Time Magazine writer Karen Tumulty makes some salient points about how, and why, Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have lost what should have been an obvious, "inevitable" nomination for the presidency.
As pragmatic politics go, Tumulty offers some real, legitimate insights.
You can read it HERE.
But there's more to the story. Tumulty doesn't seem to address the harsh reality that both Clintons suffer from a justifiable perception among millions of Americans, that there is a gulf of distance between them, and "the truth." This is especially true of Hillary right now.
For better or worse, Americans expect politicians to lie - - at least a little bit, and at least occassionally. But most "lying politicans" don't perpetuate the same line over and over for e months, nor do must continue with that same lie even after having been "caught" by the press.
But Hillary did this very thing, with her now-famous "Bosnian snyper fire" story.
And both she, and former President Bill Clinton, have, as only they can do, skewed the facts, and construed half-truths about Senator Obama, on a whole slew of issues.
At this stage in our nation's history, Americans may appear to be quite relativistic with their moral convictions, and in some respects this perspective is warranted. But America still embodies some sense of right versus wrong, and the Clintons have appeared wrong far too many times within the past few months......
And this has hurt the Clintons' plans to return to the White House.
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