aps said:
Well ptsdkid, I hang around with liberals who are much smarter than the average person, and all of us KNOW she ain't going to be the nominee. No way, Jose. Blech. I know you cons want her to be the nominee but it isn't going to happen.
I must disagree. She's my Senator so I've already had the pleasure of voting for her once, will do so again next November and will do so again in November 2008 if she's the Democratic candidate.
I attended a Hillary speech in a smallish auditorium here in NYC several years ago. She spoke for about 45 minutes and then took questions from the audience for almost another hour.
Unlike Bush, the questions were not pre-screened (I asked one so I can speak from experience).
She was brilliant. She's articulate, witty, and smart. She doesn't have pat answers like Bush does. She doesn't have someone whispering in her ear with rehearsed replies. Like her husband she has the ability to hear a question and respond to it even if it's not on the expected Top 10 list.
Americans have underestimated the Clintons for two decades now. No one gave Bill a chance in 1989 yet he easily defeated a sitting President who once had an approval rating over 90%.
From my point of view I hope people continue to underestimate Hillary. She's going to have a huge bank account to draw from when she runs and the name recognition that she already enjoys is invaluable.
The bottom line is that it's too soon to know what will happen in 2008 but if you want to label any candidate in America today the most likely nominee of their party it has to be Hillary. Certainly no other Democrat has that claim nor does any Republican.
I want to see the Religious Rabid Fanatical Right rush to the polls to vote for either McCain or Rudy or Chuck Hagel.
