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What you say about Hillary can be said about ANY Democrat. 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. What we need is a candidate who knows how to stand up to the smears and fight back.
With Hillary, at least the smears are old hat by now. And she and her husband have proven that they know how to stand up to the smears. I wouldn't count Hillary out and I wouldn't start calling her a loser. So far, she hasn't lost anything, at any time.
This is not to say that other Democrats couldn't handle the smears and fight back as well. Obama and Edwards evoke confidence in this regard as much as Hillary does. I'm hopeful that we're not going to see another Kerry this time around.
