Various Democratic Implosions
Well, the big news today is that Eliot "Client 9" Spitzer, who made many hookers happy with his free-flowing funds, is now a former governor. His career implosion was short but spectacular. On another front, Geraldine Ferraro's career as a Hillary Clinton advisor has just come to a somewhat lower-key end after her genuinely stupid comments about Barack Obama.
In a letter to Clinton obtained by CNN's Suzanne Malveaux — who spoke with the former vice presidential candidate shortly after she sent it to Clinton — Ferraro said she is stepping down so, "I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign."
Full letter:
Dear Hillary –
I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.
The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won't let that happen……
Actually, I think they had every right to take exception to the frankly asinine comments of Ferraro. Just as Clinton's staffers took exception to one of Obama's advisors calling Hillary a monster. There are some things one cannot get away with in politics. Private citizens and even pundits have much more latitude than politicians - or staffers - do.
The Democrats are tap dancing in a minefield of their own making. Playing identity politics for so long has left them with very little safe ground anymore.
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