The conservative news media is in a tizzy because Hillary is taking her campaign on the road and directly to the people and not through the major news media like the republicans are doing. They are angry because several republican candidates have already put their foot in their mouth with silly false statements on national TV.
Erick Erickson, the new right wing conservative columnist for the Times Picayune in an article of 4/19 is trying a new tactic by declaring that Hillary is "yesterday's candidate" and complains her campaign is tightly scripted. His article is full of "madam yesterday" remarks which is intended to influence the public that a Hillary candidate is old school.
Erick is really afraid because Hillary has learned a lot during the time she served as first lady, U.S. Senator from New York and Secretary of State. She is qualified to be a Presidential candidate as much and perhaps more so than any republican candidate in the field. He also realizes that Hillary, being a democrat will talk about policy and what she will do if elected President.
It is the republican candidates who are the "yesterday candidates." They are all still preaching the failed ideology of trickle down economics, deficit spending, massive increases in the national debt and job killing policies, and of course their main staple, personal attacks because they can not compete in an open arena on the issues. So Erick is really describing the republicans when he talks about Hillary being the "yesterday candidate."
Precedent is the best way to judge what party advances the country and its people forward and history records it is democratic administrations that do so on a consistent basis. And when it comes to protecting our home land and national security, democratic administrations also have a better record in doing so. Mr. Erickson knows all of that, but like his conservative friends, false information is a major part of their ideology. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
