Monday’s political round-up

February 5, 2007

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:

* Following up on our discussion from yesterday, Ralph Nader told CNN yesterday that he may run yet again in 2008 and will decide later this year whether to do so. He added that he’d be more inclined to run if Hillary Clinton won the Dem nomination, and added that he wasn’t a “spoiler” in 2000 because Al Gore actually won.

* Rudy Giuliani is still being unnecessarily coy about his presidential plans, but told the AP over the weekend that “there’s a real good chance” that he’ll throw his hat into the ring.

* Sen. Joe Lieberman more or less denied any interest in joining the GOP ticket, should John McCain win the Republican nomination. “My days of seeking national office are over,” Lieberman said.

* There’s been some odd buzz in conservative circles about recruiting White House Press Secretary Tony Snow as a candidate for public office. Snow has rejected the idea outright. “I am absolutely Shermanesque,” Snow said. “After this job — the best I am likely ever to have — I’m going to do something that will enable me to spend much more time with the family.”

* After a speech for Silicon Valley leaders over the weekend, Al Gore was asked by several attendees whether he’d run for president. “I don’t have any plans to run for president, but I appreciate the request,” Gore said, after a pause.

* ABC News reported that Wesley Clark is apparently interested in serving as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, should she win the Dem nomination. ABC quoted Clark as saying, “I’m a great admirer of Senator Clinton. I think she’s terrific.” He reportedly offered a “sly smile” when asked if he shared a former aide’s assessment that “a Clinton-Clark ticket has a nice ring to it.”

Darn right Tony Snow’s job is the best he’ll ever have. He gets to make up everything as he goes along and nobody gets to turn off his mike.

If only we could…….

  • I really can’t stand Hillary–Nader, delusional narcissist that he is, basically pegs her–but if she put Clark on her ticket I’d probably hold my nose and vote for her. He’s that good.

  • Oh, so Ralph Nader’s *offering* us the chance to avoid another spoiler bid if we do what he wants and avoid Hillary, or else he’s going to be more likely to have to run? What a whiny little passive-aggressive bitch. He’s going to run if *he* wants to, not if *we* satisfy his ego by voting for the candidate he wants; he’s not going to actually base his judgment on *our* reaction, but he’ll claim he will if it gives him any power over us, and he doesn’t want to *sound* like the total fucking asshole he is.

    You might as well make foreign policy based on “what Al Qaeda really wants” as vote tactically based on trying to persuade Ralph Nader not to run again.

    Not that I’m rooting for Hillary to win the primary, but for Ralph Nader to lecture anyone about strategic voting and who’s enabling whom is a pile of steaming horseshit.

  • Catherine,

    But Hillary’s not going to win the nomination; he is.

    I hope you are right! Vote Wes Clark in 2008!

  • Yes, Clark is always polite and will always do his best to make sure that whoever is ultimately nominated is not diminished by anything he might say publicly.

    Clark MUST be the nominee. I would take no comfort in seeing General Clark as Hillary’s VP. It is clear that she is disliked by so many in the United States that she would absolutely NEED Wesley Clark’s integrity and credibility to boost her own standing.

    Clark/Feingold
    Clark/Obama
    Clark/Whoever

    ABH

  • Note that Chris Lehane is the one promoting this ‘meme’ about Hillary and Clark. How soon will Lehane begin to show up as a ‘consultant’ on the Hillary FEC report?

    Sounds to me like Hillary’s camp doesn’t want the competition from Clark.

    She’d have to go with Bayh — someone who’s more ‘compliant’ .

  • With any luck, the brakes will fail on Ralph’s 1965 Corvair and he’ll fly off the edge ofthe clif and fall a loooooooooooooooooooooong way down to the bottom of the canyon, where he will prove by remaining there in the wreckage that he is not Wile E. Coyote.

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