Pre-game: The Las Vegas Rumble
Snap:
“When it takes two weeks and six different positions to answer one question on immigration, it’s easier to understand why the Clinton campaign would rather plant their questions than answer them,” said Bill Burton, a spokesman for Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, a rival in the race for the nomination.If you follow the link, the article explains how HRC has finally decided she's against drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. In other news, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer recently decided to drop his plan to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
What's that? Oh, you think A and B are related - that perhaps Spitzer is banking a favor with any future HRC administration by giving her cover on the issue? What are you, some kind of cynic? Her campaign is about the politics of hope, friends.
Make no mistake, I'd delight in seeing this great nation led by a woman president in my lifetime, but it's a secondary consideration. Mostly I yearn (as do many of my fellow citizens) for a president who's smart, tough, articulate, and fair - one who has the courage of his (or her) convictions, even if I disagree on certain issues. No wafflers, no back-room "deciders", and nobody who is anything less than unrelenting towards our enemies and optimistic about the future.
Meanwhile we have chumps like Hillary Clinton running for office. If possible I'll be watching the debate tonight - I can't contain my delight over this kind of political combat. There's an artistry to putting out the right critique - the above quote is a gem of political rhetoric - but more and more of her opponents in both parties are learning how it can be done.
Update: The folks over at the Edwards campaign are having some serious fun with the scripted question story.
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