The latest Newsweek national poll shows the Democratic race is a toss up with Sen. Barack Obama edging Sen. Hillary Clinton, 42% to 41%.Key findings: "Obama's support is strongest among African-Americans (68%), college graduates (49%) and men (47%). Clinton enjoys more support among those with a high-school education or less (48%), whites (44%), women (44%) and voters 60 and older (44%)." In the GOP race, Sen. John McCain holds a sizable lead over Mike Huckabee, 51% to 32%.
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In last Sunday's 60 Minutes interview with Hillary Clinton, Katie Couric (CBS News) posed the question, "What do you make of Barack Obama's characterization of you as 'status quo'?" Senator Clinton's answer was one of bewilderment, responding with something to the effect that she's "not George Bush, so how can [she] be 'status quo'?
It is this bewilderment on the part of Hillary Clinton that shows her true colors. She just doesn't get it. When Barack Obama labels Hillary as representing the status quo, he is not saying she is like George Bush. What he's really saying is that she represents the past-- the politics of fear and antiquated partisanship that have plagued modern politics for too long. Her campaign ads peddle fear, not hope; her speeches evoke partisanship, not unification of a divided nation; and her Machiavellian strategy rings of the ways of old, not the future.
Senator Clinton does not seem to understand America's hunger to move forward from this model. And although it remains to be seen whether or not Barack Obama can lead this forward movement, Americans are least hearing a new kind of language. And it's not coming from Hillary Clinton.
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