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Hillary's Tragedy … 'Sorry Hillary!'

"It's a tragedy of epic proportions with Hillary Clinton as involuntary protagonist. … Clinton deserves better. But tragedy always finds its victim; and the more painful it is, the better the tragedy - a tragedy that during the course of these primaries has become quite a good one. Sorry, Hillary."

By Patrik Etschmayer

By James Jacobson

February 11, 2008

Switzerland - Nachrichten - Original Article (German)

A Hillary supporter struts her stuff ... but might Hillary's journey be nearing an end? ...

It's a tragedy of epic proportions with Hillary Clinton as involuntary protagonist. One might shrug and say this is just a primary campaign struggle. But it's more. This is to witness the last ten years of Hillary Clinton's life threaten to go up in smoke.

Already during Bill Clinton's tenure, Hillary tried to distinguish herself. But it was then that things went terribly wrong. The democratically dominated Houses of Congress mercilessly delayed Hillary's elaborate health care reform plans, and the Republicans used her involvement as election campaign ammunition, which gave them a majority in both in the House of Representatives and in the Senate.

The result was that she was much lass able to influence policy and had a to keep a “lower profile;” she had to stand back so that in her husband's second campaign she had almost no role. Then came the public humiliation in the aftermath of “Monicagate," when the President has an affair with an intern.

This period must have been hell for Hillary Clinton, but she's ambitious, extremely intelligent and has an ego the size of the planet. But two years before the end of her husband's second term, she opened door that might lead her back to the White House. A New York senator had announced he would step down [Daniel Patrick Moynihan ] and while she was still First Lady, Hillary found herself at the end of a successful election campaign for the office of senator, which she successfully defended in 2006. WORLDMEETS.US

Hillary Clinton was now at the threshold of being a presidential candidate for the Democrats, and it almost seemed a matter of formality to be decided in the early primaries, so that with all her power should could turn to her Republican opponent and win. It should have been her reward for years - yes decades- in the shadow of her husband, for whom she picked up and moved to Arkansas, giving up a promising career in Washington D.C. It should have balanced out the bill that she has with society, and of course, it should have been a historic milestone as she became first woman President of the United States. The plan seemed perfect, the Republicans had hit bottom, and the opportunity seemed as good as arranged.

But then this Obama came along. When he was a young senator in 2004, Clinton had supported him for an open senate seat in Illinois, which he won. Maybe she saw in him a perfect vice president; a young politician that could learn from her and succeed her. The first Afro-American in the White House would follow the first woman. WORLDMEETS.US

An Obama supporter demonstrates why he'll be so hard to stop ...

But Obama wanted more. He speaks to the voters like no other politician. He mobilizes masses of voters; once acquainted with Obama, people who hadn't voted in primaries for years decided to take part. Many also believe that they have already had eight years of Clinton. People believe that Obama brings change - and even if in the end this is just a slogan, his obligation to bring it is enormous.

Of course, he hasn't yet won - and Clinton hasn't yet lost. But the tragedy for Hillary seems inevitable, as though she were a literary protagonist. Recently she lost Maine. Maine - women friendly, East Coast, Hillary-country. She fired her campaign manager. She had to loan her campaign $5 million. She stands with her back against the wall with no idea what methods to use to stop her challenger for the throne.

Clinton deserves better. But tragedy always finds its victim; and the more painful it is, the better the tragedy - a tragedy that during the course of these primaries has become quite a good one. … Sorry, Hillary.

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