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Hillary Clinton is in a pickle. Shes a shoe-in for her partys presidential nomination because of President Obamas failures.

But those failures might keep her from getting the job. Her husbands law of politics is that elections are always about the future, but shes stuck in the past.

In 2008, Obama pandered to liberal hopes while Clinton appealed to their good sense. Obama promised miracles and magic. Clinton promised more homework.

Cynicism was Obamas real opponent, he explained. And he used Clinton as a stand-in for it.

She played her part, pointing out that the Civil Rights Act got through Congress because of LBJs hard work, not Martin Luther Kings speeches. She insisted that politics was toil, not performance art.

And, as weve learned from a president who so often thinks giving a speech is a substitute for solving a problem, she had the better argument.

One need only look at the reaction from Democrats to President Obamas handling of the VA scandal to see that even they would trade some inspirational claptrap for a bit more old-fashioned competence.

That attitude helps Clinton immensely. Burned by disappointment, many liberals want to vote with their heads, not their hearts, this time around.

And the Hillary Industrial Complex is ready to exploit that sentiment.

The HIC is the vast network of loyalists, retreads, activists, pols, hacks, fans (in and out of the press), Friends of Bill and Friends of Hillary who want to see a Clinton restoration. Theyre waiting for her to run like 19th century land speculators anticipating news that the railroad will go past their lots.

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Hillary desperately distancing herself from Obama