Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Has Bill Really Hurt Hilary?

Bill Clinton is being accused of hurting his wife's campaign. Many campaign strategists and critics are claiming that his over involvement in his wife's campaign has hurt Hilary's campaign to the point that Obama is now looking like he might win the nomination. Earlier in the campaign, (prior to Super Tuesday) Hilary Clinton was being projected as the democratic candidate for the presidential election of 2008. Critics claim that Bill Clinton is overly involved and his speeches often create controversy and it puts the Hilary campaign in a "desperate" position to take cheap shots at Obama's campaign. How much is a spouse actually suppose to help in a presidential election? What kind of boundries are there?
Another reason that Bill Clinton's involvement is deterring voters is because people do not like the idea of the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton dynasty and having Bill Clinton overly involved means that it will resemble more like a dynasty. He is accused of double edging her campaign and this was especially true with the South Carolina Democratic primary. Many polls indicate that his choices and speeches are risk taking and are not as effective as Hilary and ultimately do not send the same message as his wife does. This creates inconsistency in the campaign and it also makes many people question the real motive to why another Clinton wants to the claim the presidential position.
Lastly, Bill's controversial comments about Jesse Jackson and also his extra presence in the campaign make people question who is really running for president, Bill or Hilary? This is extremely ironic because as Americans we always want to see these candidates families and to see they are humane, however when is it too much? OR do we just not like the Clinton family?

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