Hillarynotnow.com

From the Vietnam War era:

"Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?"

From the War on Terror era:

"Suppose there was a 'Hillary Clinton for president' rally and nobody came?"

This is embarrassing.

From The Tennessean:

A Hillary Clinton rally drew critics of President Bush, nonpartisan voters looking for a strong leader, and people who want to elect a female president.

About 20 people attended the Tuesday event, the national kickoff for Hillarynow.com, a grass-roots group pushing to draft the New York senator and former first lady to run for president in 2008.

It appears that the national kickoff event was sparsely attended. That's being kind. It was a disaster.

This certainly is no indication of a lack of lib national support for Hillary, but I still think it's funny.

I wonder if Hillary finds it amusing.

Organizers hoped to have 200 people at the event in Nashville, a city selected to show that Democrats can win in Southern states.

They were disappointed but said they are not focused on numbers.

I don't think Hillary has a chance in Tennessee, none whatsoever. Dems can win in the South, but not Hillary.

"We can build something from this," said E. Gayle O'Hanlon, president of Enchanted Gingerbread, who cooked for and helped organize the fundraiser.

Clinton is not associated with the group. "Hillary is focused on working for the people of New York and winning re-election to the U.S. Senate," Ann Lewis, director of communications for Clinton's Senate campaign, said via e-mail.

Miami Beach-based activist Bob Kunst, the founder of Hillarynow.com, said Clinton needs the help of energized grass-roots supporters, not the Beltway consultants who tripped up the campaigns of John Kerry and Al Gore.

Yes, Hillary needs the help of ENERGIZED grass-roots supporters. Even candidates with massive campaign war chests need the "little people" to do campaigning. It's just twenty people don't look very energetic. Those numbers look very anemic.

"Out of this can come the White House, starting here in Nashville," Kunst said. "We're not afraid of the controversy, and we have to make the controversy an ally."

...Attendees got custom-baked "Hillarynow.com ginger-girl" cookies that O'Hanlon baked and chocolate chip cookies from a Clinton recipe made by Goodlettsville chef Anna Lia Notardonato-Hicks.

"Even if she doesn't run, at least we started a dialogue about having a woman president," Notardonato-Hicks said.

"Doesn't run"?

What?

Does anyone seriously believe that Hillary isn't planning on running for president, or that she needs to be drafted as the Dem nominee?

The Hillarynow.com group seems a bit confused.

At least they had cookies.