Brooks on Hillary: “The Audacity of Hopelessness”

Today, New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks, wrote an article called The Long Defeat, exploring the possible motivations behind Senator Clinton’s refusal to withdraw from a race that seems doomed. “She possesses the audacity of hopelessness,” says Brooks, in what was certainly the best line of the day.

Brooks continues…
Why does she go on like this? Does Clinton privately believe that Obama is so incompetent that only she can deliver the policies they both support? Is she simply selfish, and willing to put her party through agony for the sake of her slender chance?  Read the entire piece here.

The only logic we can see is that she is now in league with Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and hoping the Jeremiah Wright story continues to get airtime, bringing the so-called “lunch bucket Democrats” into her column in massive numbers in Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina. Or perhaps she has her minions scouring the archives searching for yet another video or bit of “vetting” that could be anonymously leaked to YouTube or the media, something that could yet derail Obama.

How will Obama feel about Hillary when this is all said and done? Well, you can always ask John Kerry or Al Gore for their “off the record” comments. Democrats should consider this: Did Hillary or Bill campaign aggressively for Gore in 2000? Or did they put all their energy and fundraising efforts into her Senate campaign against Rick Lazio? Did Hillary campaign for Kerry in Ohio in 2004? Did she campaign for him aggressively anywhere? Did Bill? Did she really even want Kerry to win in 2004? If he had won, she would be on the sidelines today, anticipating running against a (possibly) sitting Vice President John Edwards in 2012, at age 65 or so. Gore lost… fine. Kerry lost… even better. Eight years of George W. Bush and a 30% approval rating. The Master Plan was working! The stars could not align more perfectly for Hillary. 2008. This was her year. She would win the White House. The nation’s first female president.

Alas, a young Senator from Illinois, author of a book called The Audacity of Hope, had the sheer audacity to challenge her for the nomination. No wonder she cannot bring herself to concede defeat.

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