A Clinton with a trust problem. We’ve seen that before. It was 1992, and doubts about Bill Clinton’s integrity, stoked by his marital infidelities and avoidance of the Vietnam War, were the biggest threat to his presidential campaign. Stanley Greenberg, a top Democratic campaign strategist, devised a secret plan to turn around the candidate’s reputation for dishonesty.
In the latest episode of The Run-Up, we talked to Mr. Greenberg about how Mr. Clinton pulled it off, and what lessons it holds for his wife, Hillary, whose image problems as a truth-shader today are even greater than her husband’s were in the 1990s, surveys show. As of the latest New York Times poll, 67 percent of registered voters have doubts about her trustworthiness. [...]
Bill was in his forties. He was a charming person. Hillary is almost 70, and is not charming either.
ReplyDeleteBut more importantly, the cause of people not trusting Bill were personal indiscretions which happened before he stepped onto the national scene. The cause of people not trusting Ms. Clinton is not that she raided Vince Foster's office at the moment that he was "committing suicide." It is because of severe indiscretions that were public in nature, while she was on the national scene. It is her email scandal; pedaling influence for cash etc etc.
Hillary doesn't stand a chance to gain the nation's trust, regardless of what the results of the election will be.
well said
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