[lbo-talk] Hillary unbeatable?

[Doug Henwood]

[Sometimes it's so hard to keep up with the conventional wisdom. Only  
yesterday, it seemed, she was unelectable.]

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2654.html>

GOP Views Clinton As Virtually Unbeatable
By: Carrie Sheffield and Jim VandeHei
February 7, 2007 09:56 AM EST

What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario -- President  
Hillary Rodham Clinton -- is increasingly seen by veteran Republican  
politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.

In GOP circles, the Democratic front-runner is seen as so strong, and  
the political climate for Republicans so hostile, that many  
influential voices -- including current and former lawmakers, and  
veterans of President Bush's campaigns -- have grown despairing.  
These partisans describe a political equivalent of the stages of  
grief, starting with denial, then resentment and ending with acceptance.

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