Jonah Goldberg, with an unerring eye toward focusing on what really matters, poses the question, what is so great about Hillary Clintonthat makes her the obvious Democratic nominee in 2016 and the inevitable next president of the United States?
I would add another question. What makes Ms. Clinton so much better than another well known female politician, namely Sarah Palin?
Goldberg points out that Ms. Clinton doesn't really have any accomplishments to point to during her long career, as lawyer, first lady, senator, and secretary of state. She hasn't actually said anything of interest, except perhaps the ghoulish dismissal of the murder of four American public servants, "What difference does it make?"
Contrast that rather thin record with that of Sarah Palin, whose partial term as governor was largely successful, featuring budget cuts, measures against official corruption, and approval of a gas pipeline. She was an immensely popular governor before the Democratic attack machine used the very ethics laws she caused to be passed to drive her out of office with frivolous lawsuits, using a loophole in the law that required public officials so charged to pay for their own defense. Palin, who was at the time not at all wealthy, was obliged to either resign as governor or else be driven into bankruptcy.
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