"...Clinton was asked what three lessons she learned from her failed health care reform effort during the presidency of her husband, Bill Clinton. "It is not enough to have a plan. You've got to have a political strategy," the New York senator said.
"In 90 seconds, I don't have the time to tell you all the mistakes I made."
Plunging headlong into the Internet era, all seven candidates fought for the support of the powerful and polarizing liberal blogosphere by promising universal health care, aggressive government spending and dramatic change from the Bush era.
Edwards received a loud cheer when he suggested his rivals were tinkering around the edges — "I just heard some discussion about negotiation, compromise" — rather than overhauling government. He said the nation needs "big change, not small change."
The party's 2004 vice presidential nominee, Edwards called on the field to join him in refusing donations from Washington lobbyists. He suggested that accepting lobbyists' money would make Democrats no better than Republicans.
"We don't want to trade their insiders for ours," said the former North Carolina senator.
Clinton, who accepts such donations, did not respond to Edwards until much later in the forum when the question was put to her. Even then, she stalled by stating the obvious.
"I think it's a position that John certainly has taken," she said, drawing laughter from the crowd. It was not clear whether the audience was laughing with her or at her.
Nonetheless, the bloggers booed and hissed when Clinton insisted a moment later that nobody would believe that she could be influenced by lobbyists' money. So would she continue to accept those donations?
"Yes, I will," she said, arguing that plenty of lobbyists represent good causes. "They represent nurses, they represent social workers, they represent, yes, they represent corporations that employ a lot of people."
Obama rejected that argument, saying Clinton should know better because special interest money helped sink her health care package in 1993. The crowd cheered wildly.
Edwards asked crowd members how many of them were represented by lobbyists. A few hands went up, and his point was made..."
Amazing. Wasn't all that long ago the mention of higher taxes and runaway government spending was a sure way to lose an election.
But this is how low these creatures have sunk. Anti-war, big government, out of control taxation as a platform hasn't been tried since the days of McGovern. And be certain that when either Rudy or Fred gets to debate RodHam and her running mate Hussein this will be a bone of contention. You CANNOT win 50% of the popular vote on such a platform, Bill Clinton never did and RodHam is no Bill.
Hell, the woman can't even hold her own against the pitter-patter attacks from her own side. And never make the mistake a lot of folks are by saying that Hussein or Edwards are eloquent speakers. The guy doing the Preperation H commercials on my local radio dial is virtually stentorian but no one is voting for an asshole pitchman NOR an asshole politician simply because they can read copy without stuttering a lot.
And as an aside, kudos to whomever did RodHams makeup. Hard to tell it's old granny Hill under those several inches of pancake, isn't it.
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