Debate Fallout: Round Two for Clinton by wonkette

http://wonkette.com/politics/debate-fallout/round-two-for-clinton-317619.php


Debate Fallout: Round Two for Clinton
by Wonkette

In a matter of 24 hours, Sen. Hillary Clinton went from referring to her presidency as done deal to acting like the victim of a schoolyard beat down. She’s kept a low profile since Tuesday night’s trouncing in the debates, where even her closest allies and advisers said she dropped the ball (“As someone who loves her,” said former Clinton adviser James Carville. “This was not her best performance.”). As she regrouped, Clinton went on the offensive (or defensive?) producing a video titled “The Politics of Pile-On.” And honestly, it just doesn’t work.
Clinton Regroups As Rivals Pounce [WP]
The Politics of Pile-On [YouTube]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zk16oxb4Ck4


In the surface, it appears that this is about liberal crybabies in the Hillary camp putting out something to point out that Hillary is being treated unfairly by the other candidates -- the men in this race -- and maybe that was their goal, but I'd argue the end result is something entirely different than what Wonkette sees.

By putting this out, the Clinton Camp has changed the debate from being about hillary being a flip-flopper to be being about Hillary playing the "victim" card.

Frankly that change in focus has snuffed out much of the momentum that debate COULD have generated. By putting Hillary back under critique by Fox News over playing the victim card, Fox News has in essence normalized Hillary's realtionship with America.

Fox News has been routinely attacking hillary over playing the victim card when she hasn't, so now that her camp actually HAS played it, their criticism lacks teeth. They have, in effect, cried wolf too many times.

I think Hillary has essentially played this get out of jail free card to get out of her debate faux pas. She can't use this one again, but there are other criticisms Fox News has put against her that she can use in the future.

At this point, barring a SERIES of gaffes of equal measure, I am about 99% sure she will win the Democratic nomination.