RNC chief: Clinton bid could help GOP

[DonViejo]

January 07, 2014, 06:25 pm

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday it could be a boon for the GOP if Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2016 due to all the “scandal” that surrounds her. The GOP's campaign chief called Clinton a “very political person who makes decisions based on how the wind blows.”

“I’m not sure,” Priebus told CNN when asked if Clinton would be the Democratic nominee in 2016. “But with all of the scandal around her, I’m not so sure it would be all that bad for the Republican Party, to tell you the truth.”

The RNC head was reacting to excerpts from a new book by former secretary of Defense Robert Gates, which alleged that Clinton admitted that she opposed the 2007 Iraq troop surge because she would be facing then- Sen. Barack Obama in the Iowa Caucus in the 2008 election.

Priebus rattled of a list of other issues that he said could be a liability to Clinton if she runs for president again, including the Benghazi attack that happened while she was secretary of State, her affiliation with President Obama and her failed attempt to enact universal healthcare as first lady.

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[Historic NY]

1. Meanwhile FAux is still stoking the Benghazi fires.

[riversedge]

2. Ah, so the Repugs really are afraid of her run. te he.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Subtlety isn't Reince's strongsuit.

Though I'd prefer someone Left of center.

[DetlefK]

3. GOP-candidate could be boon for Democrats with all the scandal surrounding him.

You know, whoever that will be. Nowadays no republican of profile hasn't done something ridiculous, childish, scandalous and political.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Scandal, as in all that shit that means so much to a decreasing number of Republicans

and absolutely nothing to most Americans. Gotta love these guys.

[RedstDem]

5. hillary is a flawed candidate

I'm sure there will be other choices in the primary that will appeal to me and other similar minded folks, and if she wins the nomination, I'm probably voting green party.

down ballot I'd go dems all the way, but not for hill in the top spot.

[apnu]

7. I was a solid Obama supporter in the 2008 primary, but I'd vote for Hil. in a second.

She's 1000% a better choice than any Republican. I put up with the Hilbots and their snark and then PUMA nonsense. I credit them for weakening Obama's support out of the gate, something he's never had from the Democrats. In the early days when the Republicans were casting about in the wilderness, all the attack on Obama came from Dems and the left. Despite that obvious poor sportsmanship from some of Hil's supporters, I'd vote for her if she's the Democratic nom.

You're green comment reminds me of the 2000 election. People said the same thing about Al Gore and voted for Nader because of their "conscious" Don't make the same mistake. Until the Green party is a viable party on the national level, a vote for them only weakens Dems and strengthens 'pugs. Don't do it bud.

I'm not saying Obama is great either. He's deeply flawed also. There is a stark difference between candidate Obama and President Obama. More so than Big Dawg.

But Hillary? Obama? Dean? Kuschinich? Biden? Kerry? I'd vote for all of them over any Republican any day of the week.

[lunamagica]

8. Exactly. I don't get why any so-called Democrat would vote Green, esp after what happened

in 2000. A Green vote would only help to put a Republican in the WH

[BeyondGeography]

9. Where will you be wasting your vote?

[frylock]

11. did you "waste" your vote in 2004 when Kerry ran for president and didn't win?

votes aren't wasted. votes are votes.

[Beacool]

12. Bullshit!!

The Republican party is a flawed party. They are so scared of her that they are reviving crap from the 90s. It doesn't matter that it didn't work for them then either.

[RedstDem]

14. actually, the one redeeming quality to a republican as opposed to a blue dog is..

the republicans come straight at you, and everyone knows they want to bust the unions or steal people's SS, whereas a blue dog/DLC'er will just sneak up behind us and plunge the knife in.

we can stand against redumbfucklicans, but we cant fight against the blue dogs, by the time you know their voting with the right wingers, its too damn late.

I'm not voting for any more DLC'ers....

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. Attacking Hillary won't produce a superior Republican candidate

Who do they have to run in 2016 anyway? Rick Santorum? Rand Paul? Paul Ryan? Marco Rubio? Ted Cruz? MAYBE Chris Christie?

Hillary would wipe the floor with any one of them in the GE or any other GOP candidate out there that I haven't heard of yet and IMHO people won't care much about all of the "scandals" out there, certainly not those from around 20 years ago? If her making a campaign decision based on politics is the worst they got, then.......... Also, most people don't "get" Benghazi either despite all of the GOP efforts to hype it up into the biggest.scandal.evah!

[davidpdx]

13. If I'm not mistaken they were saying the same thing in 2008

(anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). It didn't turn out very well for them. As others have pointed out, their candidates are pretty damn flawed. The only thing they have going for them right now is they are holding the House by a shoestring majority. Also consider their "frontrunner" (not that I really believe he is, but the press seems to) just got shat on with the bridge scandal. There is no heir apparent in the Republican Party right now. That really must scare poor Rinsed Penis's ass off.

[Tippy]

15. After reading some of this thread...my first thought..OH NO they didn't learn a thing

And it's the truth...I am seriously thinking of just throwing in the towel...voting for someone who can not possibly win, shows just how little you really care..