Democrats must be shaking in their boots amid the constant critical news coverage of Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail system controversy.
A new piece in The New York Times spotlights several Democrats — politicians and supporters alike — admitting that their party has pretty much committed to Clinton as its choice candidate in the 2016 presidential election not only because they find her that unbeatable — but also because there is “no one else.”
“There is no one else — she’s the whole plan,” explained big Democratic donor and fundraiser Sarah Kovner of New York. “She is by far the most experienced and qualified person we could possibly nominate. Not even on the horizon but on the far horizon.”
The Times says of Democrats:
They have little choice: As Mrs. Clinton prepares to begin her second presidential campaign amid a froth of criticism and outrage, Democrats are not just Ready for Hillary — as supporters named one pro-Clinton “super PAC” — they are desperate for her.
Congressional Democrats are counting on a strong Clinton campaign to help lift them back into the majority. Party leaders at all levels want her fund-raising help and demographic appeal.
Having so much enthusiasm — desperation, rather — for a particular candidate has undoubtedly created a climate of worry in the party, especially since the reports about foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation, Hillary’s personal e-mail account and atrocious press conference, and her hypocrisy on equal pay.
“Anytime you have all your eggs in one basket, it is a concern,” explained Delaware Governor Jack Markell (D). “Although if you’re going to have them all in one, this basket is a good place to be.”
Interestingly enough, British journalist Piers Morgan warned against precisely that last month when he emphasized the fact that Hillary is “no spring chicken.”
“If I were the Democrats,” Morgan explained on MSNBC. “I’d be thinking we’ve got to be really careful here that we don’t put all our eggs into the Hillary Clinton basket and we end up with somebody who could actually lose.”
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D), who has insisted that he himself will not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, appears to agree.
“My view of the electorate is, we react badly to inevitability, because we experience it as entitlement, and that is risky, it seems to me, here in America,” Patrick said, cautioning against couching a Hillary Clinton candidacy as inevitable. “I want Democrats to win.”
One thing’s for certain: Hillary Clinton sure isn’t “winning” in the media right now.
