Stopping the Hillary Juggernaut

It’s obvious to any sentient being that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.  Already she has begun the round of speeches at influential venues, the visits to primary states, the media spin, the heightening of speculation on “Will she run?”  All of this, along with a five-part miniseries and full-length documentary planned for release ahead of the 2016 election.  As for fund-raising, that is hardly a problem for the Clinton machine.

Actually, Hillary Clinton is already not only the frontrunner for her party’s nomination, but also the favorite to win against any GOP candidate.  The polls and oddsmakers here and abroad already confirm this assertion.

Clearly, stopping Hillary at the polls should be the first priority for conservatives. But the only way to stop her is by employing the same ruthless tactics Democrats used against Romney in 2012.  Identify her greatest weakness, isolate it, and pound on it from now until November 2016.  In Hillary’s case, the weakness is Benghazi.

Conservatives should remind voters that Hillary Clinton was in charge when four Americans were murdered in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.  As she attempts to wriggle out, as she will, they should play that video of her admitting responsibility.  Play it alongside the video of the burning consulate.  Play it with the photos of the men who died there.

Remind voters how she failed in her most basic duty as secretary of state: the responsibility to protect American embassy staff abroad.  Then remind them of the cover-up in which she participated for weeks after the attack.  Then let them know how she tried to duck responsibility altogether, assuming that the whole matter would just slip away and be forgotten.