Anger

For the first time in this Democratic primary, I'm actually angry at Clinton, and not just her campaign (Mark Penn) or her surrogates. Every time I see this:



It makes me angry. And not (just) because Clinton is mocking the aspirational in politics, which clearly exists and is an important component of getting people to follow you as a leader. It makes me angry because if Hillary becomes the nominee, she is going to have alienated a lot of young, eager, inspired voters who are currently Obama supporters.

And don't even get me started on this:



That's way over the line. As is the continued hinting that they may go to the convention and try to seat the Michigan and Florida delegations. The campaign may sleep at night thinking that they're signaling strength against the Republicans with this burn-the-place-down strategy, but what's the point in that if they've disenfranchised a large base of Democratic voters?

Maybe she still wins the presidency, maybe. But what of the down-ballot races? 2010 begins the redistricting process. Picking up state Democrats this cycle is crucial to making sure we can un-gerrymander Texas and several other states.

There's a lot that I agree with Clinton on, and clearly she's a strong candidate. But her early reliance on terrible campaign strategy has put her in a position where she believes (or is it Penn?) that she can win only by spouting the kinds of things normally reserved for campaign surrogates. And hearing that shit from her lips is nauseating me.

As of yesterday, I'm now actively hoping for Hillary to lose.