LOS ANGELES — Hillary Rodham Clinton may well prove to be a great president of the United States, who knows? But as a presidential candidate she has a lot to be desired, and it's getting worse.
It is not just that on so many issues she hugs center stage, reminding me of little more than a walking fudge factory in three-inch pumps. That's perhaps nothing new. In America, after all, political candidates usually try to fog over all clarity so as not to alienate a single potential voter, while winking confidentially at core supporters to keep them loyal and motivated. No sense being naive about this.
And we certainly need to keep in mind that Clinton learned how to play all the politician's trick cards at the feet of one of the greatest political fog machines of all time: her husband Bill.