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Hillary: The Great GOP Unifier John LeBoutillier The GOP is down in the mouth about 2008. Morale is at an all-time low. Polls show all the present 10 GOP presidential candidates losing in 2008 to the top Democrats. Polls also show that a "generic" Democrat beats a "generic" Republican in 2008 by almost 20 points — 48 percent-29 percent. Things are so bad that GOP leaders are openly beseeching a non-candidate, the actor/former Sen. Fred Thompson, to jump into the race. At least they were before he bombed last week in a California speech. And the effects of all this are bound to spill down onto GOP House and Senate candidates as they try to either hold on to their seats or gain seats in an effort to regain control of the Congress. But there is one scenario that could fix all of the above: Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee. Why? Story Continues Below
Because her nomination automatically fixes, albeit temporarily, all of the GOP's problems. Let us examine: 1) The possibility of the religious right defecting from the GOP nominee, or (just as bad) staying home and not voting, is eliminated in one fell stroke. The antipathy to Hillary is so strong that they will all return to the GOP fold and vote for the Republican nominee, no matter who that is, even if they have to hold their nose as they vote for the GOP candidate. 2) Bush's Iraq war drags down the GOP: that won't happen as much with Hillary as the Democrat because she was just as enthusiastically for the war as Bush. Furthermore, she has twisted herself into a pretzel trying to shake off that vote, and it has only made her seem even less trustworthy, if that is possible. 3) Turnout: Conventional wisdom has been saying that GOP turnout will be down in 2008, and Democrat turnout way up, because the country is so mad at Bush and the Republicans over Iraq, and the GOP base is so upset over illegal immigration and other issues. That all may be true. But the specter of Hillary — and Bill — back in the White House will motivate the GOP like nothing we have ever seen. Everyone, and I mean everyone, on the right and in the GOP will come out for one reason: to keep the Clintons out of the White House. 4) The GOP candidate can do with Hillary what he could not do with any of the other Democratic candidates: make her the issue in the race. She has so many negatives — 52 percent in the latest Gallup Poll — that the Republican just have to keep the heat on her all through the race. Yes, the liberal media loves Hillary and will help her, but the alternative media, talk radio and the Internet, will go after Hillary like no other candidate. In sum, the Democrats want to win the White House so badly that they can taste it! Ironically, they are about to nominate the one candidate who can rescue a damaged and diseased Republican Party: Hillary. How funny is that?
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