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As I noted minutes ago, this morning Barack Obama declared his opposition to Michael Mukasey's nomination to be attorney general. Then John Edwards quickly did the same. Though Clinton, through a spokesperson, had recently said she was troubled by Mukasey's statements on torture and executive power, she had stopped short of saying she would vote against him. The question I posed in the previous posting was this: could Hillary Clinton be far behind? The answer turns out to be, no. At mid-day, Clinton announced she will vote against George Bush's A.G. pick. It's another sign that Clinton will not give an inch—or an hour—to her opponents.






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She's done this on a couple issues now (opposing war funding bills that lack timelines for withdrawal comes to mind). So is this how a candidate maintains frontrunner status? Make sure there is not an inch of difference between her and any other candidate? In a word, mimicry?

I just don't see how that can be described as leadership.

Posted by: Jonathan Stein on 10/30/07 at 11:01 AM  Respond

Seems like HRC is more like Bush day by day.

She can't bring her bad self to admit the vote she made to invade Iraq was a MISTAKE and she is Reich-in-line on war for Iran and torture and whatnot.

If she is the D candidate what exactly will be the difference between her and Bunnypants? National social issues does not a global difference make, eh?

Posted by: capt on 10/30/07 at 11:06 AM  Respond

React, Refute, Refuse to speak on anything "off the cuff".

SSDD in the run for the Whitehouse.

Congrats, again, David!

-T

Posted by: Hajji on 10/30/07 at 12:10 PM  Respond

FINALLY!

She apparently likes to lead from behind.

Posted by: Dr Zaius on 10/30/07 at 12:55 PM  Respond

Dr Zaius, are saying Hillary is a puppeteer?

Posted by: Scott on 11/03/07 at 2:44 AM  Respond

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