Letters to the Editor
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Foreign Policy
"See, experience actually does matter. I know you Obamadroids don't like to hear it, but it does. Serving on the Senate Armed Services committee matters. Visiting Iraq more than once for a token photo-op matters. McCain knows that Clinton is nowhere near as vulnerable as Obama on foreign policy and national security issues. I strongly suspect the folks around Obama know it too. National-security doves do not win general elections. Good luck trying, though."
If experience mattered, we'd be discussion how Bill Richardson is going to do in the general election.
What matters is the vote on Iraq. You can explain it in detail, you can hash it out at the coffee shop, and you can go through all her votes on Iraq. But when it comes down to a 30 second add on national television, that vote will be a huge albatross. Most voters don't deal with this issue anywhere to the detail we all are today. They see 30 seconds with McCain - a picture of her vote - a sound clip of her saying Sadam must be taken out - it's all over. That commercial will get repeated again and again and again.
I normally don't debate the Iraq vote and it's not the primary reason why I'm supporting Obama. But to suggest that her involvement and experience is somehow going to get to voters and her real reasons for voting for authorization will be explained is a foolish. John Kerry had the same exact problem in 2004. When you start to explain yourself and go over a minute doing it, people turn off because they think you are just trying to weasel your way out what you did.
I know what you are saying and you have some justification for saying it. The problem is a typical voter won't have a clue what you are talking about and it will be a problem for her.