Hillary's limited appeal

[Phony Moderate]

She has appeal, but it's a false kind. If Carly whatshername were the wife of a popular former GOP president and then been elected to the Senate on the basis of such marital ties then she would likely have a huge lead in the primary polling right now.

[Phony Moderate]

She's in the 'generic' tradition of American presidential candidates. There have been plenty of those - Romney, Kerry, the Gore of 2000, Dole, Bush the Elder, Dukakis etc. The other type of candidates are the charismatic/maverick/game changing types like Obama, McCain (yes), Dubya, Bill Clinton, Reagan, McGovern, Nixon, Goldwater, LBJ, JFK etc.

Though it could be argued that she was more in the latter category in 2008.