Graham preparing for second-tier debate Thursday

Lindsey Graham appeared to be the most willing to take RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’ advice to attack Democrat Hillary Clinton rather than his fellow Republican presidential candidates. Barack Obama tartly described Clinton as “likable enough”. “And she doesn’t represent the change that we need”, Graham said.

Those were the slams directed at Hillary Clinton on Thursday by a roster of lower-tier GOP presidential hopefuls who just couldn’t contain themselves to moderator Bill Hemmer’s request that they limit their descriptions of the Democratic front-runner to two words. “We will be debating about the solutions”. “In Hillary Clinton’s world, after two terms in the White House where her husband was president, she said she was flat broke”. It will destroy the economy in the name of helping the environment. In my world, we’ll focus on energy independence and a clean environment.

When he was asked later how he would move Americans toward looking for work rather than accepting government assistance, Graham said, “I think America’s dying to work”. “Because, generally speaking, those people are the less well known of the candidates, and they need all of the exposure that they can get”. “You’re not going to get it”.

“Do we all agree that ISIL is not the (junior varsity) team?” “Senator Clinton and I have been fortunate to have very good allies in this effort and Congress has stepped up to the plate to meet the health care needs of our Guard and Reserves”, Graham said in a press release, one of a series of favorable comments about his former Senate colleague compiled by the pro-Clinton super-PAC Correct the Record. “When it comes to fossil fuels, we’re going to find more here and use less”, he continued. I would not stand for that as president of the United States. “If I have to take down a cyber-wall, I will”.