Saturday Politics : It's Time for Bill and Hillary Clinton to Retire

Saturday politics. Mainstream media label Hillary Clinton the runaway winner of the Democratic presidential nomination, but the latest Rasmussen poll taken after the last Democratic debate shows Hillary losing ground. Before the debate, Rasmussen had her beating Bernie Sanders, 50% to 29%. Now her lead is 46% to 30%. What's critically important is that Hillary for the first time is below 50% -- a majority of Democratic primary voters do not want to vote for her -- 46% will and 54% won’t. In the general election, the Rasmussen poll shows Sanders roundly beating Hillary 53% to 33% among Independents who say they'll vote in a Democratic primary. ~~~~~ The falling polls reflect negative baggage Mrs. Clinton has carried during her entire public life. It scares Democrat leaders. Hillary says she's supported by the Democratic establishment, but she has yet to be endorsed by key leaders : President Obama - Vice President Biden - Senate minority leader Harry Reid - House minority leader Nancy Pelosi - Senator Elizabeth Warren - California Governor Jerry Brown - Richard Trumka, head of America's largest federation of labor unions, the AFL-CIO. ~~~~~ There are also her emails. The State Department says parts of 275 of the 5,500 emails released on New Year's Eve have been newly classified. Clinton insists she didn't send or receive classified information via her personal email account run on a private server at her home. The GOP has repeatedly questioned whether her use of the private system put sensitive information at risk. So far, the State Department has retroactively classified 1,274 Clinton emails since starting to review them for release under a federal court order. ~~~~~ The latest State Department email dump also confirms that George Soros, the billionaire socialist-progressive Democratic donor, is a close friend of Hillary Clinton with unfettered access to her. Soros told a close Hillary Clinton ally he regretted voting for Obama over her in the 2008 Democratic primary. Hillary's ally, Neera Tanden, president of the Soros political entity, Center for American Progress, wrote in a May 2012 email to Clinton about talking to Soros at a dinner : "I told him I worked for you in the primaries...he said he's been impressed that he can always call/meet with you on an issue of policy and said he hasn't met with the President....He then extolled his work with you from your time as First Lady on." ~~~~~ And there is the rarely raised matter of Hillary's health. In Ed Klein's book, "Unlikeable: The Problem With Hillary," he says her health is an issue that must be explored. In July, her longtime personal physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, released a two-page letter seeming to give Hillary a clean bill of health : "She does not smoke and drinks alcohol occasionally....does not use illicit drugs or tobacco products....eats a diet rich in lean protein, vegetables and fruits....exercises regularly, including yoga, swimming, walking and weight training." Dr. Bardack said Hillary had completely recovered from the fainting spell, concussion and blood clot in her brain suffered while she was at State. But Klein says : "To this day, Hillary still suffers from many of the troubling symptoms that I wrote about in Unlikeable: blinding headaches, exhaustion, insomnia, and a tremor in her hands. As a precaution against...fainting in public...Hillary now travels with a personal physician on all her major campaign trips....There have been several incidents in which she has nearly collapsed....after her 11-hour testimony before the Trey Gowdy Benghazi committee, Hillary swooned....She had to be supported...and helped into the [car]....Huma Abedin, deputy chief of staff and her closest adviser, frequently orders campaign aides to alter Hillary's schedule...so [she] can catch her breath and take out time for naps." Klein quotes a close Hillary source saying : "She no longer has the stamina for 18-hour campaign days that she was once capable of doing." ~~~~~ Dear readers, when will American politics be free of the Clintons? Hillary and Bill should retire.