Yearly Kos Has Endangered Hillary’s Nomination

Hillary Clinton’s current lead in the polls comes from a higher name recognition that will change, and a strategic muddling of her position on Iraq so that anti-war progressives don’t hate her.

And Hillary was the biggest loser in the Convention’s August 4th Debate, as she defended taking money from Washington lobbyists and argued that we are now “safer” than on September 11th. While Iraq never came up in her individual break-out session, that’s because only five people – including myself – got to ask her a question. Hillary’s response to my question, which concerned the Clinton years and was the session’s “only moment of tension,” confirmed that she is a ruthless triangulator who will take progressives for granted. If Democrats realize this, she will lose the nomination.

“It is really no mystery why Hillary Clinton’s current lead is not reflected in the netroots,” said Chris Bowers of Open Left, and formerly MyDD.com. “The blogosphere is 60% male, and she does better with women. It’s 45% secular, and her voters are religious. Bloggers are younger, richer and better informed. In every single circumstance, it’s the worst demographic for Hillary Clinton.”

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