Hillary on Sunday talk shows-- WOW!

[JCMach1]

Hillary hit all the political shows this week and I thought her performance was impressive. It looks like she is raising her profile as a spokesperson for the party. Other than Al Gore, with Sunday's performance, she has shown herself to be Presidential material.

I think there is a REAL chance she may be considered for second place on the ballot this year...

One interesting combination might be Clark/Clinton.

[La_Serpiente]

1. Too bad she gave Safire some ammunition

WASHINGTON — Senator Hillary Clinton, sweeping through the Sunday morning talk shows after her somewhat upstaged Thanksgiving visit to the war zones, startled her conservative detractors by emerging as a congenital hawk. (I used that adjective "congenital," in the sense of "habitual," in derogation of her credibility back when the world was young.)

She does not go along with the notion that the Iraqi dictator posed no danger to the U.S.: "I think that Saddam Hussein was certainly a potential threat" who "was seeking weapons of mass destruction, whether or not he actually had them."

When Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" gave her the opening to say she had been misled when she voted for the Senate resolution authorizing war, Senator Clinton countered with a hard line: "There was certainly adequate intelligence without it being gilded and exaggerated by the administration to raise questions about chemical and biological programs and a continuing effort to obtain nuclear power."

On forgotten Afghanistan, like many hawks, she was critical of the failure of European nations "to fulfill the commitment that NATO made to Afghanistan. I don't think we have enough American troops and we certainly don't have the promised NATO troops."

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Hillary the Hawk

[JCMach1]

2. Saffire, of course, picked up on this...

However, I thought she handled the issue very well in her responses... Much better than either Kerry or Edwards for example in relationship to their votes for the Iraq war.

In doing so, I thought she raised herself to the Presidential level. Up until now she has been both good, and at times still learning her job.

Hillary to me is ready for Prime Time.