Hillary to be Clark's National Co-chair? (Fox 3:08PM ET)

[ed_vadem]

No links yet. annouced verbally by Fox based on "sources"

Press conference tommorrow in Little Rock AK.

[davidinalameda]

1. the plot grows thicker

now with Hillary as a co-chair, will this doom his campaign because people with think that he's a Clinton puppet?

[StClone]

2. I don't get it

Bush can destroy the world and still play Prez. Hillary comes near Superman Clark and she's his Krypton. Rush talk is an affliction.

[TioDiego]

6. I have to agree with that.

[meegbear]

3. yeah ...

who'd want 4 years of peace, prosperity and ecomonic growth.

[Chico Man]

9. It may be difficult to repair Bush's mistakes in 4 years

The first 4 years is going to be tough for any of the democratic candidates if we win.

I think we would need a full 8 years at least to turn things around. The repubs probably have a mitigation plan unless they do lose in 2004.. and I don't even want to consider what that plan entails. Whatever it is they will be attacking the democrats harder than we have EVER seen moving into 2008 and they will most likely try to booby-trap everything from the war, terrorism, the economy, etc. etc. etc. to make it look like it was the Democrats' fault.

[reprobate]

20. If we win in '04......

....you can bet the republican party will not be the same party that we're seeing right now. A dem win will pull the repugs to the left just like the dems were pulled right last time.

[TioDiego]

4. That may be the spin. Who would she co-chair with?

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

8. SATAN!

No...really...they just reported it on Fox!

[FredScuttle]

24. Her co-chair is Clinton's penis

before it becomes dangerously engorged and overtakes both Hillary and Gen. Clark to become the Democratic candidate...

CLINTON'S COCK IN '04!

[Neutrino]

5. They can say anything they want,, but Clark is nobody's puppet

and that's widely known. Hillary hasn't been slapping any men around
since she took on her job, so IMHO, they make a good team.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Did you think Hillary would become a Senator from New York? n/t

[Langis]

7. What does being his co-chair mean exactly?

n/t

[liberalnurse]

14. I'm lost too!

Any smart DU'er out there? :crazy:

[Larkspur]

11. If it's true, then Hillary will screw her 2008 chances and it would be a

bad move on Clark's part. Karl Rove would love Hillary to be Clark's co-campaign chair. What a hate-fest Rove would feed the Repukes! Hillary is a lightening rod for them.

Of course, if Hillary has ambitions for 2008, why would Clark trust her advice?

[MidwestTransplant]

13. Co-Chair does not equal Running Mate

n/t

[Wickerman]

33. though I recall a chair once who wound up unelected VP...

[RamboLiberal]

19. I agree with Larkspur this would be a DUMB move IMHO

I think that would be a dumb move on Clark's part. Feeds right in to Rove's and the wingnut pundits spin.

At this point in the campaign I think the Clintons should be standing with the Democratic Party, not one candidate.

Use them for fundraising for the party. Then when a Dem candidate emerges use them to stump and raise funds but don't make either of them an intricate part of the campaign.

But I'll wait for confirmation.

[coralrf]

32. Nonsense Larkspur...

"Of course, if Hillary has ambitions for 2008"

Can you source that to her or someone that is in a position to speak for her? Please do not offer up the monotonous, never ending, and totally unsubstantiated GOP tripe as proof of Hillary Clinton's intentions. I can assure you they will be the last to know. When will DU'ers stop advancing Rove's nonsense in here?

"Karl Rove would love Hillary to be Clark's co-campaign chair"

Can you source that as well? I don’t think Rove would want to battle Hillary again as he lost horribly the last time. HC remains popular with Democrats that do not allow Rove to pollute their minds. Clinton’s name is synonymous with winning. In fact Rove will have little time for HC as Clark himself will be a very tough guy for a geek like Rove and his AWOL buddy to take on.

When will this tired RNC crap cease to be acceptable?

[Larkspur]

34. I'm not RNC. I'm on my local Dem Town Committee

and no sources, just my opinion.

First, Hillary voted FOR the Iraq War, and Clark opposed it, so we already have a controversial situation, or Clark is not going to court the anti-war vote and leave the "red meat" for Dean to keep lapping up.

Second, assuming Hillary has ambitions for the White House in 2008, her chairing Clark's campaign, even as a figurehead, hurts her chances if Clark loses.

Third, I'd never have Hillary chairing any part of my campaign. It would be like having Lady Macbeth cook your dinner. She is ambitious and there is nothing wrong with that per se, but one must be aware of that ambition if one courts Hillary to chair one's Prez campaign.

[liberalnurse]

12. What is a National Co-Chair?

What do they do?

[ed_vadem]

16. no it doesn't but sure takes her off of all the other

ooops I was replying to #13

possible VP rumor lists, except for Clark's

And with 8 yrs experience as Clark's VP, her chance of becoming President (in 2012) is greater IMHO than in 2008.

[PartyPooper]

15. Isn't being a 'National Co-Chair' a full-time job?

How on earth could Hillary fulfill her responsibilities as senator...and be a co-chair for Clark at the same time? both are full-time gigs in my book.

:shrug:

[evworldeditor]

18. Let's Wait for the Press Conference..Shall We?

Come on, folks... Faux News? Those SOBs will say anything, so let's see what transpires tomorrow.

[Bandit]

28. Yes remember they sued for their right to LIE

It is Fox the spin machine.

[AP]

25. No, it's not a job at all. It's a name on the letterhead

and an indication that, if you support the national co-chair, you should give money to the candidate.

[SideshowScott]

17. Its just Fox's way to scare the rightys and make clark look bad

They use Hill as a scare tactic. Fox is evil

[Whoa_Nelly]

26. Yup, yup, yup!

Faux News, the biggest media whore known to the world, is doing all it can to destroy at the start any credibility Clark may have by planting this story. Once again, playing on the emotions of the people who still believe that any Clinton is an evil Clinton. Another Faux BS attempt to create divisiveness, discord, and dirty laundry.

Wonder what Al Franken would have to say :-)

[RamboLiberal]

21. Over on GD it's posted Hillary as his New York chair

Now if that's the case, then this is would be a good move. But not as national chair IMHO.

[DrBB]

22. Consider the source--it's BS

I'll believe it when an actual news source publishes it. Fox is infotainment, and I suspect this is just something they're throwing out to rile up the winger troops. Kinda thing they'd say whether it's true or not.

[Julien Sorel]

29. Agreed.

But if it is true, it seals Clark's biggest weakness -- he has a demographics problem with women voters, who absolutely love Hillary, on the other hand. I simply think it's one of those too good to be true things, though.

[onehandle]

23. Clark=Clintons, repeat, repeat, repeat...

This is just the Rove machine getting Hillary's name into the news to generate cash. The FUCKERS will connect the Clintons to Clark from now until next November.

kaCHING!!!!!!!! $$$$$$

[Bandit]

30. If the Clintons are standing with Clark it just raised my interest in him.

Remember the more the Red Ink Republicans holler the more people like me look at what they are hollering about and go with the oppositte of them. According to 2000 election there are more Liberals than Conservatives and gaining more daily. Pretty soon their little Clinton fetish will backfire "Big Time" on them. People are getting fed up with all the hatred.

[CityDem]

27. IF Hillary were co-chair

1. It is mostly a cerimonial position so it won't take away from her ability to be senator from NY.

2. More importantly, this signals she supports Clark in the primaries. Why take a position now?

3. This strikes me as the Clinton's last chance to take down Howard Dean. He is the candidate that most threatens the dem establishment and the DLC. The Clinton's are the establishment and charter members of the DLC.

4. The Clintons are taking on Howard Dean in this race and using Clark as a surrogate.

5. For those of you who think Hillary is angling for a VP position to improve her chances in 2012 - get off the crank. Hillary will not play second fiddle to ANYONE including her husband.

[diplomats]

31. It may come as a surprise to you

but Dean is a supporter and friend of Clinton. Maybe you missed it but Dean was standing next to Clinton when he gave his incredible speech at Tom Harkin's steak fry. And just to be clear: Wesley Clark is no one's "surrogate."

[Adjoran]

35. Baloney

Sen. Clinton's office was denying this as of 6:00 EDT today. Somebody's playing rumor games with the press. No way the Clintons endorse any candidate this early, and that of course would amount to an endorsement.

My theory is that some Clark staffer was irked about the Dean leak (also from a low-level staffer) about the VP offer, and decided to get a little extra press coverage for his guy.

I don't think less of either campaign for it - it's not like they were leaking smears or anything like that, and this sort of rumor and speculation is what makes campaigns fun. Politics is serious business, and you have to be able to laugh at the funny stuff or you'll only stress out.

[VolcanoJen]

36. Not LBN...

This thread is entirely speculative, and as such does not really qualify as Latest Breaking News.

Please continue this discussion in its new location in the General Discussion Forum.

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
DU Moderator