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Is Hillary really a man?
Not say I don't see her womenly ways, because she looks really good to be 60. But until the mini break-down, where she "found her voice", she has done everything she could to be viewed as a man. Throughout her 35 years of experience she has developed and positioned herself to be on equal playing field with the men who have run this country for centuries. Tough, do-or-die fighter, commander, and smart, able to debate and stand up with her own opinion and let nobody tell her she's wrong.

What does this all mean? Well, if you notice after the "almost" crying moment, she jumped back into fight mode, sighting how she is right and others are wrong and she knows what to do and others don't. She has, through her development, become equal to those men of the past, which is not necessarily a good thing for a country that wants change. Because in her heart-of-hearts, her experience and understanding of everything government and everything she strived to be is "status-quo."

Normally, any other year would do far better to have her in the WH than many of the goofballs that have been elected or who are running this year. However, this year she has come up against someone that too has struggled to be on equal footing in this difficult American society- Barack Obama.

The difference is there is normally not questions of AA being tough enough (atleast not the men), but smart enough and commited. So he developed, through experience, the smart enough side. Inteligent, energetic (not lazy), and articulate. But he also had another barrier that help to develop him- his white mother.

Many times, AA of mixed heritage find it difficult to fit in, with those from none mixed homes. So they tend to focus on things that speak to the dedication of their "blackness." He probably didn't figure this out until going to Harvard, where the AA count is so small, that they notice race more. Which I'm sure prompted him to not take the highend law firm job, but the community job in the most urban or urban Chicago.

What does this all mean? Well, if you ever hear Barack speak, he speaks of inclusion. Something he always wanted with his AA community connection/heritage and the love for his white mother and family on that side. He sees himself as a peacemaker, but he's quick to try and show how smart he is. He's analytical, almost to a fault during debates, because he wants to explain everything and say it the right way. In his heart-of-hearts he will always try to be this, which in this year would be good for the country. Totally different then the "status quo."

The way the media puts down Hillary is only testament that she is the one that will bring change. Like stopping the big mega corporations controlling what we read and hear. No one should have as much power as the few that now own most of the news outlets.
To bad the true newscaster have slowly be removed. I wonder how the Chris M. and MSNBC goons feel when they know what they are doing is for money only. Or even CNN that I thought was above this low level bashing. I expected O'Riely to be what he always is but I am surprised to see what I thought was fair and just reporting taking on the innuendos and false stories.
I can not imagine a professor from Pepperdine be given coverage on a crazy story like a Supreme Court appointment. Get Real. Your article was followed by how to get hooked up with Obama or Huckabee. Eveidence of your one sided and sleezy methods.

Good job CNN....even your biased coverage could not push the snake to even second place....

Be a traditional Democrat – John F Kennedy said "ask not what your country can do for you…ask what you can do for your country" –

I see nothing but promises of a socialist state from the field of Democrats – universal healthcare….800 billion in entitlement spending….gimme gimme gimme….higher taxes (and they don't even blink when saying this) – support of the country choking unions….high pay and great benefits….(and the companies they work for are either folding or moving the jobs overseas) –

Baffling group of entitlists – go back to traditional Democrats…ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU (for once)

Sarah.

There is no reason why an early abortion should haunt a woman for the rest of her life. Women need to take themselves more seriously and not invent punishments for themselves.

"EMILY’s List, a national group that works to elect women candidates who favor abortion rights."

So, this is a sexist organization. EMILY's List ONLY supports women candidates...

Guess being one of the boys didn't work, time to break out the "women should vote for me because I'm a woman" card.

Is CNN ready to attack the new leader as you have attacked Hillary since Day One.
Hillary has all the strengths that will get voters to the polls. Just going to the polls is not as exciting as going to a caucus.
The Emily List is another great group that will help Hillary go all the way.

One headline that CNN and the other newsgroups chose to omit is that IOWA has never elected a woman for a national role; I believe CNN had reported months ago that there were no women in state leadership roles. Gender was obviously more of an obstacle in Iowa than race. Will this be true throughout America?

Thanks to Candy Crawley, there were a few positive CNN reports from the Clinton campaign. My husband and I were on the road last Thursday for over 6 hrs. and did not hear one positive comment on CNN about Hillary. The only time CNN actually played "words from Hillary's mouth", the audio was actually "scrambled" on CNN-XM. All other references to her or her campaign were "edited" and given a negative slant. In comparison, we sometimes heard from the Obama campaign 3-4 times in a one-hour slot– all positive. Edwards received some time, but certainly not the amount of free time given to Obama.

Senator Obama not only outspent Senator Clinton in Iowa, he also received an inordinate amount of FREE television indirect endorsements on CNN and on MSNBC.

Senator Obama is a good candidate, but Senator Edwards has even more "working for change"experience than he does. Neither of them can come close to the "working for change" and making change experience that Hillary has. Her advocacy efforts for children, minorities, special needs children, health needs of poor and middle class children, child welfare reforms resulting in high quality child care for children and work and education opportunities for young mothers and fathers, health care for veterans and our returning National Guardsmen, improving the quality of education for all childen, funding for child development research, and so many other challenges resulted in so many successes.
If America really wants CHANGE, HILLARY is the only person who is a proven AGENT of CHANGE.

As I view CNN and MSNBC's election coverage, I have arrived at one conclusion. Hillary would be better served as a candidate if they just mentioned her candidacy.
She is perfectly capable of delivering her own message. The messengers of the "chatterers" (as Hucklebee called them ) have done her campaign a great disservice. But worse, CNN and MSNBC, in their desire for ratings, have done the country a great disservice at a time when we really need these news organizations to just engage in some old fashion quality journalism. The"experts" on the political team are very "telling". Judy Woodruff and even Bob Novak have been replaced w/ Jack Cafferty (who referred to President Clinton as "Bubba" a few weeks ago) and Bill Bennett . Not to mention a "swooning" Suzanne Mavreaux and cynical Gloria Bolger. Journalists have been replaced w/ "talking heads."
The once world-renown Gulf War journalist Wolf Blitzer has been deningrated to being a cheerleader for Jack Cafferty and Lou Dobbs' rantings.

Tonight, for our "live election" coverage, we turned to C-SPAN. The difference in coverage is amazing. After this pre-election coverage, CNN will have to work hard to get back two avid viewers.

I am delighted to see that the more of the women who attended he Iowa caucuses supported Obama than Clinton. The Clinton campaign is based on organized interest groups and campaigning for votes by category rather than as individuals. I hope the Iowa result will make this kind of campaigning obsolete

i mean Iowa ))

ohio ?? can't wait till this election starts taking shape around what the majority of it's largest populated cities prefer.

Too many women voting for their partners and NOT for themselves....cut the strings from around your waist!!

I am independent. Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton doesn't bother me. I don't know if Iowa has a big impact. I think Sen. Clinton is way more qualified to lead our country. If Obama or Edwards win the national the Republicans will have a big smile on their faces because Obama and Edwards are beatable so expect a Republican in the White House. I watched some debates and I see Obama and Edwards pounding Clinton but not each other. Even the republicans are pounding on Clinton even though they have their own primaries to think of. Republicans don't want her to win. They know the consequences.

Hillary's backing is way too strong to ignore in this election. I think she has it way over all the other candidates. Yes we do want change in our country, but I don't think our country is ready for a president of color yet. I think Obama's time is coming, NEXT time around. It's Hillary for the next two presidential terms.

Political miracles that can give Hilary Clinton a victory in New Hampshire:

1. Edwards drops out and endorses her.

2. Al Gore jumps in the race and endorses her.

3. Oprah Winfrey turns out to be a pathological liar and reveals that she is secretly a Republican.

All considered, none of these possibilities seem to be happening in the next 5 days.

we need change, lets go with obama.

Christopher, thanks so much for the laugh! I really needed that!

Fred, so what if the christo/fascists, (evangelicals) go squarely into the Huckabee camp? Do you really think they would have voted for Clinton anyway? Not a chance that will happen.

As for polarizing the nation, how in can we possibly be more polarized than we are now? Unless of course Huckabee should win the general election.

i remeber as a teenager my mom reading a newspaper article about clinton starting a health care program that uses the mark of the beast she does not have my vote

BEA – WRONG.

I think this country would really benefit from a woman president and women leaders.

But Hillary is not the kind of leader we need. She is another in the mold of Bill. And we don't need that.

Wake up America......all the Hilary bashers are the same idiots who not too long ago were 'distraught' that a woman (God Forbid) was being nominated to the US Supreme Court....and guess what, the Country survived a Great Justice Sandra Day O'connor....as I'm certain it will an incredibly intelligent woman Prez named Hilary

A.B.

Abortion is murder and it haunts women for the rest of their lives. The majority of women including me think abortion is taking a life.

Hilary is about everything and nothing. Emily's List???? Give me a break...real women who vote don't want anything to do with those people....

Any woman will polarize the nation. Still, women are 51% of the inhabitants. So better overcome the polarization issue and get used to women looking out for themselves and their rights.

Iowa really does not mean that much in this election and is it caucus or carcus? Hilary is still ahead in the polls and she is the best candidate. Ohio here voting for Hillary!

I will probably vote for Hillary & I don't think Iowa counts. However, at
least 25 Catholic friends & I will NEVER vote for a Baptist Minister Ever !!

Baptists yes or at least possibly but never to any Ordained Minister of
any faith or a priest either,

I do NOT think Obama CAN win a National election & yes I think Hilary
can. However there is NO Republican at the present that I as an
Independent can vote for.

Huckalbee can never win in the National election. I'm SICK of ALL
your reporters siting there running down Hillary. As a woman I will
not go all out for her & I was very hesitant up to now.

Darlene T. Holling

Bill will undo Hillary's chance. He is a fly in her soup. Her campaign is poorly calculating that Americans forgot Bill's runs with the girls.

Isn't this a little late to matter? It's an incredibly tight race, but this is just to last minute.

I am thinking America has had its fill of the Clintons and Bush's. 20 Years of nothing but Clintons or Bush's have America wanting someone besides a brother, son or wife of an ex Prez. I am one of those myself

Obama will put the majority in its place when he is elected. The time has come for radical change in this country and our time has now come!

Ahhh, a women's group that supports abortion big time.

While I think a woman's body is her own, this endorsement by Emily's List will polarize the country and could push the evangelicals who have doubts about Huckabee square into the Huckabee camp.

Wake up America – Hillary is polarizing and unelectable. She should not be the Democrat candidate in the general. Not even a running mate.