Bob Herbert: Hillary on the High Road?

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Hillary on the High Road?

By BOB HERBERT
Published: February 23, 2008


A referee would stop the fight. Hillary Clinton is exhausted, and her supporters are becoming increasingly demoralized. The candidate who tried to present herself as inevitable has been out-maneuvered nearly every step of the way by a prodigy with a warm and brilliant smile who still seems as energetic as an athlete doing calisthenics before a big game.

Texas and Ohio and several other states still have to vote. But there was a wistful quality and a strong hint of resignation in Senator Clinton’s voice at the end of the debate Thursday night when, after saying she was “honored to be here with Barack Obama,” she added:

“Whatever happens, we’re going to be fine. We have strong support from our families and our friends. I just hope that we’ll be able to say the same thing about the American people.”

Mrs. Clinton said later that she had not become pessimistic about her chances to win the democratic presidential nomination. But her words were an unmistakable echo of John Edwards’s remarks last month when he ended his campaign in New Orleans.

Just a few months ago, the prevailing wisdom in the world of punditry was that the Obama campaign was in trouble. Senator Clinton was enjoying a huge advantage in fund-raising and big leads in national polls.

A pair of headlines placed side by side on the front page of The New York Observer in October said: “Aaaaugh-bama!” and “Clinton Campaign Gets in Gloat Mode with $27 Million.”

Senator Obama, according to the conventional wisdom, was too soft. His call for a new kind of politics was naïve. And quietly, behind the scenes, the widespread view was that he couldn’t get enough white votes to secure the nomination.

No one outside the Obama campaign was paying much attention to the disaster for the Clintons that was already taking shape in Iowa.

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1. BOB HERBERT is a Obama supporter and

he wants Hillary to toss in the towel. How unbiased he is. With the sorry condition our country is in I firmly believe that Hillary is the only candidate that can begin to straighten it out on Day 1.....and even with her wisdom, past experience and know-how it will take a full 4 year term to overcome the problems our current administration has created. No other candidate has as much to offer at this vital time in our history. I have already cast my vote for Hillary, in the Ohio Primary.

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2. If she were to run the country like she's run her campaign,

we're in big trouble. How has all that 'experience' and 'know-how' helped her? If nothing else, it seems she's been a bad judge of character.