The Sunshine Empire

I must say I am really shocked now.  Reading The Huffington post they have published an open letter from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama that basically takes him to task for somehow thwarting the will of Michigan and Florida.  The letter is an embarrassment of spelling errors and outright falsehoods, not to mention being disingenuous on a level that makes politicians in general look straightforward and is insulting to the intelligence.  She states that Michigan should be seated to have their voice heard.  She wants a result with has as much validity as the plebiscite that Saddam Hussein held before the Iraq war to count as Democracy.  She was the only one on the ballot.  “One of the foremost principles of our party is that citizens be allowed to vote and that those votes be counted. That principle is not currently being applied to the nearly 2.5 million people who voted in primaries in Florida and Michigan” she stated in her letter.  Her argument holds a bit more legitimacy with Florida, but she had no problem with this setup of axing Florida and Michigan when she was Mrs. Inevitability in the fall of last year.  She was all for this supposed disenfranchisement until she was no longer the front runner.  Now she wants to paint herself as their savior.  She’s nothing but an shill political opportunist that is grasping for straws and more concerned for her own power regardless if it further damages the party.

I find this puzzling because she could be poised to become Senate Majority leader if things go well.  I doubt anyone would be behind her entering the Senate leadership if she continues her Ahab-like quest for the nomination.   Her political brand is tarnishing by the day as she runs her once formidable operation into the ground.  She could make a deal that has Obama pay off her debts and saves her image.  She has already succeeded in turning me from a tepid defender of hers into a pure disdain for her in general.  She seems to be transforming into the political caricature that the right painted of her.   Her effort is like the basketball team down by 20 in the final two minutes that continues to foul, and teams remember that kind of cheapness.