Obama cannot be stopped simply by debates, town meetings, and hand-shaking with voters, but Hillary Clinton could still have resort to the so-called "Tonya Harding's option." Tonya Harding was an interesting character of the 1990s: she was an ice-skater, very talented but somehow handicapped by her shorter and not very graceful persona. In 1994, she decided to solve the problem of a dangerous competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, simply sending a former boyfriend to break her a knee, which he did in such a clumsy manner that both conspirators were caught by the police in no time.
Politically, Clinton's unique option would be destroying Obama by a merciless character assassination, interrupted "by the occasional firestorm of artillery when the contest touches upon race, gender or patriotism," as David Brooks wrote in The New York Times.
That would destroy the party, and open the door for an easy Republican victory in November, all this in a year when the Democrats could win by a landslide. (More)
Politically, Clinton's unique option would be destroying Obama by a merciless character assassination, interrupted "by the occasional firestorm of artillery when the contest touches upon race, gender or patriotism," as David Brooks wrote in The New York Times.
That would destroy the party, and open the door for an easy Republican victory in November, all this in a year when the Democrats could win by a landslide. (More)
