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She then hit her biggest applause line, concluding the point by reminding the audience, "It did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and it might take another to clean up after the second Bush."
This may have been her biggest applause line (or was it that CNN was going to commercial?), but it's worth noting that Sen. Clinton was at best begging the question here, and at the very least contradicting herself. For those of us who take the dynastic question seriously, her implication that her surname somehow qualifies her for office is hardly reassuring. Isn't that exactly the opposite of being judged by her own merits?
I've seen her respond to this question a few times and it's always the same canned, unsatisfactory answer. Lame.
