling is that Hillary Clinton keeps selling the same old lies about "HER" part in the Irish peace process.
ReplyDeleteThe Obama Team together with the mainstream media put all of that to bed in 2008, but Hillary just never seems to learn from her past mistakes.
Hillary Clinton's learning curve is obviously worse than Sarah Palin's.
Oh please who are you the GM Echo Chamber? You repeat his nonsense regarding Hillary verbatim. I prefer to rely on the first person words of the people of Ireland when they say affirmatively how indebted their prosperity is to the work of Hillary Clinton in coming to their aid. This month's issue of Irish America magazine has page after page of testimony - including quotes from Senator George Mitchell - of Hillary's tireless efforts toward Northern Irish peace. Until Hillary intervened Irish women were treated by men as second-class citizens. They couldn't even get a bank loan without their husband's permission. Hillary brought to Ireland the awareness that women's inequality will not be accepted. Here in America the wealthiest Irish - the owner of Fitzpatrick's bar and hotel in Manhattan and many Irish lawyers for example - are donating to her campaign. They would not be doing so if they did not recognize that she is a friend to Ireland and has committed herself to its peace efforts. Hillary is also very close to Father Jenkins the Dean of Fordham University. He praised her publicly last week also for her work specifically in empowering women in Belfast.
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Oh, get over yourself. Each and every one that you named sounds like a pushy noisy whore sniffing for a trick. Hillary surrounds herself with the likeminded and similarly morally challenged.
ReplyDeleteIf you think that peace in Northern Ireland is anything about women's anything --- well there you have it --- you're the kind of harpy that makes most Irishmen go to the drink.
Hillary has famously stated many times: "Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights." It is a mantra of her life's work and will be a theme of her campaign for president. Hence, everything that happened in Ireland involved the rights of women. Hillary made their voices be heard during the peace process. And Maureen O'Hara was often called harpy by the Duke so that is not a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteIt is important for Hillary supporters to correct the misguided record on who she is. GOP blogs and the media have distorted her accomplishments and will continue to do so. It is clear evidence of the sexist nature of politics and the double standard for women who aspire to public office. We will not allow what happened to Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 happen to Hillary.
At her core, Hillary Clinton is a crook that happens to be a woman. Being a crook will be her undoing and being a woman will not save her. That's why her current lead lawyer is one that specialized in criminal defense;and he will not save her any more than he did for Bill.
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