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Why allow Bhutto to remain in Pakistan? Why not immediately deport her upon her return? Does or does not stability in Pakistan remain a top concern of the current regime? The assassination did not promote stability. I read this as: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT : "In the event of my death, I reserve the right to assign blame on behalf of my supporters."

Hearing and seeing all this from another part of the world I am amazed how a lot of Americans still think they live in a country leading the future.
For me, a pro American, it is sad to see the American image going "down the drain" with a government like the present Bush administration. This administration has done a very thorough job in destroying the American, as well as the world economy. Last but not least provoked anti American feelings all over the world. The only hope for America is to get Hillary Clinton as the next president. The world outside the US is getting sick of the hypocrisy and the seemingly non-excisting knowledge how to lead the world into a better future.
Bill Clinton turned the economy to the best America had had in centuries. Hillary will do the same, to the benefit for all Americans and the whole world. Hillary will, as one person wrote before, clean up the mess the present administration has created. She will turn the anti American feelings in the world to pro American feelings. The US should be the example for all countries to follow, as it once was.

Years ago, I was a loyal Limbaugh fan, but soon came to realize that he no longer is an objective host of a radio program. Instead he has become an instigator of division in this country.

It's a stratagem.

The GOP says Sen. Clinton will win. So everybody says so. So she becomes the nominee. Then they slam her on Hillarycare 2.0 and other things they keep in the drawer right now. Then a Republican wins the White House (with a little help from Diebold etc.).

The only way to avoid it is to do something very unusual. I know what i would do, but i can't tell here or it won't work. Expect a surprise...

This really just getting turned down the same dangerous routes it is always turned. Obama, I almost certain, could make an excellent president, but he needs more experience, such as coming from vice president to the ranks of president. You seem to think that our current president had any real skill at this job, seeing how he paid people to run Texas for him. I know we need Obama but I also we need experience and that is with Senator Clinton.

Hillary and Barak just get over yourselves and go together, thats the real change with still the needed experience.

Please just do what is really best not what you want to it be the best.

What could be wrong with the next president of the United States of America being the spouse of a previous president? I admit as a Republican when Bill won the election over George H. I was sick. However, If everyone can think back over the eight years of the Clinton Presidency it was a very good time for this nation. I Myself sincerely believe we can have that again if we give Hillary a chance.

Newt Newt Newt

Who cares what you think?

Like many others who have commented here, I can't believe I actually agree with Newt about anything! But one thing is becoming increasingly clear to the entire country - Hillary Clinton is by far the brightest, most articulate and qualified candidate regardless of party affiliation. She is an unstoppable force and as president she will help us all hold our heads high in the world as Americans again! GO HILLARY!!!

The mantle of experience has been credited to Hillary.

Polls show more than four in 10 voters nationwide – including Republicans and independents – give Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton the edge among the Democratic candidates on the issue of experience.

It is Hillary’s life experience first lady in Arkansas and White House and her experience in the Senate. To some extent, it's almost like she was the assistant to the governor and president for many years and she is now running to be the chief.
She's met with foreign leaders, helped her husband on policy issues and supported him against political attacks.

Hillary and her husband have been the focus of a right wing slander campaign, and they handled it very well.

A lot of people here are really uneducated. They critized things they do not have the slightest idea. Newt Gingrich is not a neocon. Neither Rumsfeld or Cheney is neocon. They are paleoconservative. Neocons are idealist liberals who were unsatisfied with the Democratic Party especially during the LBJ Carter eras and joined the Republcan Party. This is why they are called NEO-con. Neocons believes they are the true liberals and they are the true heirs of FDR and Truman. Their arguments are always from the left, not from the right. For example, the democratic peace theory. Bill Kristol and Richrd Perle are true neocons. Bill Kristol's father Irving Kirstol is considered the godfather of Neoconservatism.

Ask yourself these questions.

Is Lobbying a Problem in Washington?

Was the War wrong?

Didn't we as democrats know that the war was wrong before it started?

Didn't John kerry lose because of his war vote?

Is twelve years longer than six?

Does your spouses experience count for your own?

Is the best healthcare candidate one who has failed at it once already and who proposes that they can do it without raising taxes?

Is a woman who empowered her husband to commit adultery a good leader for women?

Is it good to for americans to see a loving commited family with a moral father and an independantly accomplished mother in the whitehouse?

Is it good for america to prove that we can elect a president without corprorate baggage?

Is it good for america to know that the president we are electing truly shares their belief that the war was wrong from day one?

Is it good for america to elect the mind over the machine?

Who is the best candidate for president of the United States of America?

That one is the easiest.

Barack Obama!

The master of spin back to save the Neo-con's.

Anybody believe that Gingritch is intentionally making a statement to play up hillary's strength?

Clearly the smartest, most dangerous republican strategist alive believes that the republicans best chance at winning is rudy vs. hillary.

so push her forward, bash McCain.

Knowing how politcally effective this guy can be it might work.

I agreed with Newt for the first time. Hillary is going to be our next president. We need someone to unite the country, A house divided can never stand. Lets not dwell on her husbands past. He who has no sin cast the first stone.It is now obvious that the republicans are not saints either. Lets forgive and move on to a better day. Good luck Hillary!

You're right Newt, Hillary will make a phenominal president. She's the right person to fix the Bush mistakes.

Dear Raj: I noticed you didn't capitalize Hillary's name in your entry. Just the kind of childish mentality we need in these tough times. It might have been appropriate during the 90's when the major concern of the Republicans was Bill's zipper, but in these days of unilateral Domestic Governace & Foreign Policy, don't you think the Right should at least try to play nice given the mess they've managed to create all on their own.

Gingrich should go bury his head in the sand.

The new ARG poll with Romney on top in South Carolina is truly shocking news!

Every once in a while Newt gets it right. I agree that Hillary is going to be our next president, and I'm relieved for our country. Newt believes he has the best chance against Clinton, but isn't willing to give up his PAC to run. Guess we know what's most important to him.

Chris T..........HUH!?

Q.Christian and all Hillary's supporters:

Could you please tell me, what has Hillary Cinton accomplished, that qualifies her to be our future president. Please, refer to SPECIFIC accomplishments. I truly want to know and I'd appreciate it if any of you respond with a list of references. Thank you.

Hillary will certainly not be the next American President when the Voice o' Justice has been running the show since Its revealing in June '06 (think about that you loyal c-span2 watchers) and what did it look like? – a graveyard-shift baggy-eyed eleventh-hour hopeful-rambler, like the Glassjaw Boxer we see truckin' on some other planet vowing to return home and fix things for The Family, and it certainly doesn't look like any Clinton is his endorsed candidate. Who is this Rolling Stone man with his mask and jumper-cables attached to that book he's read best?

Newt, what kind of a name is that. Sounds like some sort of reptile, lizard..whatever.

He's a smart man and he is right in his predictions because she is "the right man for the job!" She's not perfect, but she is an EXCELLENT choice for president. Anyone who has really educated themselves on the Clinton investigations knows that they cost taxpayers tens of million dollars and came up with NOTHING that was truly meaningful. For 70 plus million dollars what we got was the reassurance that Hillary is not at all "crooked"-because if something was there they would've found it and exposed it. Anyone who dislikes Hillary should take the time to go and see her speak in person-I promise you will meet someone very different than the media often portrays- she is kind but tough, extremely knowledgable on the issues in a very detailed way, and composed. She'll be a fabulous president who really works for Americans.

Newt just needs to shut his pot hole and go away he is irrealvant. Just another neocon who really don't give a crap about you or me just money

I can't believe I am agreeing with Gingrich on something! Our country needs HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike
Longview, TX

This shameless loser is just stirring the kettle to drum up support from the fringe right.

He wants them to draft him in '08 and bury him in cash.

He never had any sense of decency, anyway.

He'll win up back in the trashheap before long.

Does anyone but me wonder why all these republicans, from Bush to Rove to Gingrich are saying Mrs. Clinton is the one to beat? I suspect, like all things republican, it has more to do with manipulating the ignorant than anything approaching truth or honesty. So the point is, don't buy it! Barack Obama is who we need at this point in our history to set us on the road to sanity.

"And I think unless the Republicans can find a way to represent real change for the current situation in Washington, unless they can convince the American people they represent fundamental change, I think they'll have a very hard time."

Since it was the Republicans that created the current situation and given that they're apparently quite happy with the status quo, a Democrat will certainly be the next president. However, it's not necessarily going to be Hillary. Polls can say whatever the heck they want, we haven't voted yet.

Dear John Braeger from Wrightstown, Wisconsin,

You wrote, that Gingrich said only that Clinton would win the nomination; that he said nothing about the presidency. You then accused CNN (and MSNBC for some reason) of "twisting words and reporting out of context" so as to "steer democratic election support." You then demanded fairness and lack of bias in CNN's reporting.

Did you bother to read this sentence from Gingrich, which was located RIGHT BEFORE he said Clinton would get the nomination:

"I think the odds are 80 per cent that Sen. Clinton is the next president."

CNN's headline was more than appropriate. Gingrich did say Clinton is likely to become president.

Who is being dishonest here, John: you or CNN?

The one question I ask of all the people who want Barack Obama to be President is why? What does Obama represent? He has consistently said he has been against the war, yet he funded it each time it came up for a vote until he realized he was running for President. He makes very DANGEROUS foreign policy statements which shows his naievity when it comes to world affairs. Do you really think it would be a good idea to go into Pakistan our only muslim "ally" in the war on terror guns blazing???? Heck no! I think people need to realize what they are getting with Senator Clinton. The one thing I can say is we know where she stands. She has a proven record that we can criticize or look to to prove her worthiness in seeking the Presidency. Mr. Obama doesn't have that. I find it amusing that Mr. Obama can criticize someone for voting for a war that he wasn't even a member of the senate to vote on. In fact if it weren't for his Republican opponent getting embroiled in a sex scandal there would be no Sen Barack Obama from Illinois. In these perilous times that America faces I really don't think we need a person that completely lacks the experience and leadership America needs to restore our moral authority and credibility as the worlds leading power.

Newt IS CORRECT!! Unfortunately, when Concervative politicians forget their principles, the dem's WIN! The ONLY way we win is by STICKING to our PRINCIPLES!! Lets face it! People ALWAYS do the WRONG thing UNLESS they are SHOWN the RIGHT WAY!! So far, there is NO LEADER that has broken away from the pack! There is NO ONE who has REAL solutions to the problems we face. So, the dem's are there to scoop-up all the discarded voters. They will replace REAL problems/REAL solutions for PHONY problems/PHONY solutions!! We are about to be BLOWN-UP by our ENEMIES!! BUT, WE WILL ALL HAVE FREE HEALTHCARE!!! WHOOOPPIE!!!

I think it's just so fascinating to read what people are writing about Hilary. "She is the only candidate who will change America", "She has all the experience we need in a president" "She will end the war in Iraq". Ladies and Gentlemen, you are being dooped. This is the result of political maneuvering and ambiguous statements that are so vague, people will interpret what they want to hear. For those who know how to critically think, Hillary is not a candidate with new with bold new ideas; instead, what she represents is exactly the same product wrapped up in a new package, that happens to be a woman (wow, it's a woman! Let's elect someone who looks different, then things will be different too, right?).

I feel sorry for America. If the majority of its citizens could actually think independently, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now, and we wouldn't be beginning to delve ourselves even deeper into these quagmires by choosing Hillary in 08. Rip Van Winkle is applicable again: Wake up, you sleepy-head Americans!

Check out these newly updated Senate Rankings. Almost everything breaks for Dems in September...

Mrs. Clinton reminds me of the kinda women I hate , you know the woman that say she will help out the poor, but spits on then as she walks by them. she will say nice thing to your face then stabs you in the back ! If you think Bush is bad ( I have no personal opinoin on him ) just imagin what this country will be like if she is pres. ! (scary thought huh ) my vote is for barack.!!!! just ' remember it isnt november yet !!!

Who is Newt Gindrich?

This is an obvious ploy to rally the Republican base. Clinton is not the "inevitable" candidate that she wants people to think she is. Obama has a lot of support from non-traditional voters that doesn't show up in the polls and he is winning in Iowa already.

CNN must be joyful to hear that Gingrich thinks that Nurse Hillary will win Presidential election in 2008. That is so typical for CNN. CNN alway been favorite/supportive of Liberal.

I wish the media would stop hanging on every prediction that Hillary is going to win this nomination! We have not begun to vote and mine is going to Barack Obama!!

She has got to win the primary first ... Go Obama!

Ultimately, this was a Three Prong Approach...
1. Call McCain out and build support to remove it.
2. Generate a fire in the core neo-con & republican base.
3. and look willing to make sacrifice for the betterment of the country.

Remember: This is the man who divorced one of his ex-wives while she was on her death bed, had an affair on the second one with a much younger employee, and left congress before the scandal hit.....Not to mention used his power in Congress to get Connie Chung removed from CBS....This man is pure evil....a wolf in lambs skin!

There is no doubt that Gingrich's prediction in terms of Clinton winning in 2008 is a ploy to wake up the GOP. Obama will be the the candidate to get vote across party lines. He is the future president of the Unites States and will unite Americans!

Newt's explanation that he just found out yesterday that the McCain-Feingold law prevents him from running is silly. The implications of this law concerning the conflict with American solutions had to be obvious to him for a long time - we are not talking about rocket science concepts. It is not clear what his real reason for not running is.

Andy

CNN headline reads, "Gingrich: Good chance Clinton will win in '08." Really?! Gingrich said, "I think she is almost certainly going to win the Democratic NOMINATION". He did not say "presidency" as the headline implies.

Twisting words and reporting out of context appears to be CNN's and MSNBC's pitiful attempt to steer democratic election support.

CNN – give us fair, unbiased, equal reporting. What you’re doing is painfully obvious and could backfire.

John
Wrightstown, WI

This race is still wide open. People were surprised that Senator Kerry won his party's nomination in the 2004 race. He gained momentum late in the race.

Hillary Clinton is the most qualified presidential candidate on either side of the fence, so I imagine that Newt is correct in assuming she will be our next president.

Gingrich and the Republicans are hoping to run against Hillary Clinton for obvious reasons. John Edwards is the candidate the Republicans fear the most–he has the most courage of any of the canidates in taking on corruption in Washington, AND he is the most electable Democrat in general election match-ups against all the Republican contenders (Rasmussen Reports). He brings new states into play for the Democrats in the Midwest and South. He is the Republican's worst nightmare. Go, Edwards!

The only hope the GOP has is to nominate Ron Paul. That's the only possible change.

I would also rather see Obama than Clinton running the white house.

Didn't Bush endorse Hillary last week, saying she would beat Obama? Now Gingrich is endorsing her. I think the neo-cons would love to have her in office.

If people think she's an anti-war candidate, then they need to wake up. She's voted for funding the war 100% of the time, and now wants it to expand into Iran.

I didn't think I will ever agree with Newt. I cringe just thinking I agree with Newt Gingrich. But he is right on the money, Hillary will win her party's nomination and the general elections. All Hillary haters can get a one way ticket to space and stay for the next 8 years. Go Hillary!!!

It's all about the money. The more he say's Clinton will win the more conservatives send money. Clinton is the best fund raising tool the GOP has.

Newt might want to stand down for awhile. I think he is stirring the pot, trying to get "drafted" as the GOP candidate. First, he says he will run if $30 million in pledges can be achieved in 3 weeks. A few days later he says, no - he has changed his mind. He doesn't wish to give up his lucrative position as head of that little non-profit money-maker he established.

And now, just a day after declaring he won't run, he publicly says Hillary is likely to be elected. It all looks pretty transparent to me.

Newt: I don't really care if you run or not. What is important, is that it sounds like you support Hillary. Could that be because she voted FOR the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, potentially giving GWB the power to invade Iran? Could it be that she has demonstrated through her votes, both for the intital war, and now this amendment, that she doesn't demonstrate the judgement to be president?

She told us that she learned from her first vote for the war. If this is true, why did she vote again to support a violent, as opposed to diplomatic approach to our current conflict with Iran?

Arrogant posturing towards our enemies has been a disaster! Will she ever learn this?

Those who do not learn from their mistakes are destined to repeat them.

This dimwit called CHRIS FROM MIDDLETOWN,CT. has something to say about everything CNN puts on. We hope that he's trying to be funny, if he's serious then he has a screw loose. What a DORK

Well, well, well, hell must be about to freeze over!! First time I agree with him on anything!!!

Hillary will not be the nominee.

The nominee will be Barack Obama.

The media has overlooked the grassroot support for Obama. Even though Obama is new in the national political landscape, he has drawn the largest crowds again and again on his campaign trail and has raised money from ordinary people to the amount either comparable or significantly more than Hillary's. Nine months after he declared the run, he is still hot!! Any of the above feat says something: The American people want him and believe in his ability. Given Hillary's name recognition and the political machine built over decades, her current status is an embarassment for her. She was expected to have a dominating LARGE lead in both fund-raising and the polls, but she is not. These are the facts.

Seems a lot of big name politicians have spoken highly of Hillary during the Bush Administration.

Kinda makes one wonder what was in those nearly 900 FBI files. Remember, the truckload of sensitive FBI files that illegally ended up at the "Clinton Whitehouse", a.k.a. Filegate.

Is America ready for another 4-8 years of Clinton scandals?

Where's Joe Liberman when we need him?

Let's don't let Hillary and Bill back in the white house!! Why corrupt America any more? Wake up America! We need REAL LEADERS!

Politics is boring. Governing is boring. Put Hillary in; let Bill get back to doing the interns. At least there's some interesting news for a change.

Hillary is not going to win the nomination. That Newt would make such a prediction is not much of a surprise since he's just as out of touch with reality as Hillary is.

She may be leading the polls due to the fact that her henchmen run the ones CNN uses, but Barack Obama has more donors, more money and inspires people. Barack is leading among likely caucus goers in Iowa and has only just started advertising in New Hampshire and draw about 24,000 people to his rally in New York. As people start paying attention, they realize that Barack is the superior candidate so Hillary's status as the front-runner will not hold up on once votes actually start to get counted.

Gingrich finally says something that it makes sense.

Mmmmm...reeks of a clever Republican strategy to scare everyone into the thought that Hilary clinton could possibly win. That should get the masses out in droves.

First we had Karl Rove, then George W. and now Newt – we just need Cheney and the rest of the hard-core gang to endorse Hilary and just watch the Republican base swing into the action. That's the only thing they can do.

AND THAT is why the Dems just have to field Senator Obama. He will most certaingly pick votes across party lines.

For the hopes of the Democrats to win back the White House, Hillary better NOT win the party's nomination as Newt thinks. The ONLY hope for the Democrats is to nominate Obama. As a Democrat, I can say that I would NOT vote for Hillary if she were nominated. How can I vote for someone who claims she didn't know Bill was fooling around (as Hillary claims in her autobiography)? EVERYONE knew he was fooling around! That tells me she isn't smart enough or clever enough to be the President of the United States. OK, OK...so you clearly don't have to be smart to be President, but if I know a candidate is a bit dim on the front end, then I can proactively vote against stupidity.

IF HILLARY WINS IN "08' CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL BE TO ICE AGE.

SPOT ON Mr Gingrich, It is a fait accompi that Hillary Clinton will be our next Commander in Chief. She will be a 'real' compassionate President. I trust your judgement in this case because it is becoming obvious to most americans that she is the most qualified person.

Newt is being very strange lately... He blasts Bush every two days, and praises Clinton. Who knew?
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Newt gives up his lifeguard job.

Well, I really hope so. The last thing we need is someone who will start a fresh new war based on old rotten lies in the middle east. I think Clinton will prevent that.
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Newt, what else can you do to cap the GOP field in the knees? You already said they're a pack of "midgets". Now you're undermining them even further by saying Hillary will win. Quit trying to steal the spotlight from the GOP candidates. You're unhelpful.

Hillary is as crooked as her husdband. Why do we keep on dwelling on the past? Bush got in and everyone allplauded saying, "welcome back Reaganomics"...7 years later and you see the result. We all know the good AND the evil that came from the Clinton adminstration so why push us back there again; its going to fail and we'll just continue complaining...Why not strive for something DIFFERENT? Obama, Edwards, McCain, Guiliani, Jesse Ventura...ANYTHING.

If Republicans nominate a pro-war candidate that is exactly whats going to happen. You can't go into an election, with a platform that is against what 70% of the country wants.

The only chance Republicans have of winning in 08, is to nominate Ron Paul...he'll be able to marginalize Clinton's "anti-war" issue, and get the anti-war crowd that knows Clinton is just pandering for votes.

+ if you think about it...Ron Paul is a better Republican than any other Republican candidate in the field

I think it is fascinating Gingrich still has a platform that media outlets amplify. What are his qualifications? His PhD is from a 3rd rate school, his Congressional career was most notable for creating the caustic atmosphere that pervades Washington today, and his notion of integrity and trustworthy leadership is undermined by his own personal lack of integrity and character (3 marriages?) I think Gingrich's prominence in national political discussions is the most obvious example of the poverty of Republican Party ideas, vision, and leadership.

Newt Gingrich, and everyone else espousing the idea of Hillary as the nominee, couldn't be more WRONG! The grassroots campaign for Barack Obama is swelling to record-breaking proportions and the media is either blind or they're in denial. The Democratic nominee for President of the United States WILL be Barack Obama. Just wait and see!!!!!!!

"I think she is almost certainly going to win the Democratic nomination," he said of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York." – - – Finally, something I can agree with from Newt the nut.

This is short of calling McCain out, and the rest of the Republican field. He also makes a prediction that Hillary will be President, a risky political move that can pay off for Gingrich; out of all the politicians who thought about running, he was the most interesting to follow.

I really don't think Newt believes this – its a way to charge the base...nobody cares what he says....but the Republicans need to fall behind someone...if its Giuliani – they would of shown they are progressive – and want a moderate – if they choose anyone else..it will show that the right wing runs the party – the Dems will have a shot if they choose Obama...but only if Giuliani doesn't run.

I like Maureen Dowd's take on Shill as Nag today: "Elect me president after I’ve spent the last 16 years in your face. And you didn’t like me much when I was there last. Give me eight more years so I can be a presence in your life for 24 years."

He is right. I feel it that Hillary will be the next President of the United State- She has the "brain", strength, manner (Presidential), and finally the experience in foreign policy. She is disciplined,detail oriented, fiscally responsible, and diplomatic.

Till the day of "American Solutions" he made the media guess about his intentions. After the event is done, he gives out a statement on not running for president. Also, regarding hillary, Gingrich is having a collaboration with hillary on some of the issues in American solutions and he is ready to play the card by talking about hillary chances. People like us can cry about liberalism and conservative principles, but in the top, it all comes to one thing "How we can benefit out of politics". Good Job, Gingrich and I hope, American Solutions was a great success.