Rendell says Hillary would have been more effective
Going off message again, former Gov. Ed Rendell (D.,Pa.) says Obama hampered by lack of exec experience. Says Hillary Clinton, whom he backed in 2008, would have been more effective designing stimulus, health-care reform.
Rendell says Hillary would have been more effective
Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer
There’s “off message.” And then there’s former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
First, Rendell said a number of times that it was wrongheaded for President Obama to attack Mitt Romney’s experience with the private equity firm Bain Capital.
Then, on Wednesday, he was quoted in the Huffington Post saying that Pennsylvania, with 20 electoral votes, is very much “in play” for the Republicans; this runs counter to the CW that the state has become at least light-blue, or likely Democratic in presidential contests.
“It’s going to be a close election,” Rendell said. “The president is not going to do well in the west. He lost 11 of 12 southwestern Democratic counties in 2008, even though he won the state by 11 points.”
And today, Rendell said on CBS Morning News that Obama was hampered by a lack of executive experience and gave Congress too much power in fashioning the stimulus and health-care overhaul. The former governor said Hillary Clinton would have been more effective.
Wow. Incredible insight from Fast Eddie. A tree stump would have been more effective than Barry.— Wiseman6- Rendell's got that one right. The DNC ought to show Obama the door exit, stage left. Obama will take the incumbent democrats down with him this November.
You Betcha!— FocusTruthFully - Hey Focus, you forgot your customary pathetic whining about how this is yet another left-leaning piece of biased coverage by the Inquirer, and another example of how it will be going out of business any minute now because nobody wants to read it anymore (even though you're on these message boards more than the site webmaster is).— 1980
- For once everyone can finally agree with Fast Eddie.— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
i agree with president clinton. mitt romney's "sterling" record at Bain Capital more than qualifies him for the presidency— barry m goldwater- Eddie's a HATER. Just what executive experience did Hillary have?— fillyfan
- "i agree with president clinton. mitt romney's "sterling" record at Bain Capital more than qualifies him for the presidency"
And compared to the record of a community organizer with 3 + years of success only when he continues the military policies of the last Administration.
You Libs need to know something about Equity Companies and jobs. My company was taken over by a company like that after two years of layoffs and losses and an uncertian future. Yeah they laid off another 15% of the workers but 85% were able to keep their jobs!!! Now, they made a ton of money after doing many things other than layoffs and sold the company to local owners who are starting to hire. No bad!!! Maybe Barry should look into what they did right!!! LOL!!!— sarah89 - Fast Eddie Spendell...never met a big government program or expense he did not love. The only thing he has gotten right during an entire career is that "this country has turned into a nation of wussies" (thank you left wing loonies for that!). Hope & change, hope & change...forward. hahahahaha....— kelprod2
- Worthless gasbag without a real job.— ortho stice
Comment removed.- Not surpising, Fast Eddie always was a Hillary flunkie. He's correct though. A chimp from the Philly Zoo would be more effective. This guy is so toast in November and the Lefty's know it. They are in total meltdown mode. Obama will destroy the Democrat party as we know it. A great thing for the country.— MilesLong1
- Fast Eddie will do or say anything to get himself back in the spotlight. Now he's riding Bill Clinton's coattails to get recognition. He obviously thinks he's lining himself up for a position in Hillary's cabinet should she run and win in 2016. The man thinks only of himself and how he can benefit from a situation. Anything for face time.— dogman5
- ....and who cares what Faat Eddie thinks????— PhillyTerm
- Now everyone is off the Obama bandwagon. Of course Hillary would have been a more effective president, yet people were afraid to not vote for Obama. They didn't want to appear racist. So now we have a good chance of letting a republican control the White House and Congress. Bad news all around for the 99%.— cody121979
- Rendell? Again? Really? Does anyone even care what he has to say? The only reason he remains in the news is because reporters are too lazy to do real reporting and can count on him to say something stupid or controversial.— non excidet
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