Once considered a shoo-in for the Democratic Party nomination for president, putative front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has run into snags while shooting the bumpy rapids of this extraordinarily long primary season. Part of the problem, according to a recent piece in The Wall Street Journal by political reporter Jackie Calmes, is that the Hillary Clinton campaign is trying to run on two separate tracks, "Sen. Clinton actually is running two campaigns at once -- courting left-leaning Democrats to get the nomination, but mindful even now of maintaining a sufficiently centrist course to withstand Republican attacks and win election next November." This presents a delicate juggling act for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Can she tack to the left during the primary phase of the Hillary Clinton campaign and then tack back to the center during the general election without alienating the voters who made her the Democratic nominee. If Hillary Rodham Clinton can pull this off, she'll prove herself to be the most adept politician in the election, and perhaps one who's worthy of becoming president in 2008.
