Plus, Schoen and Stein just got done arguing that Clinton has the right experience for the job. Her background is simply too Washington (and politics) heavy. Clinton can use the party’s loss as a basis to run for president again, enabling her to claim the title of ‘change candidate.’” Uh, what? Republicans winning the House (and maybe the Senate) will allow Clinton – who spent three-plus decades as a pillar of the Washington establishment – to position herself as the change candidate? How, exactly? There’s absolutely no scenario I can imagine in which Clinton would be able to be the change candidate. Here’s the Schoen/Stein argument “If Democrats lose control of Congress in 2022, Mrs. THE POINT - NOW ON YOUTUBE! In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. And while Clinton and Biden are not carbon copies of one another, their relevant experience is remarkably similar – long careers in the public policy space in Washington. But, isn’t that what voters chose the current president for? Yes, yes it is. What’s changed between then and now? Schoen and Stein would argue that the moment – Covid-19 continuing to rage in the country, supply chain issues, the disastrous pullout of American troops from Afghanistan – all point to the need for a steady hand at the top. Here’s the problem: That was true when she ran for president in 2016 and even in 2008 when she hadn’t been secretary of state yet! And, breaking news, she lost both of those campaigns. Yes, this is true! Clinton’s resume – Secretary of State, New York Senator, First Lady – is, without question, one of the most impressive of any politician in either party. Clinton has the right experience to be president. Let’s break down – and debunk – these ideas one by one.ġ. The core of their argument is that:Ī) Clinton is an experienced hand in government and national politics.ī) She could run as the change candidate.Ĭ) She is dropping hints that she wants to run again. Their backgrounds should give you pause about a) their intentions and b) their analysis of the state of the Democratic Party and the 2024 field.īut, let’s put that aside and, for the sake of argument consider their case on the merits. Schoen worked for former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg while Stein endorsed none other than Donald Trump in the 2016 election against, wait for it, Hillary Clinton. “She is already in an advantageous position to become the 2024 Democratic nominee.”īefore we go any further, it’s worth noting that neither Schoen nor Stein have sterling credentials as Democrats. Clinton viably could fill,” the two write. “Several circumstances-President Biden’s low approval rating, doubts over his capacity to run for re-election at 82, Vice President Kamala Harris’s unpopularity, and the absence of another strong Democrat to lead the ticket in 2024-have created a leadership vacuum in the party, which Mrs. Hillary Clinton is perfectly positioned to step into the breach created by an unpopular Joe Biden and a shaky Kamala Harris in 2024, according to a new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by pollster Doug Schoen and former New York City Council president Andrew Stein.
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