Hillary Clinton is honest and trustworthy

[David Horn]

(08-30-2016, 08:35 PM)Mikebert Wrote:

(08-30-2016, 12:14 PM)David Horn Wrote: Hillary is showing just how oblivious she is to the maelstrom circling around her, and how little she will bend, even when it's clearly  in here favor.   A strategic thinker would see this as a time to cut losses and mend fences, yet she persists in believing that her positions will prevail or, more likely, the issues will just fade away -- this, after 30+years of dogged opposition by an increasingly frustrated and manic GOP.

What would you have her do?  A lot of things Obama has done did not pan out well.  I don't fault him for it, because at the time he became president I actually outlined a short list of things I wanted him to do.  Well he went and addressed most of the things I wanted in the order in which I wanted them addressed.  Well he screwed up...but so would I have.  So I can't fault him--except on things like the drone program and all the spying, i.e. things on my list that he did not do.

I would avoid policy adjustments entirely.  Her weaknesses are all perception: hers of others and others of her.  She needs to look more human and less like a wonk-bot. 

I admit that it may be impossible to change course now, but I can recommend a single action that might help with her greatest failing: eliminate the echo chamber by hiring senior staff well outside her comfort zone.  This will take two traits not in evidence: courage and humility.  She has been poorly served by the cocoon she lives in, and the timing really stinks (this will have to happen in full view of the media), but she may gain some of the perspective the Clintons are known to shun.

More to the point, she might come to the conclusion that allies can strongly disagree at times.  I would prefer that she becomes fully self aware, but that may be a bridge too far.