Today's round-up includes a question from Jack Cafferty and some entries from farther afield. Cafferty frames his question in the present perfect tense which alludes to a past mistake rather than a future possibility.
Would Hillary Clinton have been a better choice for Democrats?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:
Looks like some Democrats are having buyer's remorse when it comes to President Obama and wishing they had gone with Hillary Clinton instead.
The recent negotiations over the debt ceiling are being seen by many as the lowest point in Mr. Obama's presidency. And it's not just Republicans who are comparing Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter or saying he'll be a one-term president.
U.S. News and World Report also asks a question and provides a poll. Hillary is at 80.9% as I type. Michael Antipoulos shared this on my Facebook wall.
Should Hillary Clinton Challenge Obama in the Primaries?
Could anyone beat Obama in a Democratic primary contest?
By Paul Bedard
Posted: August 11, 2011
With a new poll showing that 32 percent of Democrats are eager for President Obama to be challenged by somebody in his own party, is it time for a Democrat to get into the 2012 primary?
The Telegraph offered this today.
Democrats doubt Barack Obama's reelection chances
President Barack Obama is facing mounting doubts within his own party about his re-election prospects, with fellow Democrats beginning to ask if Hillary Clinton would have made a better president.
By Alex Spillius, Washington
7:56PM BST 09 Aug 2011
Mr Obama's capitulation to Republicans in the recent tussle over deficit reduction is being seen as the lowest point of his presidency and the latest in a series of blows to the liberal agenda.
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Franklin Delano Williams shared this one, also framed in the present perfect, from Yahoo India at the Supporters of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Facebook group.
Democrats express doubts over Obama's reelection, hope Hillary will step in
By ANI | ANI
Washington, Aug.11 (ANI): Democrats are beginning to ask if incumbent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would have made a better president than Barack Obama, and now are expressing serious doubts about the latter's ability to win re-election next year.
On an earlier thread today, our friend, Hillary Lover, posted this. You will remember that he is the French gent who sometimes posts love songs to Hillary related to the color she is wearing that day. It is a French version of the Yahoo India article above.
Read more>>>>Les démocrates regrettent de ne pas avoir choisi Hillary Clinton
Jeudi 11 Août 2011 - 16:18La crise économique actuelle rend fou d'inquiétude le parti démocrate aux Etats-Unis au point que nombreux pensent que Barack Obama ne sera pas réelu l'an prochain.
Hillary Clinton ne veut pas faire de l'ombre à Obama en 2012Et au sein du parti démocrate, on commence à se demander si Hillary Clinton n'aurait pas été une meilleure présidente. La récente capitulation de Barack Obama dans le conflit qui l'opposait aux républicains à propos de la réduction du déficit est perçue au sein du parti comme un énième signe de faiblesse du président américain. En privé, de nombreux memebres du parti démocrate commencent à rejoindre l'opinion des républicains: Obama ne serait qu'un nouveau Jimmy Carter, connu pour avoir été le pire président démocrate de l'après-guerre.
