If the Democrats want to win in 2012—and be able to get anything done in the following four years—it’s time for President Obama to hand the baton to Hillary Clinton, write two Democratic pollsters in the Wall Street Journal. “Never before has there been such an obvious potential successor,” note Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen. Clinton has been "a loyal and effective member" of the Obama administration, "has the stature to take on the office," and "is the only leader capable of uniting the country around a bipartisan economic and foreign policy," they argue.
An Obama victory is certainly possible, but it would require an excessively negative campaign, one that will only widen our country's divisions and make it extremely tough for him to govern in the run-up to the race. And were he to win, he'd hardly be able to govern then, as we’d see more of the relentless gridlock that we’re seeing today, Caddell and Schoen observe. On the other hand, Clinton would "understand implicitly the need to draw up a bipartisan plan with elements similar to her husband's in the mid-to-late '90s." On top of that, she’s "more qualified than any presidential candidate in recent memory, including her husband." And if Obama won't step aside, then Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should step in and "present the only clear alternative—Hillary Clinton." Click through for the full article. (More President Obama stories.)
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