Hillary Clinton....Not Good For The Party

Everyone keeps telling me..."Hillary isn't my favorite choice, but she is going to be the nominee." Whenever I hear that I grimace with hesitation, sure she is the favorite now, but so was Joe Lieberman four years ago leading up to the 2004 Presidential race. Now he isn't even a Democrat. So, not only is Hillary not the best choice to be our 44th President (though better than any Republican of course), she might have a negative effect on the rest of the races around the country next year.

From The Huffington Post:

The chairman of a Midwest state party called Clinton a nightmare for congressional and state legislative candidates.

A Democratic congressman from the West, locked in a close re-election fight, said Clinton is the Democratic candidate most likely to cost him his seat.

A strategist with close ties to leaders in Congress said Democratic Senate candidates in competitive races would be strongly urged to distance themselves from Clinton.

"The argument with Hillary right now in some of these red states is she's so damn unpopular," said Andy Arnold, chairman of the Greenville, S.C., Democratic Party. "I think Hillary is someone who could drive folks on the other side out to vote who otherwise wouldn't."

It isn't just me, its the entire Democratic establishment. Our goal isn't just to have a Democrat in the White House, its to shape a progressive vision into a reality in America. Our nation has been suffering for far too long under the neo-con thought machine. It is time for us to return to our democratic roots that have been abandoned and replaced by this neo-authoritarianism that relies on fear and discards hope.

Hope will only come with a strong Democrat in the White House that makes voters want to cast their blue ballot down the line, whether it is here in New York City, rural Virginia, Dallas or anywhere that Americans are feeling sick and tired of the status quo.