Pale Rider
12-14-2007, 09:04 PM
How many times have we heard this....
Wyo. Dem chief: Clinton Would Hurt Party
By David Olinger
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 12/14/2007 02:29:12 AM MST
Sen. Chris Dodd, left, John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Clinton laugh during a presidential debate Thursday in Iowa. Her image as a liberal could be a problem in the West, analysts say. (John Gaps III, AFP/Getty Images )The Democratic Party chairman in Wyoming is predicting that Democratic candidates throughout the Rocky Mountain region will be damaged if his party selects Hillary Clinton for president.
"Every Democratic candidate in Wyoming will be painted with that same liberal, big-government brush. We will also be the target of the locker room jokes that rightfully belong to Bill Clinton," John Millin wrote in a letter to The Denver Post.
"While I don't agree with this view of Mrs. Clinton, I have to accept that this is the truth. It has become the dirty little secret in the Democratic Party," he wrote. "Westerners have an independent, libertarian spirit and Democrats can make Republicans pay a heavy price for years of pandering to the social conservatives. None of this will happen if Hillary wins the nomination."
The rest of the article... (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7716742)
Wyo. Dem chief: Clinton Would Hurt Party
By David Olinger
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 12/14/2007 02:29:12 AM MST
Sen. Chris Dodd, left, John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Clinton laugh during a presidential debate Thursday in Iowa. Her image as a liberal could be a problem in the West, analysts say. (John Gaps III, AFP/Getty Images )The Democratic Party chairman in Wyoming is predicting that Democratic candidates throughout the Rocky Mountain region will be damaged if his party selects Hillary Clinton for president.
"Every Democratic candidate in Wyoming will be painted with that same liberal, big-government brush. We will also be the target of the locker room jokes that rightfully belong to Bill Clinton," John Millin wrote in a letter to The Denver Post.
"While I don't agree with this view of Mrs. Clinton, I have to accept that this is the truth. It has become the dirty little secret in the Democratic Party," he wrote. "Westerners have an independent, libertarian spirit and Democrats can make Republicans pay a heavy price for years of pandering to the social conservatives. None of this will happen if Hillary wins the nomination."
The rest of the article... (http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_7716742)