How's Hillary going to fare in the Senate once this is all over?

[George_Bonanza]

Will she be a pariah? Will she try to become the next Ted Kennedy?

[matcom]

1. she WILL be the next Teddy

if she is smart. she could easily run the show

[movonne]

4. I sure hope not...having hillary running the show would be a train

wreck..

[Window]

18. Especially if she runs it like her campaign.

[depakid]

23. I'd still like to see her a majority leader

She'd be a far cry from Daschle- or Harry Reid (who probably has the record of any minority/majority leader in history.

[samdogmom]

16. Are you kidding me, Matcom?????

I detest Hillary but I love you. No way she's running any "show". I want this primary over because some of my favorite DU members support Hillary and I can't stand that!

Hillary is a loser! You're not, Matcom!

[lojasmo]

24. She's not fit to tie Teddy's shoes.

I hope the senate holds a vote of no confidence after this fiasco.

[Seen the light]

2. Hopefully she'll be gone

I would support a Democratic challenger to her in NY.

Although, I suspect that if she is unsuccessful in winning the presidency in 2012, she'll quit the Senate soon enough anyway.

[xchrom]

3. she comes in with more power than she had before. nt

[WA98296]

5. She's coming across as delusional...could get interesting

[TexasObserver]

6. she'll have less clout than she had before this disasterous run

She won't be given a leadership role. She'll be lucky to hold onto her committee assignments. She has made no friends and lost friends in the congress the past 4 months. She's never been popular among US senators, but until the past few months, they at least thought she was going to be the party nominee.

She'll be a toothless lion in the senate.

That's why I think she'll run for NY governor and leave the senate.

[whistle]

7. Just fine

[ccharles000]

8. She is smart and ambitious.

She will go on to do great things.

[Breeze54]

9. Fear not... post office's will still be renamed!!

:P

[samdogmom]

10. RFK, Jr. Are you listening? You'd make a great Senator from NY!

Hillary...not so much! Challenge her, please! I have a sister who lives in NY. She'd vote for you in a heartbeat over Hillary!

[mamalone]

20. I live in NY...

and oh, my gracious.... there's a whole lotta us up here that'd vote for him in a heartbeat!


I think Hillary's going to have a very hard time holding on to her senate seat:(

[Island Blue]

11. She'll be fine.

She'll have McCain to commiserate with as they try to figure out, "what the hell just happened?"

[ShortnFiery]

12. Hillary can cajole 2-3 people but she is NO Leader in any sense of the word.

She would rule best as NY State's Governor where her self-righteousness and micro-management style will better accommodate success. :shrug:

[Lucinda]

13. She won't be in the Senate

She'll be POTUS.

[anigbrowl]

19. Ironic that you have a Titanic lifeboat smiley

Or maybe this is what you mean

[NC_Nurse]

14. It's up to her. I think she could easily move into a leadership role if she can

find a way to exit this race with a positive face. It will depend on how she leaves, when
she leaves. If she is gracious and works for Obama and other Dem candidates, she will
only gain from this experience. If she does something else, I'm not sure. Dems like me
will resent her and the centrist DLC, others may not. :shrug:

She made it through Bill's infidelity in the 90's, she is capable of weathering this loss
with dignity if she wants to.

[Blarch]

15. I am looking forward to funding her opponent

[Beacool]

17. I don't know.

Let's see how Obama does when he returns to the senate too.

[billyoc]

21. Lamest. Duck. Ever. nt

[PoliticalAmazon]

22. If her screwing around in this pointless campaign loses House seats for the Dems....

(all of whom are up for reelection), the will come after her with pitch-forks and torches.

I think the under-discussed issue of Hillary's divisive madness is the fact that it could harm the chances of Dems who are up for reelection in Congress.

[GoesTo11]

25. She won't want to waste time on the senate steppingstone anymore