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Today's entry in Dumbest Column Ever goes to Fatimah Ali, of the Daily News, who believes Ed Rendell is about to run for vice president with Hillary Clinton, because Hillary and Obama have a super-secret deal where he steps down and she runs in 2012, or something.
Read the whole thing for yourself, before the DN's editors happen to come to their senses and pull this embarrassing dreck off the Internet. Here's a taste (it really speaks for itself):
IT'S JUST a hunch, but for months I've been wondering whether Ed Rendell is gearing up to run for office again.
The last time I had thoughts about Pennsylvania's governor setting his sights on higher office, he'd just been elected mayor, but had already aimed his sights toward the governor's mansion, having lost the race once before. This time, I'm wondering if he might be eyeing Washington - as Hillary Clinton's running mate. That's of course, if Bill Clinton doesn't join her on a ticket instead.
Let me explain.
Anyone who's spent any time observing Pennsylvania's governor knows how ambitious he is. He's also plenty cozy with the Clintons (and we know how ambitious they are). We've been seeing a lot of Rendell on TV recently - more than you'd normally expect from a governor who'll leave office in a few months. And, despite what she's said about never running for president again, never's a very long time, and I've never believed for a moment that Hillary Clinton's eye isn't still fixed on the White House.
I'm not the only journalist who believes she's still gunning to return to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson shared similar thoughts over the weekend when MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews asked his Sunday roundtable of political reporters about President Obama's ability to "recoup the magic he had when he ran for president but has continued to lose since he's been in office." (My bet's that Obama will get a second wind like he did when his numbers plunged during his campaign.)
Most of Matthews' guests were adamant that they think its unlikely Obama won't run for a second term because it will take at least eight years to clean up the mess that President Bush left behind.
But Gerson doesn't count Clinton out of making a second presidential run. (As far-fetched as it seems, I've often wondered if Obama had cut a deal with Secretary of State Clinton that, if things didn't go well during his administration, he'd back her instead of running again himself.)
And on it goes from there, and no, it doesn't get any more cogent or grounded in facts or analysis. Which leaves you wondering: Exactly which DN editor said, "Sure, Fatimah, I'll run your pointless speculation. And hey, here's a check."
Wonder whether Fatimah Ali also agrees with John Street that Mayor Nutter ain't black enough?
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