Politalk

Oct. 2

I was at dinner the other night with some politically savvy friends. One of them, a highly successful doctor, was talking about her distaste for Hillary Clinton. There's no way she'll win, she said, too many people hate her.
Don't be so sure, I said. The same thing was said when she ran for the U.S. Senate seat in New York. Her poll numbers steadily rose as she went around the state, listening to voters and working hard every day. She won easily, and it seems to me she's doing the same thing now. Yes, the number of people who don't like her is high. But the number who do still outnumber them...and virtually everybody has made up his or her mind about her.
Yesterday Barack Obama's camp made headlines when it was announced he had raised 20 million dollars over the past three months. No word from the Clinton camp...until today. She had raised 24 million.
Bottom line...if you know anything about the Clintons and Hillary's history, you know she's in it to the finish. If someone is going to beat her, they better bring their "A" game and never let up...because she won't. She is as relentless a campaigner as you'll ever see, and stays on message. And most of all, she's got a lot of money...with lots more on the way.