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Hillary engages Clinton double act for White House

November 26, 2005

Hillary Clinton has enlisted her husband to attack the White House over Iraq in an attempt to shore up her sliding support among Democrat activists.

The New York senator, who is expected to run for the White House in 2008, has been alarmed by a drop in her opinion polls ratings as she pays the political price for backing President George W Bush’s decision to topple Saddam Hussein

Her hawkish stance was originally a useful way to shed her liberal reputation, but has become an increasing political liability as America’s mood has swung against the war.

Anxious that criticising the way the occupation has been handled could expose to the accusations of “flip-flopping” - a charge that cost John Kerry when he ran against President Bush last year - she is leaving the task to her husband. As political positioning for the 2008 polls begins, it will be him, not her, who placates the Democratic Left with attacks on Mr Bush’s Iraq policy.

The new double act is being seen as a variation of President Clinton’s old “triangulation” strategy, where he positioned himself between Democrats and Republicans, that helped win his second term in the White House in 1996. Political observers believe that the Clintons are now engaged in ‘triangulation” over Iraq.

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