Okay, the pin has officially slipped out of her hinge.

What is disturbing is that Ms Clift apparently thinks the Smartest Woman and the liberal Messiah are actually qualified to be POTUS! She should be concentrating on their qualifications or lack there of rather than fretting about gender and/or race.

Just my $0.02

"...Barack Obama is a unique, once-in-a-generation figure" Yowser!  Now that she's put it that way, none others need to apply for a whole generation.

Health care or a plasma TV?  We all have to make choices.  It ain't that though get on with it.

"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"

Well, that's as close to an admission by a leftie is that their campaign strategy is to play the race card and the gender card, but now they can play only one. Dang!

 ". . . a talented African-American guy comes along at the same [time.]"

Sounds like Eleanor is ready for a threesome.

that "And I am proud as a citizen to see that both of them are in contention" knowing that only "citizens" will be doing the voting! If the two of them were such class acts, why didn't either bow out to allow the other to be the true first? btw, when the pubs get around to nominating and then running a woman, or a person of color, that nominee WILL win. This November will be fun.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

No, Eleanor, the tragedy will be having to choose between Obama or Hillary and McCain.  It doesn't matter whether Obama or Hillary is the Democrat nominee, they are both red socialists.  And, McCain is no conservative.  I will not give my stamp of approval to any one of these candidates.  I will either vote for the Constitutional Party candidate or write in Duncan Hunter.  I will never vote for a Democrat for a legislative office, or for a policy setting office, as most of the Democrat Party platform could have been lifted directly from the Communist Manifesto.  Zell Miller was the one exception to that rule.  McCain is not and will not get serious about illegal immigration or border security.  He trashed the First Amendment with his "campaign reform" act.  He is not real strong on Second Amendment issues.  McCain is not a Republican, he is a Democrat lite. 

"A communist is someone who reads Marx.  An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx."  Ronald Reagan

I stopped watching this show years ago. McLaughlin tends to bully his guests, not nice. In addition Larry, Clarence and the bottled blond ditz were too much for me.

I agree with Eleanor! Having to choose between these 2 socialists would be a tragedy of epic proportions. Fortunately, I don't have to choose between the two. A 75 proof conservative is light years ahead of 2 hard core socialists.

When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

The hclintons have lived on the public dole their life till they carpetbagged it to New York for her Senate bid.

Get out your helmets , Texans… Strange that the process worked for bclinton twice in the 90’s but the hclinton campaign is confused by the unfairness of the process now!!! Is this a new plan to get sympathy or just a continuance of arrogant planning on their part….Think the later… A Dallas paper has some of the hclinton playbook but the MSM will probably ignore this.

Hillary herself was coaching precinct captains in these techniques this morning: http://www.suntimes.... On Saturday morning, Clinton told 200 precinct captains in San Antonio they needed to seize control of the election-night caucuses. ?We?ve got to do the Texas two-step,? Clinton told them. Texas? unusual hybrid primary election offers voters two chances to vote for their candidate: In the morning at the polls and then in the evening at caucuses in every precinct. …. To that end, Clinton backers passed out flyers urging precinct captains to request the ?envelope? full of materials at the caucus that will allow them to serve as temporary chair of the caucus. ?If there is no envelope, take out your own materials and announce the start of the convention,? the instructions say. ?Possession of the envelope allows you to serve as temporary chair and control the start of the precinct convention.? Clinton, her voice growing hoarse, urged the precinct captains to recruit their friends. ?There are 8,000 sites for these conventions and we want to be represented for each and every one of them,? she said.

CLIFT: Well maybe you, maybe you want, I call it a tragedy, yes. Because people, women, women in particular are having a very hard time deciding here. But this not liberal guilt! This is not liberal guilt! This is a very, I want to finish my thought.

Good lord, this woman has a mind like a steel mesh.

I'd rather be waterboarded than be forced to listen to this hyserical hag.

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

There have been many woman who have run for president in the past that this shrew forgets about. Hint Hint .. Elizabeth Dole to name one.

• 1964 is the first year in which any
  woman had her name on a ballot as a candidate for President. (In the
  19th century, voters cast tickets prepared by the parties rather than
  marked ballots prepared by the state).
• Sen.
  Margaret Chase Smith (ME) was the first and also the most successful
  woman to run for the Republican nomination for President. In the 1964
  primaries, she received over 83,000 votes from at least six states and
  at the convention she got 22 delegate votes from 4 states. Sen.
  Margaret Chase Smith was only on three Republican primary ballots in
  1964, though she also received some write-in votes from other states.
• Rep.
  Shirley Chisholm, (NY) was the most successful, and almost the first,
  woman to run for the Democratic nomination. (Another woman ran in the
  1964 Indiana Democratic primary). She was the first African-American to
  run for the Democratic nomination but not the first African-American to
  run for President. She received over 400,000 votes in 14 primaries, and
  151.95 delegate votes from 26 states at the 1972 Democratic Convention.
• Charlene
  Mitchell was the first African-American to run for President, at the
  head of the 1968 Communist Party ticket. She received 1,075 votes from
  four states. She was also the first woman to have her name on the
  general election (i.e. November) ballot.
• The
  only other woman to campaign in the Democratic primaries who received
  delegate votes at the convention was Ellen McCormack, who got 27
  delegate votes from 5 states in 1976.
• A
  few women who did not run in the primaries for President have also
  received a few delegate votes at the Democratic Convention. Barbara
  Jordan, 1 in 1976; Koryne Horbal, 5 in 1980; Martha Kirkland, 1 in
  1984; Patricia Schroeder, 8 in 1992.
• Pat
  Schroeder raised $872,462 in anticipation of her 1988 campaign -- more
  money than any other potential female candidate for the Democratic
  nomination. She dropped out after three months and her name was not on
  the ballot in any of the primaries.
• Carol
  Mosely Braun raised $627,869 for her 2004 campaign -- more money than
  any other woman whose name was on a Democratic primary ballot. Although
  she dropped out after the first primary, she received 103,205 votes
  from 13 states. (Chisholm estimated that she raised about $300,000, but
  in 1972 candidates weren't required to keep good records and make
  reports).
• Elizabeth Dole raised over
  five million dollars while exploring a race for the 2000 Republican
  nomination. She was the most successful fundraiser of all the female
  candidates, but since she dropped out early, her name was not on any
  ballot.
• Lenora Fulani was the most
  successful female minor party candidate. Her name was on the ballot in
  51 jurisdictions in 1988 and 48 in 1992. No other woman running for
  President, whether in a primary or a general election, has had her name
  on as many different ballots.
• At
  least four African-American women have had their names on a Democratic
  Presidential primary ballot: Shirley Chisholm in 1972; Lenora Fulani in
  1992; Mildred Glover and Carol Mosely Braun in 2004. (There may be more
  since it is hard to determine the race of all 22)
• One Asian-American woman has had her name on a Democratic Presidential primary ballot: Patsy Mink in 1972.
• At
  least one African-American woman has had her name on a Republican
  Presidential primary ballot: Isabell Masters in 1988, 1992, and 1996.
  (There may be more).
• At least five
  African-American women have had their names on the general election
  ballot for President: Charlene Mitchell, Communist Party, 1968;
  Margaret Wright, People's Party, 1976; Lenora Fulani, New Alliance
  Party, 1988 and 1992; Isabell Masters, Looking Back Party, 1992 and
  1996; Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party, 1996 and 2000. (There may
  be more)
• Isabell Masters has had her
  name on a ballot for President in more years than any other woman:
  Republican primary in 1988, 1992 and 1996; Looking Back Party in 1992
  and 1996.
• Caroline Killeen has had
  her name on a Democratic primary ballot in more years than any other
  woman. She was on the New Hampshire Democratic Party primary ballot in
  1992, 1996, and 2004.
• Mary Jane
  Rachner is the only woman to have her name on a Republican primary
  ballot in one year (1988) and a Democratic primary ballot in another
  (1992).
• The woman on the most
  Republican Party primary ballots was Tennie Rogers, who was on nine
  state ballots in 1992. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith was only on three
  Republican primary ballots in 1964, though she also received some
  write-in votes. She got ten times more votes than Rogers.
• The
  woman whose name was on the most Democratic Party primary ballots was
  Ellen McCormack -- 18 state ballots in 1976. The second most successful
  was Shirley Chisholm (who got twice the votes).
• Ellen
  McCormack was the only woman seeking a major party nomination to
  receive federal matching funds. She was one of three women in four
  presidential cycles to receive federal matching funds for seeking the
  nomination of their party. They other two were: Sonia Johnson for the
  Citizens Party nomination in 1984; Lenora Fulani, for the New Alliance
  Party nomination in 1988 and 1992.

What's tragic, Ms. Clift, is that the most successful female candidate and the most successful black candidate to date are both stunningly inadequate for the job they seek. As the Dems love to say, we can do better.

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

how about if both your token woman and token black both loose to a real true conservative. obviously i am not talking about mccain. don't feel bad mrs clift you'll get a liberal in office no matter what.

lunaticcringeradio

There's actually a scene from 30 Rock that's exactly like this situation with HRC and BHO. The Floydster is up for a promotion which Jack says he has, no problem, that the only other candidate up for the job is some outsider named Alan Garkle. Jack and Floyd laugh about the possibility of ever losing a job to an outsider named Alan Garkle. 

At that moment, a voice says, "Did someone say my name?" Getting off the elevator is Alan Garkle, a black man in a wheelchair.

Jack immediately says to Floyd, "Yeah you're not gonna beat that."

Then to Garkle as he wheels in for his interview, "Well played, Garkle." Obama is Garkle, HRC is Floyd. 

It's a close one between Obama and Hillary. Obama seems to have the chubby, teenage girl vote all locked up, while the middle-aged, white lesbians seem to strongly favor Hillary.

I'm disappointed that Buchanan didn't come back with a, "yes, I also agree that having to choose between these two candidates is a tragedy."

But it is nice that Clift has never actually experienced a tragedy in her life so that this appears to qualify. 

*****

"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will 

The reason I haven't bought the magazine for years is Eleonor Clift. As long as this shrill, unreasonable liberal is on the staff, I will spend no money on the mag.