I don't have a huge amount to say except I really don't get these bitter Hillary Clinton supporters who have Tea Party-level delusions about her either coming back in 2016 or replacing Joe Biden in 2012 or stepping up to replace Obama now (as I'm sure some of her backers could argue for). And this isn't about Hillary Clinton, who I did think ran a lousy campaign - which Ed Rendell is clearly bitter over and he's going to take it out on Obama every chance he gets.
I've always thought he was a weaselly sort, his half-assed praise for Obama and his more usual sly attacks. You can see he's still dreaming of a world where President Hillary Clinton and Ed are strategizing together...
And when more insane "RUN HILLARY" media memes go out -- despite Clinton being pretty clear she ain't running soon -- Ed Rendell licks his chops and goes on "Hardball" where he can undercut Obama and the Democrats because they didn't choose his candidate.
If he had ANY CREDIBILITY as a political prophet, I'd cut him some slack. But he was wrong about Pennsylvania being a tight race for Obama in 2008 and he's doubling down on his denial by revealing this bitter bon mot:
Asked by host Charlie Rose whether he thought Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would have handled the presidency differently from Obama, Rendell responded that he thought Clinton “would’ve come in with a lot more executive experience.”
“I think the president was hurt by being a legislator only,” Rendell said.
He went on to praise the national health care law and the economic stimulus, but argued that “too much of it was left up to the Congress” rather than the White House.
“I think Hillary Clinton would’ve sent them a bill and said, ‘Here’s what I want,’” he said.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Never mind that as of today Obama is TRUMPING Romney in Pennsylvania, but I'd like to ask Ed Rendell where is Hillary's health care bill she passed in the 90's? And where are the gays in the military bill that Bill passed? Oh yeah.
The passive-aggressive bitterness of the Hillary Clintonites has to end. Get over it!