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I saw your interview on Chris Matthews and I was so happy to hear someone say what I've been saying for several days. I wasn't a Clinton fan during the primaries and I did not want her for VP, but I believe that a lot of the drama that is around is created by the media and her "haters." I am not so biased that I can't admit when someone is being treated unfairly. Obama is being treated unfairly also. On the one hand they place extremely high expectations on him. Then in the same breath people like Matthews and Bernard insult him by saying that Clinton will go rogue and promote her own foreign policy agenda behind his back. Mr. Broder had the nerve to say that Clinton would be his mentor. Excuse me! But did these people just call Obama incapable of leading? incompetent? weak? What kind of message does this send to voters? Thomas Freidman wrote in his NY Times column that if foreign leaders see an inch of daylight between them, game over. Well, I wonder where foreign leaders would get the idea that Obama and Clinton differ so much on foreign policy? Hmmmmm?! Because really, I agree with you, they don't. Even foreigners understand when politics is just politics. Just yesterday I posted a comment on TPM that Hillary Clinton had to appear hawkish because she is a woman and a Democrat - both groups falsely seen as weak on foreign policy.
