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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:00 AM

Hillary the prudent

Democrats burning for the inspirational uplift of Barack Obama or the left-leaning edge of John Edwards may not be ready for an authentic moderate.

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  • Monday, March 12, 2007 10:07 PM

    In response to Nerdnam

    "What you say about Hillary can be said about ANY Democrat."

    Actually, Chief, was I was saying about Hillary CAN'T be said about ANY Democrat. That was kind of the point. Consider these percentages from a Feb 12th WNBC/Marist Poll:

    Clinton (25 Support, 30 Consider, 43 Oppose, 2 Unsure)

    Obama (17 Support, 42 Consider, 32 Oppose, 9 Unsure)

    Edwards (12 Support, 45 Consider, 35 Oppose, 8% Unsure)

    So you see, Clinton rates high in "Oppose" and low in "Consider/Unsure" compared to the other 2 front runners. You got that, Captain?

    Also, about your other comments:

    "For ANY Democrat, there are voters who never vote for them."

    "There are NO Democrats who cannot be smeared or swiftboated. None. So forget about finding some Democratic candidate who will be invulnerable to the smears, you won't find one."

    I'm pretty sure I didn't suggest that anyone can win EVERY vote or be INVULNERABLE to smears. Because that would be a batshit crazy thing to say. The point is a simple one: compared to the other candidates, HC is more vulnerable in the polls. I'd recommend that you work on your math and reading skills a bit, then get back to me.

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