When Hillary was speaking at Gunstock in Gilford, NH, I asked a question about Healthcare, but was not satisfied with the answer. She said that people would be able to choose between the 250 policies the Congress can choose from. This does not necessarily solve the problem, however. If #250 is the best plan and covers "everything" but costs an enormous amount to purchase, what happens to the family that can only afford plan #1 that may cover, for example, just 5% of their expenses. 5% of a $500,000 bill is still out of reach of most of us. How will the playing field be leveled?

We must understand Hillary is ready to lead and can bring the US to greatness. She is gloabally respected and she has the intelligence to do anything. Republicans in Washington respect her. Again and again those who work with her are impressed. The most conservative in Washington have found her to be an excellent leader and consensus builder. This is not a reality series, and not student council elections, it is the presidency. Go Hillary!

What a bunch of typical Clinton hooey! The questions are probably mostly plants and the mics are off in case someone asks her something tough, so her followers can shout them down and she can ignore the question. How can anyone fall for this carp?

She's yet to face any questions about the crimes and scandals she, her serial sex offender and drug abuser husband and the scores of their convicted felon friends were involved in over the years.

It won't surprise me if she gets Charles Gibson's softball questions in advance tonight either. ABC and CNN have been pushing for their pals the Clintons all along.

Chris C. - I think you're just another who blindly idolizes the Clintons, and you're just repeating the same empty talking points every pro-Hillary newsblogger seems to parrot. Hillary's 'leadership,' 'experience' and so on are only myth.

Nobody in the repub 'rank and file' will want to work with Hillary, and she doesn't want to work with the opposition either. The Clinton years were the most divisive and petty probably in our history, and this was because the Clinton people only sought to "bash the brains in" (to quote Hillary) of their counterparts. They invented 'the politics of personal destruction' and stooped to all time lows in trying to harm the opposition, not work with them!

As a '90s republican who's still pretty conservative when it comes to government, I can tell you I'd have a FAR easier time voting for an honest, sincere guy like Obama than a depraved phony like Hillary.

Barack is far more electable than Clinton. If Hillary is your nominee, count on the Rs to come out in droves and likely defeat her soundly, whilst also taking back congress as a counterweight to a possible Clinton win.

The best thing for the dems right now (and to some extent the Rs too) is to drop the old time establishment dinosaurs and bring in new people without all the baggage and legacies of never making any progress.

considering Senator Clinton is easily the most qualified candidate and would have the greatest chance at giving America a brighter future, it is no wonder that some delusional people are embracing their paranoia and showering reasonable, sane voters with exaggerations and hatred for the one candidate who would give our children and our soldiers their brightest future

p.s. for those chicken littles who keep opening their traps about falsehoods and delusions regarding the Clintons, it only serves to reduce what little credibility you have and could automatically disqualify anything you ever say in the future

Hilary claims she has over thirty years experience. Ummmmm, at what? She's only served in Congress a little longer than Obama. I seriously doubt she's qualified for President just because she's married to a former Pres. If that's the case, we might as well draft Nancy Reagan, or Barbara Bush.

by the way, thanks to your screen name, it gives us ample warning as to the lack of validity of your posts

This is really interesting! Can someone who is clearly forced to be more open and more "authentic" convince voters that she is a welcoming presence? Should she do this?

I mean, it looks like no matter what she does, she's coming off as pre-packaged. That isn't to say Obama isn't pre-packaged, just that he seems new. We've all seen Hillary for years upon years now.

I have no doubt Clinton's new openness will bring in results. One thing I'm learning from watching people discuss candidates is that they like being catered to and gossiping about candidates and their appeals. This isn't about leadership: this is about the electorate feeling good about itself, feeling like it's in charge.

And to that end, while I think Clinton's new approach will get results ("She changed! She's a bit more open! That means I really do have a say!"), I don't think that's enough to get the nomination in and of itself. DailyKos is the driving force behind the Democratic party, and they want winners who tell it like it is, "winners" like Kucinich. The real story here is that packaged or not, the Democratic base is all over the place with what they want.

They should restrict these blogs to non-campaign staffers. Some of these entry's are such bull. One thing appears for certain, Hilary's early lead is moving in one direction - DOWN!

It's really interesting to see what the GOP has dug up on the Clintons.

Wish I could find a site where the democrats have dug up stuff on the GOP

Question for Hillary...At the end of President Clinton's administration as he and Hillary was vacating the White House. The news media commented on how the Clinton staff had trashed much of the computers,left graffiti,on White House office property, inwhich those involved would have been under President Clinton and Hillary's administration/watch. Did the President and Hillary issue an apology and investigate who was responsible? Is this kind of behavior to be listed under her idea for change. Can we expect to see that occur again if she and Bill are elected to office in 2008?

Hillary is the best qualified candidate for the presidency. It's time to let a lady lead this country because history has proven the men cannot do it.

I was shocked to hear Hillary actually say "it is time for the Democrats to take over the white house after 7 years of the Republicans embaressing us". WHAT?? She can say a lot of things about the republicans. Using the word embaressing was a shocker to me. After The Clintons embaressed the country with their shenanigans she really shouldnt use that particular word when describing the other party! Her 'handlers' should caution her on that!

'"Tony Blair leaves, Gordon Brown comes in - the very next day there was a terrorist attack," she said.' That's called a non sequitur in logic; in politics it's called follow the leader.

This moves comes too late. I don't know who is advising her but they made a big mistake by thinking she had it in the bag.
It's the tortoise and the hare story.

Hillary taking too many questions or no questions is the focus of media.

Obama taking no questions still hasn't reached their radar.

Hmmm.....

Wonder why Obama takes no questions, and why the other candidates are allowing him to run on stump speeches.

Level the playing field.

OBAMA: I just want to add, I agree with John, which is why I prohibited lobbyists from buying meals for members of Congress...

Sen. Obama forgot to mention that the bill still allowed lobbyists to wine and dine members of congress, as long as they were standing up. ABC News reports.

This Just In: Obama is backed by a LOBBYIST

- the energy bill that passed in 2005 was larded with all kinds of special interest breaks to the oil companies.
This Just In: OBAMA VOTED for that bill.

-Obama unsure about death penalt(which is morally wrong,his ethical standind right out of the window), ban of handguns, the Patriot Act, or parental notification of abortion.

WAKE UP AND SEE Obama Dose bot care