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Josh Marshall's posts on the debate are worth reading.  His take is that the "take no prisoners" persona HIllary is projecting is not what the general public wants and plays into the hands of her Republican adversaries while driving off independents.  He (or one of his readers) points out that even Bush and Cheney had benign personas when campaigning and did the dirty work in the shadows.  Do people feel good about voting for an attack dog?

This is the politics of it, and I understand Booman is talking more about the ethics.  I concur with his thoughts on that aspect.

by Heart of the Rockies on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:01:46 AM EST
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All I know is that when I hear Hillary bragging about how she's taken 16 years of what the GOP has had to dish out and she's still standing, I want to throw up at the thought of living through those 16 years all over again, only with Hillary in the POTUS seat. I've had enough of their antics.  Especially after this week.

And regular people are sick to death of Rove-style politics. If we wind up with Hillary against McCain in the general, how will her attack-dog style play?  I think some people feel sorry for him being victimized by Bush in 2000 via a whispering campaign, and he doesn't come across as an attack-dog (although I think Pat Buchanan's description of his foreign policy last night as "George W Bush on steroids" is totally accurate).

I see Hillary as the candidate that can create a lot of antipathy towards voting in the general, outside her natural hardcore base of 50+-year-old women. I guess we'll see, but I'm still pulling for anyone but her to be the nominee.
 

by CabinGirl on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:25:57 AM EST
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We're with you 100%.  I didn't mean to suggest otherwise.

As for the 16 years of experience, her claims to fame are a totally botched health care plan and standing by a serial philanderer.  Not my idea of a stellar resume.

by Heart of the Rockies on Tue Jan 22nd, 2008 at 12:17:20 PM EST
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That's why I love her claims of experience and being ready to start on day one...she hasn't exactly been successful with her initiatives in the past, has she?

I tend to think that her next attempt at a health care plan is nothing more than something to talk about on the campaign trail.

by CabinGirl on Wed Jan 23rd, 2008 at 09:20:35 AM EST
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