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First Hillary won't put Richardson on her ticket if she win's. To do so would be an implicit admission of her own lack of foreign policy experience.

Who she'll pick I'm not sure other than it won't be Bill.

Obama or Edwards they will take someone like a Richardson or Biden.

She just wanted to dodge the lack of executive experience question.

For what it's worth, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich posed his question to himself.

-CNN Iowa Producer Chris Welch

Um, Chris? How about instead of a) mocking Kucinich and b) failing to provide any useful information whatsoever in that sentence, you simply report the facts (i.e., what was the Congressman's question?) and let us decide "what it's worth".

I've been a democrat for the past 17 years and I am a female but I won't vote for either one of these people. (1) Hillary is just too secretive and I personally think she is just simply a puppet for the corporations funding her campaign and (2) Richardson has his own amnesty agenda for the millions who have entered this country illegally, effectively putting the interests of criminals above those of the citizens that actually vote for him. I am so tired of voting for the "lesser of two evils". These two and the other "front runners" have convinced me to vote independant for the first time since I've been registered to vote.

Ken in San Diego, you are wrong about the busing and the booing. At JJ, there were candidates who signed a pledge not to bring in people from other states, and Obama was one of them. Clinton, on the other hand was NOT; SHE REFUSED TO SIGN!!! And since I was in the crowd, and was at the rally before, I just see a smarter person doing what Obama does best; getting people TOGETHER for a COMMON CAUSE!!! I saw about 50 people I personally KNOW. No way were we bused from Chicago. We came from EVERY COUNTY IN IOWA!!! We sat, county by county.

And Obama supporters are not BOOers; that's for sporting events, not presidential candidates. Don't forget, Clinton's people started the BOOing at the last debate when Edwards challenged her policies, or lack thereof. But has anyone questioned his camp? OK. If you want to see dirty politics, look at your leader, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton! She's got a lot of desperation boiling around now to start lobbing ETHICS questions at others!!!

The boos, by the way, were ALL from the Chicago group that traveled on buses from Chicago. They attended the first forum (in which Hillary was booed by them for stating that immigration reform would be a top priority of hers RATHER than saying that she would push legislation through in her first 100 days to create a pathway from "undocumented" to "citizen"). Any boos from the second forum were by them as well. It appears that Obama has brought Illinois to Iowa (as he did at the JJ diner, and as he is going to do at the Iowa caucus). If I were an Iowan I would be pretty upset about this (even if I was an Obama supporter).

By the way, if anyone thinks that the number one priority of ANY presidential administration is to move the undocumented to citizen is being a bit naive (in the first 100 days no less). How about getting us out of Iraq? How about securing the borders (so that the other parts of immigration reform can actually work)? How about fixing no child left behind? For any candidate that said they would push through a hybrid-amnesty legislation (to which they can't do anyway) in the first 100 is either lying, pandering, or doesn't have their priority straight. Clinton's answer was the only honest one.

hahahah wow, that's a kick ass question. it would've been better if she had actually answered it though.

Good come back, except that also shows that she know Richardson's right or else she would have seriously answered the question.

Rather interesting article:

Interesting read -
http://www.kcci.com/politics/11407584/detail.html?rss=des&psp=news

Sen. Clinton To Pay Off Vilsack's Campaign Debt
Details Have To Be Worked Out
POSTED: 6:31 pm CDT March 27, 2007
UPDATED: 6:53 pm CDT March 27, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack gave Sen. Hillary Clinton his endorsement for her presidential campaign.
The Clinton campaign has promised Vilsack to help pay off a $400,000 campaign debt he built up during his run for the White House.
A representative for Clinton's campaign said they are not sure how their campaign will do that. They concede that at some point, Clinton will have to contact her supporters.

The campaign said there is no connection between Vilsack's endorsement and their commitment to help pay off his campaign debt.

http://www.kcci.com/politics/11407584/detail.html?rss=des&psp=news

Excuse me, Rob from Des Moines... did you really say "in addition to her excellent handling if the hostage situation in New Hampshire?"

Are you kidding me??? She "handled" nothing. The scenario was "handled" by local law enforcement and the last time I checked, Hillary wasn't calling the plays from DC which is where she was most of the day.

I don't think she should have been expected to do anything but what she did, which was to stay out of the way. But for crying out loud, to make her out to be some sort of hero in the resolution of the hostage situation is laughable and reeks of desperation for positive spin. Get a grip.

As for the retort to Richardson, she's probably rehearsed that or had it fed to her a dozen times by her staff. Not very original - just like her "not because I'm a woman, but because I'm ahead." These are answers to softball questions which I am sure she has had time to practice.

We saw how adept she was at answering REAL questions when Russert had a go at her. She was flustered, did poorly and her campaign immediately branded Russert a bully. Hillary Clinton has skated for her entire political career and triangulated every issue that she could get her hands on. She has never had to answer truly tough quesstions - it's beginning to happen now, and she's not good at responding. For crying out loud, she (as well as her Democratic colleagues) are afraid to answer a debate question from Brit Hume of FOX News. Pretty telling...

Go and vote for Obama.

That will guarantee a Democrat President in 2012!

I will stick with Clinton.

CLINTON 08!

Hawk in Texas – we couldn't agree with you more! We all know diehard democrats would never give Obama the time of day. It is conspiracy. These are republicans at their sneakiest! Thank you for your commment. Clinton 08

Hillary is just full of one-liners. Gov Richardson has actually REDUCED the tax burden on the New Mexican people. Hillary on the other hand has smirked while saying "you can't AFFORD the kind of government I want to set up" – - meaning taxes, taxes, and more taxes

Hawk,Texas: WHY DONT ALL OF YOU BRAIN WASHED REPUBLICANS USE YOUR REAL NAMES HERE.ARE YOU ASHAMED SOME ONE MIGHT KNOW YOU?

I am w/you Sir Hawk in Texas. No diehard democrat would give Obama a slight glance – this is the republicans beyond a doubt.

You Clinton supporters don't get it. It is OBAMA, not HILLARY that is favored in matchups against Republicans. Do you also not get that a Hillary nomination will kill Democrats on the local and national levels for other positions? Republicans who would otherwise not vote, because of their anger at their own party, will appear in droves to vote against Hillary and will subsequently vote against all other Democrats on the ticket just out of spite.

WAKE UP!!! Most Republicans probably don't agree with many of the things Obama says, but they respect him for his honesty and forwardness. Therefore, they may not vote for him, but they probably won't just show up at the voting booth to vote against him either.

Obama '08

I like you Richardson, but that was a poor question. You left her an open ended question. Ask her something that will stump and make her look stupid!

Oh please, it was a friendly banter between two people who have known each other for years. Let's not forget that Richardson worked in the Clinton administration. Besides, he WOULD make a fine vice president.

Actually...as a Republican – I would consider a vote for Obama...I want the best person...

As far as Hillary is concerned – please look up Saul Alinsky on a search – and read her thesis paper – her proposed entitlement programs directly mirror his teachings....then remember that he was a Marxist....I'm not making this up...what happened to the party of JFK...."ask not what your country can do for you"?? We are embracing a "let the government take care of you" socialist....

Hillary in '08

Obama is more calculating than Hillary could ever be, and it will come out eventually. He has copied her record in the United States Senate except for two things:

1) The iraq war which he tries to portray himself as voting no on (yet he hardly emphasizes the fact that he never casted a vote cause he wasnt a senator at the time)

2) He blasts Hillary's vote to label Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, calling it the most dangerous vote, yet he conveniently did not show up to vote against the measure since he was too busy with his OVERLY AMBITIOUS self trying to be come president in the primary states.

He's missed way more votes in the senate than Hillary. So if he can't perform his job as Senator, how is he going to do it as President? ? ?

Wake up America, he'll never be President, A VOTE FOR OBAMA IS A VOTE FOR THE NEXT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT!

As a Republican, I think the only chance the Republican party has at winning the general election is if Hillary is the Democratic candidate. 53% of Americans will not vote for her, including all Republican voters and a percentage of Democratic voters as well. So, as far as I'm concerned, let her get the nomination; that's the only chance for the Republicans.

By the way, I wonder what Kucinich asked himself...

I can't wait to say Madam president; Hillary will do fine in Iowa. I have been talking to a lot of people, except few hot blooded left wingers most people who have experience the world planned to vote Hillary.

A lot of previous Democrat presidential candidate who were loved by left wingers have never win Iowa. People read the past and predict future. Obama will be in third place, you write down this.
I am not Hillary's staff in Iowa and i have been involved in her campaign for a long time.
Hillary for President '08.

"1. Someone said she is a liberal communist. Truth? No, she's actually running "to the right" of the rest of the democrats. This will let her work with both sides of the aisle in washington.

Posted By ryan, wv : December 2, 2007 12:48 pm "

I totally agree with you. Obama has a left wing orientation, he has a tendency to populism, see definition: "Populism is the use of discourses, ideas or policies which try to appeal to "the people" by setting up a dichotomy between "the people" and "the elite". This populist appeal to "the people" has often been associated with an emotional appeal to identities, including national, class, ethnic and regional ones." Does anybody recognize this? This is left-wing politics.

Hillary is a true liberal. I admire and support her.

Hillary is a snake and I would not trust her any further than Bill does.

Every poll out there shows that Senator Obama would soundly beat all of the Republican candidates in a general election, while Hillary would either lose or win by a very tiny margin.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1393

Barack Obama, with his history of working across party lines (as opposed to Hillary, the most divisive figure in politics right now), is by far the most electable Democrat.

Excuse me ... if you disagree with Hilary you're a Republican? What kind of nonsense is this? She looked presidential after the kidnapping scare? If anyone of those candidates running for president couldn't talk to the public with some sympathy and well wishes for those who worked for them in the same type of circumstance then they shouldn't be running for president. I've seen these types of responses from regular common folks whose loved ones or friends have been in turmoil. There was nothing special there. But if that's all it takes for someone to think you look presidential, well, maybe, just maybe that's why bad "judgment" on voting for a war that was ill conceived shouldn't matter; or maybe failure to have health care for Americans when you had both the congress and the white house shouldn’t matter; or even yet stating that all I can recall about NAFTA are some lines on a board; and let’s not forget, telling the American public one stance on social security and telling individual voters just the opposite Well heck! If that isn’t presidential material what is?! I’ve been convinced now, all those aforementioned points I’ve just mentioned don’t mean a thing supporting a perceived experienced candidate with a history of failure is the way to go.

its sad to see over confident and pompous presidential candidates, biden and hillary, sadly neither one will make the cut!

Obama will never win. This is a big conspiracy against the democrats. He has no chance. I have also been encouraging my friends to vote for Clinton and thus far most have changed. But none were leaning towards Obama to begin with. If you don't vote for Clinton it is a guarantee that the republicans will get it. America isn't ready for Obama – wait and see. This is one of the biggest games in our country's history. For all we know Obama was told to run by the republicans to try and slow Clinton down. Shame on all of you who think he has a chance.

Each one of you have missed the MIGHTY huge inference she just made. The first thing I thought was, "OMG! She just said who she's going to ask to run for VP!" It's so obvious now I'm kicking myself for not seeing it sooner.

Hillary & Bill for the White House in '08! Back Home Again!

If you think I'm referring to Richardson as the "Bill", you're nuts. Both have the same name!

Hillary has some absolutely delusional followers. The Republicans, however much they don't like to say it, are not STUPID. They have the smartest campaign strategists in the business. THere is a REASON they want Hillary to be the nominee. They will have free range to go CRAZY on her for the past two decades of conspiracies and scandals tied to the Clinton name.

She is NOT the most electable candidate. That's just more vile propaganda distributed by the Clinton campaign. She will unite the Republicans and MANY independents, and yes, even some democrats to vote for someone else.

We don't need another weak-stanced flip-flopping Kerry running for the democratic nomination. We don't need a poll-driven President. We need a democrat with PRINCIPLES, that STANDS UP for a position, and doesn't waffle depending on the audience he or she is talking to. A candidate not afraid to bring people together, who's lifelong goal isn't to SHAME Republicans. We need someone to bring this country together, and only then can we start to fix its problems.

Obama, Biden, Richardson, even Edwards would all be MUCH better choices than Hillary.

You Republicans are very much behind Obama because you know that when Hillary Clinton wins the primary, you don't have a candidate that can beat her in the general election. You know that if Obama wins the primary, your candidate can beat him. Keep dreaming of a Obama primary win. It will be Hillary Clinton all the way and maybe a Richardson V.P. Hillary 08

I see people attacking Hillary in these comments.

1. Someone said she is a liberal communist. Truth? No, she's actually running "to the right" of the rest of the democrats. This will let her work with both sides of the aisle in washington.

2. That she is attacking fellow democrats. Truth? As you can see from this post, she complimented Richardson and all governors across America- dem or gop.

So yea some people don't like here but some people dont like everyone.

She was very presidential in her handling of the hostage crisis. THis is what we need- experience.

All of you Hillary the Hag supporters get ready to crawl back in your holes when she loses the nomination. I wish all of you would open your eyes and see she is no different from the idiot thats president now.

WHY DONT ALL OF YOU BRAIN WASHED REPUBLICANS USE YOUR REAL NAMES HERE.ARE YOU ASHAMED SOME ONE MIGHT KNOW YOU?

I find it extremely disappointing that folks think Senator Clinton is any more calculating than other politicians; and more importantly, that the general public lacks the acumen necessary to recognize and admit Obama's consistent hypocrisy.

wait...thats HEMs...my bad

Well...if Giuliani runs as the Republican candidate – while not perfect – he is far more centric than any other candidate (a moderate – social liberal and fiscal conservative) – if he is not the nominee – and the Dems are smart enough to select Obama – I would vote for him – he is left leaning – but I have give him the nod on his recent volleys with the evil witch. Now...if they are dumb enough to put up HRC...as with 65% of the population...I don't trust her...nor would I want someone in office completely incapable of answering a simple question with a straight answer...so...anyone but her...truly – ANYONE else (I love her supporters...aka...HAM's...Hillarys Excuse Machine)

>>>Geez — she kicked her puppy and she's praised for her wit? How pathetic. Posted By donna L.>>>

I don't see how Hillary's comment was "kicking her puppy". I imagine Richardson was well pleased with the answer. Unless things turn around impossibly dramatically, Richardson doesn't have a chance according to the polls, but Hillary's answer sounds like she is considering him as vice-president if she is elected (and I pray she is!) and after a term or 2 as vice president, he will have a much better chance of being elected as president. I would say he was plesed with her answer, and that it was not only witty but kind.

Huge news out of Iowa, where Obama leads Clinton in yet another just released poll.

Posted By Daniel, NY : December 2, 2007 3:36 am

There is another more recent poll by ARG that shows Obama only leads by 2 points.

That reminds me to make sure to persuade all my friends to vote for Hillry in January.

Obama has the advantage of having Iowa next to his home state, Illinois, and he spends lot of his campaign money in Iowa in TV and radio ads, much more than Hillary. Plus, Obama promises lots of things to the Iowa people that are not favourable to people in other states. He desperately seeks a win in Iowa, although he loses big in other states.

Even though it is a statiscal tie in Iowa, the Iowa poll shows people there still consider Hillary beating Obama in leadership and electability in the next election. In other words, they realise that, if they nominate obama, they will have a poorer leader and less chance to have a dem president next year.

As long Hillary finishes a strong second in Iowa, she will be OK for nomination, because she leads BIG (over 20 points) over obama in nearly all other states. She has strong firewalls in Nevada, South Carolina....

Hillary 08.

Dear Anonymous,
With all the grammar errors and missppelled words it's no wonder it's no wonder you sign your posts ANONYMOUS.

Can someone PLEEESSSE tell me why white men are so threatened by well educated, intelligent, ambitious women? Could it be that they suspect these women are as smart as they are, or God forbid, maybe even smarter? Get over it guys. Women are here to stay!

TO: KEITH JAMES LOUTTIT who posted on December 1
"For what it's worth, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich posed his question to himself.

Question: Sen. Kucinich, it has been reported that you have actually seen a UFO. Is it true that your wife is from space?

Answer: Sen. Kucinich, I am highly offended that you would stoop so low as to remark that she is from outer space, even though she gives an out of this world (BEEP)!"

You know, it really scares me that we have American who make statements like the statement above and who are going actually vote in the next Presidential election. Everyone should and needs to make an effort to do their research on each and every candidate before they make their selection.

If everyone wants a Rebublican in the White House... Just don't vote for Hillary.... Then you have one...
Think about this real hard.. "that's why they call it polotics. It's the party that matters.

Well, I think it was a great one-liner, and to those who think she can only do one-liners I ask–was she supposed to give a speech there?
And Richardson–he must know he doesn't have a chance of getting the presidency–with his ratings so low, so I would think he would be flattered with her line. Sounds to me like she was letting him know that he was being considered as her vice Pres., and I think he would be a good one.
Hard for you Hillary haters to make something out of this, but you all sure hang in there and try. Hillary is so much smarter than the others that it is refreshing and fun to read some of her replies.
And as an aside, some of the people on these postings make me not know whether to laugh or cry–not able to spell, leave out words, makeing incredibly stupid comments that don't make sense, etc. I do get a kick out of reading here. Amazes me that the US is doing as well as it is.
GO, HILLARY!!

Geez - she kicked her puppy and she's praised for her wit? How pathetic.

Chris, Middletown, CT, I should tell you my story. One military retiree put his comment on our local Newspaper, he said he is Republican but he respect Obama's consistency, so I replied "Obama's CONSISTENCY WITH DISCORDENCY". He answered "he was referring only to the Iraq War" He changed subject to Obama's honesty what he admires. I replied Obama's dishonesty which how many times he lied to us public? Next letter, he claimed his experience in military without main issue of comment.
He said " my knowedge comes from my personal experiences of more than 22 year in uniform...." Does Reisch have anything to compare with that? I will not answer any more even I have 41 years social service experiences after my M.A. degree in 1966 because he lost the point, he couldn't answer about Obama's CONSISTENCY AND HONESTY, his goal of comment on the newspaper is personal propagander and his experiences is useless discussion with Presidential qualification. Chris, you remind me this guy, what you think?

I've gotta give Hillary credit, that was an OK comeback. Richardson's comment must have stirred some dormant vestige of humanity deep within her CPU and, for a split second, she was kind of clever. I'm sure it was an accident and it won't happen again.

I don't think Richardson should be stung by that at all. Certainly, he's in this race to win it, just as Mrs. Clinton is. Any endorsement is good.

And I think people need to realize Richardson doesn't suck up for a VP shot. He runs a 0 smear on democrats campaign. History has shown in the past the Iowans don't respond well to mudslinging in either party involved. It might explain why the big three have all leveled out with each other in recent polls.

And I think it's worth noting the Richardson campaign has very rapidly gained ground in IA and NH. It's not a closed race, especially in a state becoming notorious for electing Dark Horse candidates. Look at how they've seemingly overnight recieve Gov. Huckabee.

Huge news out of Iowa, where Obama leads Clinton in yet another just released poll.

...yeah and to the person who thinks presidents can't lead with one liners you'd be right…however we voted our last leader into house twice and he's as of yet to come up with one complete liner at all so, what can you do?

Posted By Roger Evans, Peimont Iowa : December 2, 2007 1:08 am

Ahhh, but you're wrong there. President Bush is the king of one liners. Who else could have come up with such gems as "Is our children learning?" or "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.".

that was really considered a zinger? oh ouch, I hope he can recover. How witty where did she ever come up with that? I am sure someone gave that to her months ago and she has been waiting to use it.

http://WWW.STOPHERNOW.COM

Chris, Middletown, Ct...

I'm sure you're absolutely right about the Clinton/Richardson alliance! Her answer was more than a clue, it was a dire omen!

But if you think Obama is honest, I think you've been fooling yourself! He's as power hungry as any of them! He's been playing to all sides just as much as anyone, and if he didn't have Hillary to attack because she's the frontrunner, he wouldn't have a shot. Unless he hoped to get over on Kucinich?

It saddens me to read the comments that people post on here about Sen. Clinton. Rudy Gulliani has the worst moral record of anyone running for office, if you chose to judge people in that way. But when news is posted about him, you don't see as near as many comments posted. John Mccain even went to Democratic leadership once and inquired about joining the party. But no one has as many bad comments about him and his ambivalence. I think that the problem that people have with Hillary has a lot to do with Americans who have race and gender issues. I support her because she is still able to stand after all that people put her through from being called a "B" at a John McCain event, to the harsh remarks that appear on these postings. All of you sexists and racists people should put a sock in it.

I think Biden would make a great Vice President.

HAHA too much! I swear just when you thought you've heard the wittiest retort out comes another TOUCHE, yeah and to the person who thinks presidents can't lead with one liners you'd be right...however we voted our last leader into house twice and he's as of yet to come up with one complete liner at all so, what can you do? As far as getting booed, well that's a shame, but America always has a way of loving or hating their president. Go figure eh?

Is that arrogance or just a lack of historical knowledge?

This woman is smart.

Hillary 08!

For what it's worth, Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich posed his question to himself.

Question: Sen. Kucinich, it has been reported that you have actually seen a UFO. Is it true that your wife is from space?

Answer: Sen. Kucinich, I am highly offended that you would stoop so low as to remark that she is from outer space, even though she gives an out of this world (BEEP)!

You have to give the Democrats running against Hillary ALOT of credit. Unlike the wimps who were in or about to enter the New York Senate race, when she did, they did not just roll over and let her have her way. (the nomination) Good for the 2008 presidential contenders!!!!

I think that's what he's been looking for all along, the vice presidency. He's had his face burried in clinton's derriere for a while. In the last debate, he played the role of captain save-a-...when Edwards was looking to corner Hillary, he quickly came to the rescue.

Of course, being one of the few gentlemen in the crowd of hungries for power, Richardson didn't give Hillary the zinger she deserved. But then, he's got a whole lot of inside dirt on her he hasn't released yet either, I'll bet.

Still, I truly wish he had retorted with "Atleast we know you wouldn't make a good Vice President, madam. You had your chance and you blew it!"

The woman is calculating....doesn't answer one question with a straight answer...and for months now has been strategizing about getting the latino vote (Richardson is the only candidate for president not to ever say anything bad about Hillary) – read my past comments....I'm either psychic or way off on this...but if the Dems are dumb enough to elect this polarizing figure to represent the left wing and socialist aspect of the party...then they will see her running mate in Richardson (a complete losing ticket...35% of her own party won't vote for her....and every Republican will vote against her...and 65% of the unaffiliated will not vote for her either....smart money is on Obama....I'm a Republican...and his honesty is refreshing...)

Unfortunately the future President cannot run the country on one liners. Doesn't seem like she has much going for her anymore, especially when she has to "plant" questions just to make herself look good. Doesn't matter if she did this last week or whatever, truth is she did it and I doubt her changing. What a dissapointment!!

Hillary Clinton has shown her quick wit – a presidential quality – in addition to her excellent handling of the hostage situaion in new hampshire.

She was rightly booed! When will she learn to speak the truth. When will she stop pointing at others and finding fault in them? Does she think the public is not wise to her and her bountiful list of lies? Blacks,...she does not have those which are alert to her;..in her bra.