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Saturday, January 5, 2008 12:00 AM

A Democratic donnybrook

The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.

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  • Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:42 AM

    The problem with Hillary

    is that whether she goes negative or positive, the instinctive perception of the public is that she is insincere. It seems like any comment she makes during debates or on the stump has been vetted by focus groups and paid consultants. As a lifetime Democratic voter who would love to see a woman president and who would vote for her in November if she's the nominee, I frankly have a very hard time believing that she actually has any convictions or an ounce of sincerity in her. If Hillary becomes president, I have little doubt she would capitulate to corporate pressure and interests and would be at best a status-quo president that will change nothing vis-a-vis the control the corporate oligarchy maintains over our gvernment.

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