The unwilling victim: Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic rep. from New York.
Reporter Bill Sammon, the Washington Examiner's senior White House correspondent, details in his new book "Strategery" a blistering attack from Karl Rove who is quoted on-the-record.
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Some of the near-sighted political attacks include:
There is a "brittleness about her" that could prove a weakness in November 2008.
But Rove added that the "hard-driving" Clinton will easily vanquish Democratic primary rivals like New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, who are merely "preening for the vice presidential slot."
"She is the dominant player on their side of the slate," Rove said of Clinton. "Anybody who thinks that she's not going to be the candidate is kidding themselves."
But he added that New York Democrat is sometimes too cautious and "philosophically very liberal," despite recent efforts to appear moderate.
Rove hinted that Clinton, who has been somewhat cautious since election to the Senate in 2000, may find that Americans sometimes want boldness from their president.
"For somebody who is philosophically very liberal, she'll be a very cautious candidate at times," he said. "That cautiousness will serve her well a lot of times--not always, but a lot of times.
"For example, her cautiousness had her vote for the Iraq war," he said. "Her cautiousness has led her to do things to sort of try to position herself as a centrist."
Asked to describe Clinton's weaknesses, Rove said, "her personal philosophy and her brittleness about her."
I guess the GOP needs a necessary evil, and Hillary is their poster girl.
I'm amazed that the presidential-campaign-style attacks have already started and we aren't knee-deep into the usual election process of mud-slinging turf wars yet. You must be causing some pollster in the GOP nightmares, Hillary. Good for you!
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