It seems Hillary makes a strong
case: don't vote for me if you don't like what I am doing. By doing so she shows that you can count on her word. At least she gives the impression that she doesn't flip-flop for the votes and for electorial reasons. Although against this bloody war, I am more impressed by Hillary who stands by her word than by John Edwards'cheap walkout. He should be held more accountble for his vote and moreover for his easy 'I made a mistake'.
Peter.

Are you kidding me with the description of her wardrobe?! I seriously hope each post about every presidential candidate gets the same fashion attention added as a tag at the end...

Thanks.I think I will!!

Who cares. However she votes she will upset 50% of the people in this country. Get over it!!!!

Hillary has always kept to the same message. No flip-flopping; and no giving in to the ridiculous demands of the fringe left. I admire her more and more as time goes by.

We all will be voting for someone else, and it will NOT be for you, Hillary!

Geo and Hil don't give apologies. Why the hell not? Everyone knows they made mistakes (GW inventing the war, HRC voting for the war).

So why can't they just look us in eye and say "I made a mistake and for that I am truly, truly sorry."

I suggest that all politicians practice this line.

Hint: Try to appear as sincere and contrite as possible, because no matter what's in your heart, the American people will forigve and forget, as long as you appear to be genuinely sorry.

(btw Peter, Hillary could be the poster-girl for "flip-flopping" as she first voted for the war, and now clealy stands against it.)

As for "...make it clear that the cowboys are gone," it was good to know that with the election of George W. Bush, the hillbillies were gone.

That Ms. Clinton authorized Bush to invade Iraq shows poor judgement, the kind we don't need in a president. Hiding behind WMD arguments doesn't excuse the fact we still had a job to finish in Afganistan and Osama was still on the loose.

I plan on it. Hillary is following George Bush's ideology that to be a strong leader, one cannot acknowlage a mistake, or for that matter change ones mind about a decision. That is why she will lose.
Isnt anyone else sick of presidents named Bush or Clinton. Three decades of two family leadership is wrong for any country let alone ours. Lets be a little more creative people.

Impressively frank!

Hillary, you just made a lot of peoples' decisions much easier. What I believe Hillary Clinton lacks in this exchange over her vote is that many of us feel that she displayed poor leadership in voting for to place the power to go to war in Iraq in the hands of the President without properly outlining specific qualifications for the President's consultation requirements with congress. This poor leadership display leads me to vote for one who opposed the war from the start: Barack Obama, General Wesley Clark, Dennis Kucinich or Reverend Al Sharpton.

Hillary is the candidate for president who will vote to go to war and then insist on quitting as soon as things get tough. Wars are tough and yes people get killed. But you must not change course until the job is done.
Half a job is no job!

Who says the United States has the power to raid other countries with a lame excuse all the time? First it was the Osama, when we destroyed Afganistan. Then it was the weapons of mass destruction, when we basically crucified a supposed "tyrant"... who says that we have the authority to play "GOD?" As far as Hillary goes, who cares what she thought then now she wants to end it and we need someone who realizes that we need to stop pretending to rule the world.

Why should she apologize for her vote? The only mistake she made was believing Bush's lies.

Hillary was wrong! If she wasn't than, why was it so obvious to other politicians, including Barack Obama who was a State Senator at the time, to realize that the administration didn't present a viable resolution for Iraq after Saddam Hussein was captured and killed. It doesn't take a genius to know you need a plan and a resolution!

Hillary probably voted for the war because she wanted to prove to everyone that, as a woman, she is strong enough to send a country into war if she we're elected Commander in Chief. Clearly a strategy for her presidency.

That's why she wouldn't apologize, because it'll make her look weak. She's trying to show strength and leadership through stubborness, you know, like President Bush!

Hillary had the same information that President Bush had. I admire her for making the right decision based on the information she had. Among the candidates the Democrats have she is one of the best candidates behind maybe Richardson. I do not beleive she nor any of the Democrats running would protect this country from our enemies. They are too quick to run from a challenge. This challenge will not go away. We must have strong leaders in these times who have our country front and foremost in their hearts. The desire for power is not what I want to see in a President. The other party does not have the best candidates who have announced either. My prayer is someone will step forward and be able to unite this country. Right now our biggest enemy in this war in Iraq and this War World III we are presently in is us. We are no longer the UNITED states we were when I was growing up. The desire for POWER has blinded our leaders and as a result many of our citizens are blinded as well.

When Hillary voted she didn't vote for a pre-emptive war. War was the last resort if sanctions against Iraq or diplomacy didn't work. She even voted to extend the time for the U.N.'s inspection of WMD's. All you people aren't familiar where Hillary stood when she voted so why she should apologize for something that people don't even understand.

I would like to make a comment, how humble it may be, but, seeing as it is a country where we can express our opinions, I feel it necessary to have one, too.

In response to the today's article, "Clinton: I will end Iraq War "

I would like others to realize that no matter what a candidate expresses at this time, it is imperative to keep in mind several things before making a sound, impartial, and rational decision. I welcome feedback, because, as I mentioned, it is a country that allow us to do so.

Ask a question on Hillary Clinton's website; the reply is a letter with 6 requests for money and directions to her website "Issues". The website is 95% give me money and support. The issues section did not answer my question. Her focus is money. Or she and her staff are illiterate.

FWIW, I asked the same question on Obama's website and received a personalized letter with a thoughtful and comprehensive answer to my question. It may also have been a canned letter, but one that addressed the question and contained no requests for money or support. His focus is on voters' issues.

To Clinton and Obama's credit, my Senators from Maryland sent no reply at all. Apparently, if one isn't running for President, one doesn't need to bother answering those they serve.