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by Rick Pearson and updated
CINCINNATI — Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton lashed out at rival Barack Obama today for using a strategy out of “Karl Rove’s playbook” by making grandiose speeches of hope while sending Ohioans what she called “false and discredited mailings” on health care and trade policy.
“Shame on you Barack Obama,” Clinton told reporters after delivering a speech at Cincinnati Technical and Community College in which she reminded voters that in 2000, an untested George W. Bush called for change--just as Obama is now--and “the American people got shafted.”
Obama's campaign quickly responded, noting that Clinton's top spokesman, Howard Wolfson, once called one Democrat comparing another Democrat to George Bush as "the worst kind of tactical political maneuvering."
Clinton, facing increased pressure to do well in Ohio and Texas, two major March 4 primary states, to continue her campaign against the front-running Obama, sought to raise in voters minds an image of a Democratic contender using Republican tactics to win.
Clinton questioned whether he was trying to undermine core Democratic principles by attacking her plans to expand health care and through a mailing on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
“Let’s have a real campaign. Enough of the speeches and the big rallies and then using tactics that are right out of Karl Rove’s playbook. This is wrong and every Democrat should be outraged because this is the kind of attack that not only undermines core Democratic values but gives aid and comfort to the very special interests and their allies in the Republican Party who are against doing what we want to for America,” she said.
“Time and time again, you hear one thing in speeches and then you see a campaign that has the worst kind of tactics, reminiscent of the same sort of Republican attack on Democrats,” Clinton asked.
Clinton said it was time Obama “ran a campaign consistent with your messages in public.”
“That’s what I expect from you,” she said. “Meet me in Ohio. Let’s have a debate about your tactics and your behavior in this campaign.”
The two, who debated in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night, are scheduled to hold their last face-to-face debate before the March 4 primaries on Tuesday night in Cleveland.
One mailing from the Obama campaign has been used before and the Clinton campaign contends it plays off the “Harry and Louise” ads that were run by the insurance industry to fight her early 1990s efforts to create a national health insurance program.
The mailing says, “Hillary’s health care plan forces everyone to buy insurance, even if you can’t afford it.” It also says, “Punishing families who can’t afford health care to begin with just doesn’t make sense.”
Another mailing involved NAFTA, which was implemented under the administration of Clinton's husband. The mailing contends Clinton once called the trade pact a "boon," but Clinton said the newspaper that had reported her making the comment later retracted it.
An Obama spokesman maintained the mailers were "completely accurate."
Clinton’s plan mandates that everyone get insurance, while Obama’s only mandates coverage for children. Obama maintains his plan would make insurance more affordable but Clinton contends his would leave 15 million people uninsured and not accomplish the goal of universal health care.
Before speaking to reporters, Clinton sought to draw parallels to an untested Bush in 2000 and Obama.
“So, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me,” Clinton said while her loyal ally, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, also tried to draw a contrast between Clinton and Obama by saying, “She just knows more. She knows more.”
In recent days, Clinton has gone back onto the theme of promoting her experience as a former first lady and two-term senator of New York against that of Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois. But it was the first time that she sought to warn voters of potential dangers of her rival by trying to paint a comparison with Bush.
“Do you think people voting in 2000 knew what they were getting?” she said, referring to Bush’s first-term bid for the presidency as a governor of Texas. “People thought they were getting a compassionate conservative. It turned out he was neither. We’ve been living with the consequences of those mistakes.”
Clinton then blistered Bush for having promised to keep the nation safe, eliminating a federal budget surplus, dismantling government environmental regulations
“He promised change as a compassionate conservative and the American people got shafted and we’re going to have to make up for it,” she said.
Without mentioning Obama’s name, Clinton contended her rival has sought to portray having experience as “a disadvantage” and something “that doesn’t count for much anymore.” But she said, if a person needs a serious operation, they don’t ask for a surgeon who’s never performed the procedure.
Strickland, the Ohio governor who introduced Clinton to the crowd, also riffed off the the New York Democrat’s theme of experience in trying to deliver his state to her.
“She knows Ohio very well. She does not have to learn about Ohio in this campaign because she has been in our great state,” he said. “She knows of our problems, she knows the struggle of our people. She deeply cares.”
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Hillary Clinton's experience is mired in controversy, ranging from:
1) turning $1,000 into $100,000 in cattle futures while working for the Rose law firm. She received tips from James B. Blair who was outside counsel for Tyson Foods in Arkansas. In one day she made over $10,000 on day trading which would point to insider knowledge from within Tyson Foods.
Washington Post (please check my references if you like)
2) to Whitewater, a 1980s land deal that went bad and revealed that 1) Bill Clinton exerted pressure on an Arkansas businessman, David Hale, to make an illegal loan that would benefit him and the owners of Madison Guaranty; and 2) that an Arkansas bank had concealed transactions involving Clinton's gubernatorial campaign in 1990.
3) to Travelgate, the 1993 firing of seven longtime employees of the travel office, which handles travel arrangements for reporters and television crews covering the president. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is alleged to have pressured White House lawyers into dismissing the travel office staff and bringing in the FBI to investigate them, so that friends of the First Family could enjoy the office's patronage spoils.
Columbia Journalism Review/New York Observer
4) In the aftermath of the apparent suicide (yes, it gets ugly!) of her former partner and closest confidant, White House Deputy Counsel Vincent Foster, Hillary Clinton ordered the overturn of an agreement to allow the Justice Department to examine the files in the dead man's office. Her closest friends and aides, under oath, have been blatantly disremembering this likely obstruction of justice, and may have to pay for supporting Hillary's lie with jail terms.
New York Times
5) In August 2000, during her first Senate run, Clinton met with the Hasidic community in New Square, where many members were working to obtain clemency for four members of their community who had been convicted of stealing tens of millions of dollars from the state and federal government.
She refused to talk about the controversial pardons of the four New York Hasidic Jews by her husband. New Square voted 1359-10 for the first lady - although other nearby Hasidic enclaves voted 3480-152 for Clinton's GOP opponent, former Rep. Rick Lazio.
New York Times
6) Hillary Clinton's brother Hugh Rodham , was paid approximately $200,000 from Almon Glenn Braswell, whom President Clinton pardoned for mail fraud and perjury, as was Carlos Vignali, whose sentence for cocaine trafficking was commuted. News of his involvement in the pardon controversy prompted an outrage in Washington, D.C.
"I knew nothing about my brother's involvement in these pardons," Sen. Clinton said at the time. "I knew nothing about his taking money for his involvement."
The Clintons asked Hugh Rodham to return the cash, which he did.
Time Magazine
7) Hillary Clinton's brother Tony Rodham was paid $244,769 over 2½ years by a carnival company, United Shows of America, owned by Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory. The Gregorys had been convicted of bank fraud and were seeking pardons. Tony Rodham has said he mentioned their pardon application to his brother-in-law, who ultimately granted the Gregorys a pardon. But Rodham said he was not paid for anything having to do with the pardon.
Boston Globe
8) Peter Paul has business relationship with Clintons that goes bad. Clintons steal one of his clients and he retaliates turning Clinton in for violating campaign regulations during a fundraiser he held for her to the tune of $1 million. The FEC formally determined that Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign treasurer, Andrew Grossman is legally responsible for the three false FEC reports that Hillary's finance director, David Rosen, was criminally charged and tried for in mid-2005. Mr. Grossman signed a "Conciliation Agreement" with the FEC on December 13, 2005, admitting his culpability, and agreeing to pay a civil fine and amend his false reports to reflect the $721,000 that he failed to report since October, 2000.
Wall Street Journal
9) Pastor Got $1.5 Million in Clinton Earmarks Before Endorsement
Widely reported
10) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gives large earmarks of $1 billion in government-backed financing for a development project called Destiny. Robert Congel, the owner of Destiny, then turned around and financed and campaigned for her.
Robert J. Congel, his family and associates affiliated with his development have donated $40,000 to Clinton's state and national campaigns since she first ran for office in 1999.
Congel co-hosted a Syracuse fundraiser for her, an event said to have raised an additional $50,000. Lobbying firms hired by Congel in connection with Destiny and other ventures also donated more than $200,000 to various Clinton campaign funds, records show.
LA Times
11) New School in New York City, which received $1.6 million in earmarks in this year's defense budget and $6 million previously, is particularly well-connected. Its president, former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), campaigned for Clinton in Iowa. Three school trustees are among Clinton's most prominent backers, having each raised at least $100,000 for her campaign. A former trustee is Norman Hsu, who was indicted on fraud charges. After Hsu's criminal past was revealed last summer, Clinton returned $850,000 he raised for her.
LA Times
12) to falsely attacking Obama as a pro-life candidate for voting "present" in New Hampshire.
13) Her husband Bill Clinton says he consulted her on every major decision. Does that include Rwanda, and his decision to stand by and watch genocide kill hundreds of thousands of people? She is firmly entrenched with Bill and the establishment, at best a dirty politician who knows everything there is to know about our political system. A vote for her is a vote for the status quo. The Republicans are so sure she is the next Democratic nominee that there's even a movie set to release.
14) http://www.hillarythemovie.com/
15) btw Bill Clinton is an experienced sexual predator with at least half a dozen rapes or assaults on women reported.
Posted by: skeyewater | January 31, 2008 10:23 AM
wanderingwill, you want a free and open campaign? Clinton's organization is by far the most padlocked. Hillary says she wants open conversation, yet she held virtually no press conferences during her Senatorial campaign and tenure in the Senate, and frequently refuses to appear on the Sunday political programs where serious issues are debated by political leaders. Someone who only answers scripted questions with pre-digested answers is hardly engaging in 'two-way' communication with the people.
Posted by: Susan | February 23, 2008 11:00 AM
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Records of these two candidates should be scrutinized in order to make an informed decision.
Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term (6yrs.), and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law, (20) twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.
These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (www.thomas.loc.gov), but to save you trouble, I'll post them here for you.
1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O'Shea.
7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.
13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.
15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty. Only five of Clinton's bills are, more substantive. 16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.
17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11
18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.
19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.
20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.
There you have it, the fact's straight from the Senate Record.
Now, I would post those of Obama's, but the list is too substantive, so I'll mainly categorize.
During the first (8) eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced
233 regarding healthcare reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
15 gun control,
6 veterans affairs and many others.
His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These inculded
**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.
In all since enter the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890 bills and co-sponsored another 1096. An impressive record, for someone who supposedly has no record according to the spin masters and mindless twits.
Posted by: Susan | February 23, 2008 11:02 AM
i hear this a lot... it's true, Obama does not have tons of washington experience. but I never hear anyone question Bill Clinton's experience? he was governor as well... He gets high praise from the Clinton camp as an excellent President, working wonders while in the white house, but how much more experience than Bush or Obama did Bill have before taking over?
Posted by: jim | February 23, 2008 11:04 AM
I see Mr. Nader may soon announce his candidacy for president.
Posted by: C.Morris | February 23, 2008 11:05 AM
Well..
HRC disregards that GWB is probably the dumbest creature ever to hold the office, while BOb is by any measure pretty smart. So the comparison is not apt.
She also disregards her shameless, pandering support of the murderous idiot. Step aside, HRC, we've heard the evidence.
Posted by: a blinkin | February 23, 2008 11:14 AM
Dear poster Susan,
Even those of us who support Obama despise your way-too-long, self important postings. Few will bother to read it.
As for Obama's experience, there are plenty of people in Washington with a wealth of experience who long ago quit caring about ordinary people or behaving ethically. I vote for the new guy.
Posted by: Tom | February 23, 2008 11:29 AM
When was Hillary president?
Anybody?
Posted by: joseph pierre | February 23, 2008 11:32 AM
Susan,
I have seen your posts all over the internet and you continue to distort and misrepresent the facts. Maybe you need to examine where all this is coming from. Your own little campaign to smear and spread venom is, well, a little creepy.
Posted by: kool-aid free | February 23, 2008 11:46 AM
Hillary voted for Bush's war. So much for her experience! Her comment on being touched by the wounded vets in the hospital. She helped put them there, and I can't forgive her for that.
Posted by: Jerry E | February 23, 2008 11:49 AM
I wonder if the 200 or so supporters who were not bussed in on the promise of a free meal actually believed Hil or her newest Flying Monkey Strickland?
Her resume of lying, cheating and mismanagement qualifies her to assume the mantle of co-president with her disbarred semi-spouse?
The open primary system will bury Hillary.
Posted by: remus | February 23, 2008 12:10 PM
Hillary has as much experience as Dick Cheney...and unlike Obama she owes her candidate position not to her political talent but to the name recognition factor ....just like George Bush did.
Posted by: Atcha | February 23, 2008 12:13 PM
Hillary has lots more experience...
...at making poor judgements.
Obama was against the Iraq invasion from the beginning. Hillary supported it, voted to support the dangerously irresponsible Kyl-Liebermann bill proclaiming Iran's military a terrorist organizatino, and has refused to acknowledge her mistakes.
I'll take Obama's good judgement over Hillary's continued experience in making bad judgements any day.
Dick Cheney had a lifetime of experience, and look where he led our country.
Posted by: tiptop | February 23, 2008 12:19 PM
How is more like Bush? Hillary Clinton.
Evidence?
1) Iraq.
2) Liberman-Kyl on Iran.
3) Scurrilous willingness to do anything to get elected.
4) Iraq. Iraq. Iraq.
5) Both Clinton and Bush refuse to admit any mistakes. Clinton cannot admit that she made mistakes when she blew her shot at health care reform in 1993, and she refuses to admit she made a mistake on her vote to go to war in Iraq. John Edwards admitted he made a mistake and showed that he learned the lesson. Hillary Clinton???
6) Arrogance. Hillary Clinton is all top-down and believes she is entitled to obedience from the world. She does not have a clue about how to govern by lining up a majority. Just like Bush, she only understands polarization, intimidation, and slandering smearing slimy combat.
In contrast, Obama's campiagn has designed and executed strategy almost flawlessly. He is not just inspiratrion. He has shown he knows how to manage an operation and how to lead.
Hillary Clinton is the Emporer Who Has No Clothes. Her storied competence and knowledge of how to get things done is a myth . . . the biggest fairy tale I've ever heard (copyright Bill Clinton . . . if those words were originally his and not some speechwriter's)
Joe
Posted by: joe shmoe | February 23, 2008 12:20 PM
Bush jr got to office through family connections. Obama is getting there through hard work and brilliant intelligence.
His supporters can proudly bring up his work organizing on the south side of Chicago and his legislative accomplishments.
It is sad that Hillary is so desperate that she would resort to this. Like all of her other tactics, it won't work.
Posted by: Vivienne | February 23, 2008 12:22 PM
ROCK ON HILLARY! We LOVE Hillary and can't wait to vote for her in Ohio! We love Ted Strickland too, he's a great governor and very popular in Ohio.
When the ievitable "bloom if off the rose" Obama will be unelectable. He's not qualified to be President of the U.S. The backlash is just beginning.
We are Dems who have never voted for a Republican but if the Dems squander their best chance for victory in November by nominating Obama, we will vote Republican for the first time. We know so many other Dems who feel the same way. Obama is ruining the Dem party and ruining our chance for victory in November. WAKE UP DEMS!!
Reason? Obama is not qualified to be President of the U.S.
Country first, party second.
VOTE SMART! VOTE HILLARY!
Posted by: James & Jen | February 23, 2008 12:25 PM
Uh, Hillary is making an argument that might hold sway for Republicans - but it won't help her in the Democratic primary. Democratic voters knew EXACTLY what we were getting with W. That's why we didn't vote for him. We weren't fooled. W's problem wasn't that he wasn't compassionate - maybe he is - it's that he's a moron and he abdicated decision-making to a bunch of corporate fools.
She's making an effort at least, but comparisons to Bush...that's a stretch.
Posted by: Baker | February 23, 2008 12:26 PM
More desperation from the Clinton Campaign.
Sigh...
!GOBAMA!
Posted by: Doug Zook | February 23, 2008 12:26 PM
Clinton is trying to create doubt, but the experience argument is quite weak. After all, with her vast "experience" she voted for a war with Iraq without even reading the bill and saying that she was giving Bush the benefit of the doubt. We know that Rumsfeld and Cheney had loads of experience and now Bush has 7 years experience. It's wisdom, it's judgement that we seek.
Posted by: Clemo | February 23, 2008 12:27 PM
Hillary continues to hurt herself. Fire your scriptwriter.
I don't get her point!! BUSH won.
Posted by: Greg | February 23, 2008 12:29 PM
Susan.
YAWN.
Please stop. Nobody cares.
Posted by: Steve | February 23, 2008 12:33 PM
Read Andrew Gambel's HuffPo column on Clinton's recent debate comments revealing her so-called "expert knowledge" of foreign policy/affairs re: Serbia-Kosovo. Compare to Obama's response. Any questions?
Posted by: Dahveed | February 23, 2008 12:33 PM
Read Andrew Gumbel's HuffPo column on Clinton's recent debate comments revealing her so-called "expert knowledge" of foreign policy/affairs re: Serbia-Kosovo. Compare to Obama's response. Any questions?
Posted by: Dahveed | February 23, 2008 12:37 PM
The spectators are lost. Yes, Hillary cares. No one is denying that. Hillary CAN'T get anything done. THAT ONE REPUBLICAN SHE CONSISTANTLY BOASTS about in passing ONE BILL, will need more to change the problems in Washington. Either her supporters are in a position "TO NOT CARE", or they've been bought. The majority of people in this country are finally realizing this.
Posted by: Cynthia | February 23, 2008 12:39 PM
Is Halle Berry going to hire a plumber or secretary or even handy man without experience? How about you guys, would anyone of you hire anyone like that just based on an interview? Most people who want their kitchens or bathrooms or floors remodeled ask for previous experience of the contractor (with pictures etc). You do that because you don't want to spend tons of money not knowing if the work will be ok.
Why is it that you don't think like that while electing for the most powerful position in the world? Is the presidency of United States such an easy job that anyone could do it without experience? If it's so easy and all you need is someone to just talk we should probably elect people who do a better job at it like Oprah, Deepak Chopra etc.
I remember all the newspapers endorcing Bush in 2000 saying he is change, works across the aisle, Washington outsider
etc etc. See how we payed when we didn't care about experience ( in Bush's case bad experience in every business he ran ).
Think hard before you vote otherwise we might end up with a Liberal version of Bush (Obama).
Posted by: Vic | February 23, 2008 12:43 PM
She has 35 years of experience as a "back seat driver", shrieking and pointing fingers of blame while her biggest fault was caring too much for the children. I can't stand people who disrespect this strong women who along side her husband provided so much for so many of this country's minority population.
Posted by: whatnow | February 23, 2008 12:45 PM
Dear Susan, Everything you mentioned in your slanderous assault on Hillary Clinton was million dollars by a myriad of Republican committees and there was not one charge against Hilary Clinton. So you know what to do now.
Secondly..ask your candidate Obama about lying on national tv-denying his friendship with Rezko and while you are at it ask him why he passed on 140 important votes in the Illinois Senate. Whoops...'silliness' that he uses drugs and sells them. 'Silliness that his wife will not release her anti-white college thesis..'Silliness' that Obama promises to change politics as they are and continues to not only plagiarize other 'folks' speeches but doesn't have one minority person on his top tier campaign staff and would not go stand for the Jenna 5..why? Its 'silliness' that he felt if he did he would be perceived as Black. Guess what? He is and he knows how to play the very delicate balance of hiding from the parents of the Jenna 5 Black kids...if it weren't for a really true Black hero-Jesse Jackson- those kids would spend the rest of their lives in prison while Obama was pretending that week he is white. 'Silliness' goes on and on doesn't it? Get off your saint Obama pedestal because there are more Larry Sinclair out there and they are coming for their 5 minutes just like the great orator Obama..
Posted by: Marysia Miller | February 23, 2008 12:47 PM
To the person questioning Bill Clinton's experience. He was a governor, Obama was first elected to State Senate in 1996. His most notable accomplishment in the state was "Interrogation Techniques", which was a copy of other states who already has it.
BTW, that is the only accomplishment he has in his short political life.
Posted by: Rob | February 23, 2008 12:49 PM
This comment was suggested by Morning Joe. What do you call this?
Without mentioning Obama’s name, Clinton contended her rival has sought to portray having experience as “a disadvantage” and something “that doesn’t count for much anymore.” But she said, if a person needs a serious operation, they don’t ask for a surgeon who’s never performed the procedure
Posted by: linda | February 23, 2008 12:49 PM
Untested? Is she trying to compare an alcoholic, drug-abusing draft dodging moron to an intelligent human being who can speak English and doesn't need Osama bin Laden to stay in office?
Posted by: Karen, New York | February 23, 2008 12:51 PM
One has to seriously wonder about Senator Clinton's gambit of comparing Obama to Bush.
She is now acting like the jilted lover who maimed her former paramour to keep him from anybody else.
Clinton must be careful not to destroy her place.
She must be more careful not to devalue the Democratic nomination by infighting.
Posted by: robert chapman | February 23, 2008 12:53 PM
Jerry - at least Bush went to war with an enemy. Obama wants to attack Pakistan who is a friend in need and in problems.
Posted by: Rob | February 23, 2008 12:54 PM
"But she said, if a person needs a serious operation, they don’t ask for a surgeon who’s never performed the procedure."
yet if you have to pick between 2 trainees who both never preformed the procedure, you'd prefer the one that at least did that other 'simple' procedure* right, instead of the trainee who claims (s)he's the best because her husband is a former surgeon.
*obviously talking about managing the campaign
yours,
Tim (resident in the netherlands)
Posted by: Tim | February 23, 2008 12:59 PM
It seems to me very important inform the public of the IQ scores of both Obama and Bush in evaluating their ability to run this country. I belived that Bush at a 91 score . what is Obama's???
Posted by: florence kochevar | February 23, 2008 1:02 PM
Linda - My question to you is would you use a plumber without experience?
I agree Clinton was not a president however, she participated in her husbands presidency, you could call that as getting practical experience before working on a real job (like internship ).
If you are familiar with how MBA hirings happen, most of the freshly minted MBA's from great schools first work as interns before getting a full time job.
Posted by: Rob | February 23, 2008 1:03 PM
I love how she acts all tough at her own rallies but when she could have confronted him at the debate she didn't for the first half and when she did it was with all prewritten 'zingers' that fell flat. Then at the end, when all else fails she gets all emotional trying to conjure up some tears and sympathy votes.
She has proven herself to be pathetic, just like her campaign.
Posted by: siobhan | February 23, 2008 1:15 PM
It has really been bothering me - the charges that Obama is all talk and no action. Those of us who support him and have reviewed his record know there is no basis to this charge, but just to make sure, I went to the Congressional Record (www.thomas.gov) and did a search for bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Senator Obama in his three short years in the US Senate. I searched the 109th and 110th Congresses which cover the years 2005-2007.
In a nut shell I found:
Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 570 bills in the 109th and 110th Congress.
Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005.
Senator Obama has also introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate.
His record is in fact quite impressive for a junior Senator from Illinois.
Below I summarize Senator Obama's legislative record in the US Senate.
First I list the bills he sponsored that have become law.
Next I summarize the bills that he has sponsored or cosponsored since he became a US Senator in 2005.
I have only included major pieces of legislation and have not summarized continuing resolutions or naming post offices, for example.
His record suggests several priorities and the bills he supports address many of our most pressing problems.
Most of his legislative effort has been in the area of Energy Efficiency and Climate Change (25 bills), health care (21 bills) and public health (20 bills), consumer protection/labor (14 bills), the needs of Veterans and the Armed Forces (13 bills), Congressional Ethics and Accountability (12 bills), Foreign Policy (10 bills) Voting and Elections (9 bills), Education (7 bills), Hurricane Katrina Relief (6), the Environment (5 bills), Homeland Security (4 bills), and discrimination (4 bills).
Of the 15 bills Senator Obama sponsored or co-sponsored in 2005-7 that became law:
Two addressed foreign policy:
Promote relief, security and democracy in the Congo (2125)
Develop democratic institutions in areas under Palestinian control (2370).
Three addressed public health:
Improve mine safety (2803)
Increased breast cancer funding (597)
Reduce preterm delivery and complications, reduce infant mortality (707).
Two addressed openness and accountability in government:
Strengthening the Freedom of Information Act (2488)
Full disclosure of all entities receiving federal funds (2590)
Two addressed national security
Extend Terrorist Risk Insurance (467)
Amend the Patriot Act (2167)
One addressed the needs of the Armed Forces
Wave passport fees to visit graves, attend memorials/funerals of veterans abroad (1184).
Of the 570 bills Senator Obama introduced into the Senate during the 109th and 110th Congress (Senate Bill numbers are in parentheses), they can be summarized as follows:
25 addressed Energy Efficiency and Climate Change
Suspend royalty relief for oil and gas (115)
Reduce dependence on oil; use of alternative energy sources (133)
Increase fuel economy standards for cars (767, 768)
Auto industry incentives for fuel efficient vehicles (1151)
Reduce green house gas emissions (1324)
Establish at NSF a climate change education program (1389)
Increase renewable content of gasoline (2202)
Energy emergency relief for small businesses and farms (269)
Strategic gasoline and fuel reserves (1794)
Alternative diesel standards (3554)
Coal to liquid fuel promotion (3623)
Renewable diesel standards (1920)
Reducing global warming pollution from vehicles (2555)
Fuel security and consumer choice (1994, 2025)
Alternative energy refueling system (2614)
Climate change education (1389)
Low income energy assistance (2405)
Oil savings targets (339)
Fuel economy reform (3694)
Plug-in electric drive vehicles (1617)
Nuclear release notice (2348)
Passenger rail investment (294)
Energy relief for low income families (2405)
21 addressed Health Care
Drug re-importation (334)
Health information technology (1262, 1418)
Discount drug prices (2347)
Health care associated infections (2278)
Hospital quality report cards (692, 1824)
Medical error disclosure and compensation (1784)
Emergency medical care and response (1873)
Stem cell research (5)
Medical Malpractice insurance (1525)
Health centers renewal (901, 3771)
Childrens health insurance (401)
Home health care (2061)
Medicare independent living (2103)
Microbicides for HIV/AIDS (823)
Ovarian cancer biomarker research (2569)
Gynological cancers (1172)
Access to personalized medicine through use of human genome (976)
Paralysis research and care (1183)
20 addressed Public Health:
Violence against women (1197)
Biodefense and pandemic preparedness and response (1821, 1880)
Viral influenza control (969)
End homelessness (1518)
Reduce STDs/unintended pregnancy (1790)
Smoking prevention and tobacco control (625)
Minority health improvement and disparity elimination (4024)
Nutrition and physical education in schools (2066)
Health impact assessments (1067, 2506)
Healthy communities (1068)
Combat methamphetamines (2071)
Paid sick leave (910)
Prohibit mercury sales (833, 1818)
Prohibit sale of lead products (1306, 2132)
Lead exposure in children (1811, 2132)
14 address Consumer Protection/Labor
Stop unfair labor practices (842)
Fair minimum wage (2, 1062, 2725, 3829)
Internet freedom (2917)
Credit card safety (2411)
Media ownership (2332)
Protecting taxpayer privacy (2484)
Working family child assistance (218)
Habeus Corpus Restoration (185)
Bankruptcy protection for employees and retirees (2092)
FAA fair labor management dispute resolution (2201)
Working families flexibility (2419).
13 addressed the Needs of Veterans and the Armed Forces:
Improve Benefits (117)
Suicide prevention (479)
Needs of homeless veterans (1180)
Homes for veterans (1084)
GI Bill enhancement (43)
Military job protection
Dignity in care for wounded vets (713)
Housing assistance for low income veterans (1084)
Military children in public schools (2151)
Military eye injury research and care (1999)
Research physical/mental health needs from Iraq War (1271)
Proper administration of discharge for personality disorder (1817, 1885)
Security of personal data of veterans (3592)
12 addressed Congressional Ethics and Accountability
Lobbying and ethics reform (230)
Stop fraud (2280)
Legislative transparency and accountability (525)
Open government (2180, 2488)
Restoring fiscal discipline (10)
Transparency and integrity in earmarks (2261)
Accountability of conference committee deliberations and reports (2179)
Federal funding accountability and transparency (2590)
Accountability and oversight for private security functions under Federal
contract (674)
Accountability for contractors and personnel under federal contracts
(2147) Resctrictions awarding government contracts (2519)
10 addressed Foreign Policy:
Iraq war de-escalation (313)
US policy for Iraq (433),
Divestiture from Iran (1430)
Sudan divestment authorization (831)
Millennium Development Goals (2433)
Multilateral debt relief (1320)
Development bank reform (1129)
Nuclear nonproliferation (3131,977,2224).
9 address Voting/Elections
Prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections (453)
Voter access to polls and services in Federal elections (737)
Voter intimidation and deceptive practices (1975)
Senate campaign disclosure parity (185)
Require reporting for bundled campaign contributions (2030)
Election jamming prevention (4102)
Campaign disclosure parity (223)
Presidential funding (2412)
Integrity of electronic voting systems (1487)
11 addressed Education
Increase access of low income African Americans to higher education (1513)
Establish teaching residency programs (1574)
Increase early intervention services (2111)
Middle school curriculum improvements (2227)
Public database of scholarships, fellowships and financial aid (2428)
Summer learning programs (116)
TANF financial education promotion (924)
Higher education (1642)
Build capacity at community colleges (379)
Campus law enforcement in emergencies (1228)
Support for teachers (2060).
6 addressed Hurrican Katrina
Hurricane Katrina recovery (2319)
Emergency relief (1637)
Bankruptcy relief and community protection (1647)
Working family tax relief (2257)
Fair wages for recovery workers (1749)
Gulf coast infrastructure redevelopment (1836)
5 addressed the Environment
Drinking water security (218, 1426)
Water resources development (728)
Waste water treatment (1995)
Combat illegal logging (1930)
Spent nuclear fuel tracking and Acountability (1194)
Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act (Introduced in Senate)[S.726.IS ]
4 addressed Discrimination
Claims for civil class action based on discrimination (1989)
Domestic partnership benefits (2521)
Unresolved civil rights crimes (535)
Equality or two parent families (2286)
4 addressed Homeland Security
Judicial review of FISA orders (2369)
National emergency family locator (1630)
Amend US Patriot Act (2167)
Chemical security and safety (2486)
I Say "NO" to John McCain's 100 years in Iraq and his crooked Lobbyist pals and I say "YES" to Obama in 08!
Posted by: Helenann | February 23, 2008 1:17 PM
Hillary Clinton is a horrible person. She refuses to stick to issues, instead deciding to attack the respectable Obama campaign like a 12-year-old. She wants to debate about his tactics? Wow. I sincerely hope she realizes how destructive she is being, and drops out of the race, for the sake of the American people.
Posted by: Warren Lawless | February 23, 2008 1:17 PM
I have still not heard Obama saying with pride and conviction that he is a Christian. It does not matter what religion he believes in. When Cassius Clay converted to Muslim, he took the name Muhammed Ali and was proud of his new religion. He made sure that everyone knew that he was a muslim. All Obama says when asked " I believe in Jesus" Even mainstream Muslims believes in Jesus as a holy prophet? One can remain techically a muslim even when they believe in Jesus as a prophet. Why cant he be proud of what he really believes in? Only when prodded then he painfully says with stress that he believes in Jesus and and again without saying that he is a Christian. Has he ever been baptised and confirmed as a Christian and what is his baptsim christain name?
It is the choice for all of us to believe in any religion and it does not matter to anyone if he is a muslim as long as he clarifies what he really believes in?
Is it too much to ask especially when choosing the next President for an honest answer to their belief?
Posted by: J Kumar | February 23, 2008 1:19 PM
this is just strictly rediculous she's the one that's been attacking him with worse distortions than the Repubs would of been able to come up with....
Fool me once, shame on him...Iraq
Fool me twice, shame on me...Vote for Iran
Shame on you HRC you dumb dumb lol
Go Obama....who is she tryna fool?
Posted by: kwaku | February 23, 2008 1:20 PM
If Hillary can't even produce a decent, well-managed campaign, why would anyone think that she could manage the federal government.
Experience is as experience does, and Hillary's doesn't.
Posted by: MARTIN EDWIN ANDERSEN | February 23, 2008 1:23 PM
Jerry - at least Bush went to war with an enemy. Obama wants to attack Pakistan who is a friend in need and in problems.
Posted by: Rob | February 23, 2008 12:54 PM
You're twisting Obama's words, Robby..
Try Again, Wingnuts!
Posted by: John E | February 23, 2008 1:25 PM
I see
Billary the uniter has entered the campaign. So much for that "I'm proud to be here onstage with Barak Obama" line. Cue the tears please.... and cut! That's a wrap for the Billary '08 campaign, see you in '16
Posted by: karl | February 23, 2008 1:25 PM
Yeah, and Clinton is tested, all right.... Focus group tested, dial-tested....
Posted by: James | February 23, 2008 1:25 PM
Erm....I'm no fan of Bush, at all, but he DID have 8 years of executive experience as governor of Texas, which is considerable more executive experience than Ms Clinton has for her resume....
Posted by: andrew | February 23, 2008 1:32 PM
This is ridiculous. Obama is nothing like GWB. And, as far as Hillary being ready on "day one", why hasn't she been ready from the beginning of this campaign. Her campaign management has been a joke. First of all, she totally underestimated the opponent. She said this would be over by Super Tuesday and made no contingency past. She was $7.6M in debt on 1/31. And, yet she wants us to believe she will be ready on "day one"??? Ready to do what? Obama has an extensive legislative record and anyone can check that out if they are honest enough to want to know. Hillary keeps talking about leading us on "day one", while Obama is already leading us!
Posted by: Donn | February 23, 2008 1:41 PM
Rob, Obama never said he would attack Pakistan. We know that al Qaida is located in a region of Pakistan. What he said is that he would talk with Pakistan to get them to do something about it but that if they wouldn't act, he would. They are the ones who attacked this country, remember? GWB diverted our attention to Iraq as if they attacked us. Obama is just getting us back on track by going after the terrorists who attacked our soil. Commander-in-Chief indeed! Obama 2008!
Posted by: donn | February 23, 2008 1:44 PM
Whoops! My last comment was meant for Rob, not Jerry. Rob was the one who said that Obama wanted to bomb Pakistan.
Posted by: donn | February 23, 2008 1:46 PM
The battle between Hillary and Obama for the Democratic nomination has now turned into a fight over Vision vs Experience. The question at heart is, when do we stop walking the same path, just because we are unsure where the other path will take us. Personally, I'm not concerned with the experience factor as much as the vision factor. Our present experienced leaders have brought us to one of the most morally morose and fiscally challenged times in U.S. history. there experience has returned us to the vietnam era, where we are making the exact same mistakes. Experience has brought us all time low education scores and sharp declines in the value of the U.S. dollar. Is experience really the lynchpin holding our country together. Our country was not founded on experience, it was founded on vision. And even though that vision did not include everyone here, the vision set a precedent to do so. Once again we stand at the doorway of opportunity, with a new chance to take the new path. It may not yield everything that was promised, but it also does not automatically condemn us to the same fates we suffered before. The past 8 years have tempered america, and now we are ready to have our blade re-honed. The "hope-mongering" of Obama has been one of the greatest things to hit our country in years. In the greatest country on this planet, we have been without hope, without faith in our own government, and without enthusiasm for our own political well being. If nothing more than hope and new inspiration comes from this election, we are better off for it. History has shown us what just a few people and a lot of hope can do. It is pertinent that we climb down off of our political and intellectual high horses. It's simple, when one way isn't working, its time for a new one. I, a 27 year old black man from the Robert Taylor Homes projects of Chicago, am able to believe in America again. I believe in change. I believe in Obama.
Posted by: Wendell | February 23, 2008 1:47 PM
The attacks on Hillary are becoming more and more vicious. Me thinks perhaps she is gaining ground? Sorry BOmaniacs but she is just smarter and she works harder than BO.
Posted by: greg | February 23, 2008 1:49 PM
If anyone is using the Karl Rove playbook it's Hillary. Her campaign has been negative and dirty from day one.
Posted by: GoonRide | February 23, 2008 1:50 PM
Obama is untested?
Hmh I don't recall Hillary ever being President before.
Posted by: Karen | February 23, 2008 1:51 PM
Wow. HRC is like the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde candidate. I was actually impressed that she was able to hold herself back from the petty phony attacks during the debate (well, she almost held herself back....). But this is just unbelievable--particularly since the Obama campaign has a lot more ammunition on the issue of who has led the distorting, misleading direct mail campaign. Why would she go the route that will expose her as a complete hypocrite!
Please, superdelegates, just weigh in now and let's put an end to this before HRC totally self-destructs!
Posted by: zebra | February 23, 2008 1:52 PM
Boy, did Clinton get this one completely wrong.
Bush was tested, over and over, and found wanting every time.
His entire adult life is one of no achievement with deals and offices handed to him.
Privileged and spoiled and lacking in any talent, his career included being a drunk, making a dirty stock deal in a little oil company that should have sent him to jail for securities fraud, going AWOL from the National Guard, and executing a record number of people as Texas's figurehead governor.
Even his campaign in 2000 was a bad joke. He was a terrible speaker and had nothing to say, but he had pockets stuffed with cash.
The wonder in 2000 is that the American people elected this creature.
Oh, that's right, they didn't elect him after all. The other guy got the majority, but the Court gave the election to Bush.
My faith in the people is restored.
Posted by: John Chuckman, Toronto, Canada | February 23, 2008 1:58 PM
Clinton says that Obama is akin to Bush in that he is untested. She goes on to associate a vote for Obama with a vote for Bush, saying that the American people didn't know what they were voting for in 2000, either, and look what we got... and I take offense to that.
I knew. A lot of people knew, even way back then. And we didn't vote for Bush. But look what we got.
If Clinton would like to use her thread of logic in a logical way, a vote for Obama is more akin to a vote for Gore or Nader, because that's who WE, the folks who knew what we were getting in 2000, voted for.
And this time, we're voting for Obama.
Posted by: Trevor | February 23, 2008 2:14 PM
Say did anyone see the sign in front of Hilary the other day. It read Bill Clinton for VP. Now if she's elected see can resign right aftershes sworn in and Bill is the new Pres. And he selects who? none other than Hilary for his VP. Its legal check it out.
Posted by: Retired | February 23, 2008 2:15 PM
Marysia,
I guess this post proves that you are at stage 2-"Anger/Bitterness"-in your grief over the imminent death of Hillary's candidacy. Never fear; acceptance will come soon and you won't have to resort to such scurrilous attacks against Senator Obama.
"Get help. You will survive. You will heal, even if you cannot believe that now, just know that it is true." I hope this helps...
Posted by: Jonathon | February 23, 2008 2:18 PM
Mrs. Clinton has "experience"?
She can't even manage a campaign. Her New York senate campaign was a financial mess and so is her current presidential nomination campaign. Just what we need from a "leader" in this time of economic chaos. The drive-by corporate media created her and has given her a free pass on her non-experience. Nevertheless, the American people are not buying anymore of her bullshit and she will not win another primary.
Posted by: nochickenhawk | February 23, 2008 2:21 PM
Mrs. Clinton has "experience"?
She can't even manage a campaign. Her New York senate campaign was a financial mess and so is her current presidential nomination campaign. Just what we need from a "leader" in this time of economic chaos. The drive-by corporate media created her and has given her a free pass on her non-experience. Nevertheless, the American people are not buying anymore of her bullshit and she will not win another primary.
Posted by: nochickenhawk | February 23, 2008 2:24 PM
Though I agree that Susan's post goes over a lot of dirty laundry we really don't need to review. The more interesting part is Obama vs. Clinton's legislative record, which is very easy to look up on the Library of Congress website (note: alot of bills aren't really policy, they are "declaration", like National Summer Learning Day, so I'm not counting those). If you want to get past the various "promises" on the part of both candidates, and you really care about comparing the two on merit without getting into all the emotional stuff people seem to be feeling, it's important stuff to review.
In the last year (and while dems have been a majority), Obama has written a much wider array of substantive bills. Almost half of Hillary's have been relatively narrow focused health/women/childrens related (gestational diabetes etc...). This is of course, a very important area, but there are other issues a president has to address, for instance Obama has written bills concerning global warming, she has none that I can see. Second, other than health care, Obama's have had far more co-sponsors, showing his ability to work with his fellow senators and their willingness to jump on board with him on legislation. One note on health care in the last year, only his (an amendment to a Kennedy bill) has actually passed. Thirdly, he has had more substantive bills "pass". Maybe this is due to Obama's background as a legislator in Illinois, I really don't know.
But it is important to check it out if you are arguing about their relative experience.
Posted by: Tammy | February 23, 2008 2:30 PM
OBAMA IS A FRAUD the NYTs called him out on his Karl Rove tactics before Super Tuesday his flyers are almost the direct replica of the rightwing smear campaing in 93 and 94 the "Harry & Louise" attack. Obama is also lying about NAFTA and HILLARY'S position and words obama claims that he got the info from a news source, THAT NEWSOURCE denounced obamas flyer as MISREPRESENTING. HillaryClinton.com has the article.
OBAMA is a LIAR AND A FAKE AND WILL NEVER GET MY DEMOCRATIC VOTE!!! Just as he played the race card and has lied and distorted Hillary's position, his change and hope of new politics is nothing but BS. Democrats did not use these disgusting tactics in 04 or 00 how dare you supporting obama continue your evil little crap!
SHAME ON YOU OBAMA!!!
Posted by: sjl | February 23, 2008 2:33 PM
"Democrats did not use these disgusting tactics in 04 or 00 how dare you supporting obama continue your evil little crap!
SHAME ON YOU OBAMA!!!" -sjl
"Leave Brittney alone!"
I loved your 'youtube' moment. It was great
Posted by: joe | February 23, 2008 2:50 PM
Shame on you Obama. Your camp did a hit job on the Clintons in SC saying they were using the race card.
Your campaign started out
"This isn't about race", yet all your speeches mention Selma, Ala, MLK,
etc. Now today, you say
I am black, I am your candidate, you still get it
wrong, why is it you cannot
say I am your biracial candidate. Shame on you for not identifying with your white people!
Posted by: electress | February 23, 2008 3:05 PM
I don't know if Barrack is "hands-on" with his campaign, but the outcome is proving that the man has very good management skills. He is either overseeing his campaign or hiring the right people.
Can Hillary say the same?
Posted by: Lawrence | February 23, 2008 3:05 PM
Clinton is vicious and is having a mental breakdown. She is going insane at the prospect of imminent defeat. Her attacks and negative campaign were destined to fail and the American people are sick of her and Bill. Today was just another disgraceful and counterproductive day in a long series of disasters for a horribly managed campaign.
Posted by: Joe Ruwe | February 23, 2008 3:10 PM
Wait a sec...wasn't Bush the Governor of Texas? Isn't that an executive position? What executive position did Hillary hold?
And just like Hillary's husband his daddy was pres...so he was ready on day one, right?
Jeeze, Hillary Clinton's experience slogan is the BIGGEST FAIRY TAIL of them all
Posted by: james | February 23, 2008 3:10 PM
Is it too much to ask especially when choosing the next President for an honest answer to their belief?
Posted by: J Kumar | February 23, 2008 1:19 PM
Nice try Kumar goes to White Castle,
That Obama lie isn't going to get crazy old man McCain elected especially since he calls himself a "Straight-talker" while at the same time his campaign is actually being run by crooked corrupt lobbyists.
NEXT!!!
Posted by: John E | February 23, 2008 3:13 PM
HRC supporters.. lose the bitterness .. we all know you will be dissapointed if she doesn't win, but Obama is a good man and a good candidate, and even though you may disagree with him, the American people will make their decision as a whole. and we need your support to get a Democrat in the white house NOT JOHN MCCAIN!
Posted by: mike d | February 23, 2008 3:16 PM
OBAMA is a LIAR AND A FAKE AND WILL NEVER GET MY DEMOCRATIC VOTE!!! Just as he played the race card and has lied and distorted Hillary's position, his change and hope of new politics is nothing but BS. Democrats did not use these disgusting tactics in 04 or 00 how dare you supporting obama continue your evil little crap!
SHAME ON YOU OBAMA!!!
Posted by: sjl | February 23, 2008 2:33 PM
Get lost you moron!
I've seen you past posts, you're a Republican, so no, you wouldn't vote for Obama "no matter what" because you were going to vote for Crazy John McCain/Bush all along anyway.
NEXT!
Posted by: John E | February 23, 2008 3:18 PM
Humm, hello....
Bush was the Governor of Texas. He had more executive experience than Hillary.
and his daddy was POTUS, just like Hillary's husband...In fact his daddy was vp for 8 years before that...
How does the Clinton experience math work out anyway? Obama has more time in elected office than she does, for crying out loud!
How the heck, did she become the "experience candidate" with the least amount of it?
Posted by: james | February 23, 2008 3:22 PM
CLINTON’S CAMPAIGN ON COMPARING A DEMOCRAT TO BUSH: "If you want to talk about tactical political maneuvering, it’s about one Democrat comparing another Democrat to George Bush. That’s the worst kind of tactical political maneuvering." Clinton Spokesman Howard Wolfson [AP, 12/20/07]
Posted by: Goon | February 23, 2008 3:24 PM
I love you Obama bloggers - so defensive. The truth is, Obama is inexperienced. No shame in bringing that up. Everyone caught up in the "we need change" theme, should take off the rose colored glasses and see Obama for what he really is INEXPERIENCED. Clinton will hit the ground running in January and that's the kind of president this country needs!
Posted by: gs | February 23, 2008 3:39 PM
Time to take off the rose colored glasses the Obama fans have been looking through. Seems like things are swinging toward Clinton now.
Posted by: greg | February 23, 2008 3:47 PM
Obama has more experience in elected office than Dubya when he was elected. He has more experience in legislature than Hillary does. Yes some of it was at the state level, but that certainly is more real than Hillary's "experience" with being a wife of an elected offical.
Not to mention that Hillary and all of her so-called experience, keeps on making the wrong decisions on things like Iraq and Kyl-Lieberman.
And Obama, unlike Dubya, earned what he had in school and later doing community organizing. And that's unlike Hillary as well, who spent only a year working as lawyer for Children's Defense Fund before leaving to work for a high-powered law firm. The kind of job Obama as the Editor of the Harvard Law Review, was offered plenty of.
Obamas is not perfect. He makes mistakes and I disagree with some of his stands on issues. But he certainly has more honour and vision and real world experience AND elected experience than she does.
Plus she's being running negative flyers in NH, bringing up "plagarism" and then lying about it later; doing negative TV ads in WI; and then going negative after the debates with some Rove-ian attempted linking to "terrorists" (when she KNOWS her husband is 10 times worse there).
Hillary is a liar and a hypocrite and she would make terrible President.
Posted by: Heidi | February 23, 2008 3:56 PM
Seems someones list is a little lacking. Here is the first page of Hillary's years in Senate.
Perhaps you were just highlighting the legislation that just passed.
pg 1
1. S.CON.RES.10 : A concurrent resolution honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 98th anniversary.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/12/2007) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/13/2007 Senate floor actions. Status: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2. S.CON.RES.26 : A concurrent resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and commending recipients of the Purple Heart for their courageous demonstrations of gallantry and heroism on behalf of the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/12/2007) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Held at the desk.
3. S.CON.RES.27 : A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Purple Heart Recognition Day".
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/12/2007) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Armed Services; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 7/30/2007 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
4. S.CON.RES.63 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/19/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/28/2008 Held at the desk.
5. S.RES.20 : A resolution recognizing the uncommon valor of Wesley Autry of New York, New York.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
6. S.RES.21 : A resolution recognizing the uncommon valor of Wesley Autrey of New York, New York.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/8/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
7. S.RES.92 : A resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of soldiers of Israel held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/1/2007) Cosponsors (18)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/12/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
8. S.RES.141 : A resolution urging all member countries of the International Commission of the International Tracing Service who have yet to ratify the May 2006 amendments to the 1955 Bonn Accords to expedite the ratification process to allow for open access to the Holocaust archives located at Bad Arolsen, Germany.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/10/2007) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/1/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
9. S.RES.176 : A resolution recognizing April 30, 2007, as "National Healthy Schools Day".
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/30/2007) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/30/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
10. S.RES.222 : A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/6/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
11. S.RES.404 : A resolution congratulating all member states of the International Commission for the International Tracing Service (ITS) on ratifying the May 2006 protocol granting open access to a vast archives on the Holocaust and other World War II materials, located at Bad Arolsen, Germany.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/13/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
12. S.120 : A bill to establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
13. S.201 : A bill to establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/8/2007) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
14. S.211 : A bill to facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services. volunteer services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (39)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
15. S.301 : A bill to provide higher education assistance for nontraditional students, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/16/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
16. S.413 : A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/26/2007) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
17. S.511 : A bill to provide student borrowers with basic rights, including the right to timely information about their loans and the right to make fair and reasonable loan payments, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/7/2007) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
18. S.649 : A bill to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an independent safety assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/15/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
19. S.661 : A bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (23)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
20. S.670 : A bill to set forth limitations on the United States military presence in Iraq and on United States aid to Iraq for security and reconstruction, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/16/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 2/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
21. S.694 : A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/27/2007) Cosponsors (37)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
22. S.701 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a temporary oil profit fee and to use the proceeds of the fee collected to provide a Strategic Energy Fund and expand certain energy tax incentives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/28/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
23. S.748 : A bill to establish the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center in New York, New York, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/2/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
24. S.757 : A bill to create a national set of effective voluntary national expectations for mathematics and science education in kindergarten through grade 12, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/5/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
25. S.764 : A bill to amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/5/2007) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
26. S.766 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/6/2007) Cosponsors (22)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
27. S.776 : A bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the energy employees occupational illness compensation program.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/6/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
28. S.804 : A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to improve the administration of elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/7/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Rules and Administration
Latest Major Action: 3/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
29. S.820 : A bill to establish demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/8/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
30. S.837 : A bill to develop a generation of school leaders who are committed to, and effective in, increasing student achievement and to ensure that all low-income, under-performing schools are led by effective school leaders who are well-prepared to foster student success.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/9/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
31. S.895 : A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to ensure that every child in the United States has access to affordable, quality health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/15/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
32. S.907 : A bill to establish an Advisory Committee on Gestational Diabetes, to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/15/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
33. S.937 : A bill to improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/20/2007) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
34. S.947 : A bill to modernize the Federal Housing Administration to meet the housing needs of the American people.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/21/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/21/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
35. S.959 : A bill to award a grant to enable Teach for America, Inc., to implement and expand its teaching program.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (12)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
36. S.960 : A bill to establish the United States Public Service Academy.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/30/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
37. S.982 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/23/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
38. S.993 : A bill to improve pediatric research.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
39. S.1031 : A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide coordination and direction for commodity programs, and to ensure the distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables to schools and service institutions in the United States.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
40. S.1032 : A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish an Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
41. S.1034 : A bill to create investment opportunities for rural families and access to credit for rural entrepreneurs and microenterprises, to support rural regional investment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
42. S.1059 : A bill to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve Federal building energy efficiency standards, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
43. S.1063 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve certain death and survivor benefits with respect to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
44. S.1064 : A bill to provide for the improvement of the physical evaluation processes applicable to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
45. S.1065 : A bill to improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
46. S.1075 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to contraceptive services for women and men under the Medicaid program, help low income women and couples prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce abortion, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
47. S.1078 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for employer-provided employee housing assistance, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/10/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/10/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
48. S.1097 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War era.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/12/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 4/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
49. S.1148 : A bill to establish the Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission and the Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/18/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Reports: 110-179
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 377.
50. S.1240 : A bill to provide for the provision by hospitals receiving Federal funds through the Medicare program or Medicaid program of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 4/26/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
51. S.1259 : A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/1/2007) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
52. S.1343 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to prevention and treatment of diabetes, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/9/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
53. S.1363 : A bill to improve health care for severely injured members and former members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/10/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
54. S.1390 : A bill to provide for the issuance of a "forever stamp" to honor the sacrifices of the brave men and women of the armed forces who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/15/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
55. S.1409 : A bill to provide and enhance education, housing, and entrepreneur assistance for veterans who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/16/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
56. S.1427 : A bill to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/17/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
57. S.1444 : A bill to provide for free mailing privileges for personal correspondence and parcels sent to members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/22/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
58. S.1452 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a national center for public mental health emergency preparedness, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/22/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
59. S.1480 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents (known as "Gold Star parents") of members of the Armed Forces who die during a period of war.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
60. S.1485 : A bill to impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
61. S.1500 : A bill to support democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/24/2007) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Senate Reports: 110-136
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 284.
62. S.1542 : A bill to establish State infrastructure banks for education, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/5/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 6/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
63. S.1604 : A bill to increase the number of well-educated nurses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/13/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 6/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
64. S.1705 : A bill to prevent nuclear terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/27/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
65. S.1712 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve newborn screening activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/27/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 6/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
66. S.1763 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of a military service medal to members of the Armed Forces who served honorably during the Cold War era.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
67. S.1787 : A bill to conduct 1 or more higher education and career readiness demonstration projects for rural, low-income students.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/13/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 7/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
68. S.1793 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/17/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
69. S.1800 : A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require emergency contraception to be available at all military health care treatment facilities.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/17/2007) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: Senate Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
70. S.1801 : A bill to require a study on the relocation of the Sector Buffalo facilities of the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/17/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Major Action: 7/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
71. S.1812 : A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen mentoring programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/18/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 7/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
72. S.1816 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
73. S.1821 : A bill to prohibit the closure or relocation of any county, local, or field office of the Farm Service Agency or Natural Resources Conservation Service or any office related to the rural development mission of the Department of Agriculture until at least 1 year after the enactment of an Act to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs after fiscal year 2007.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
74. S.1823 : A bill to set the United States on track to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/19/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
75. S.1840 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/20/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 7/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
76. S.1888 : A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to add National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day to the list of days on which the flag should especially be displayed.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/26/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
77. S.1898 : A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to expand family and medical leave for spouses, sons, daughters, and parents of servicemembers with combat-related injuries.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/30/2007) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 7/30/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
78. S.1911 : A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the health of susceptible populations, including pregnant women, infants, and children, by requiring a health advisory, drinking water standard, and reference concentration for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 8/1/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 8/1/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
79. S.1950 : A bill to require a report on contingency planning for the redeployment of United States forces from Iraq.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 8/2/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
80. S.1967 : A bill to provide administrative ease and incentives for increased saving by Americans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 8/2/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
81. S.2005 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide education on the health consequences of exposure to secondhand smoke, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 8/3/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 8/3/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
82. S.2054 : A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to assist cities with a vacant housing problem, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/17/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
83. S.2059 : A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline flight crews.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/18/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
84. S.2082 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/20/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 9/20/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
85. S.2114 : A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act, to provide for enhanced disclosures to consumers and enhanced regulation of mortgage brokers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/27/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
86. S.2175 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/17/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
87. S.2187 : A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for child care workforce development initiatives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/17/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 10/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
88. S.2222 : A bill to require the International Trade Commission to report on the specific impact of each free trade agreement in force with respect to the United States on a sector-by-sector basis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/24/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
89. S.2244 : A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out demonstration projects and outreach programs for the identification and abatement of lead hazards, to establish the Joint Task Force on Lead-Based Hazards and the Task Force on Children's Environmental Health and Safety, to strengthen the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/25/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 10/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
90. S.2310 : A bill to establish a National Catastrophic Risks Consortium and a National Homeowners' Insurance Stabilization Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 11/6/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 11/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
91. S.2341 : A bill to provide Individual Development Accounts to support foster youths who are transitioning from the foster care system.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 11/13/2007) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 11/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
92. S.2395 : A bill to establish an adoption process improvement pilot program.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 11/16/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 11/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
93. S.2415 : A bill to require the President and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator to establish a comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls in countries for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/5/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
94. S.2426 : A bill to provide for congressional oversight of United States agreements with the Government of Iraq.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/6/2007) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
95. S.2456 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/12/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/12/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
96. S.2476 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve immunization rates by increasing the supply of vaccines.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/13/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
97. S.2480 : A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publicly disclose the identity of long-term care facilities listed under the Special Focus Facility Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/13/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
98. S.2514 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/18/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
99. S.2515 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/18/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/18/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
100. S.2524 : A bill to improve the enforcement of the Davis-Bacon Act.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/19/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 12/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Items 101 through 150 of 150
101. S.2535 : A bill to revise the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/22/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 1/22/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
102. S.2549 : A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice to provide guidance to Federal agencies on the development of criteria for identifying disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority populations and low-income populations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/23/2008) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Environment and Public Works
Latest Major Action: 1/23/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
103. S.2574 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the use of qualified mortgage revenue bonds for refinancing mortgages and to provide a temporary increase in the volume cap for such bonds.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/30/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/30/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
104. S.2584 : A bill to establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/31/2008) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2008 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
105. S.AMDT.231 to S.470 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/5/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2007 Senate amendment submitted
106. S.AMDT.278 to S.4 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 2/28/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 2/28/2007 Senate amendment submitted
107. S.AMDT.409 to S.4 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/8/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2007 Senate amendment submitted
108. S.AMDT.410 to S.4 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/8/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2007 Senate amendment submitted
109. S.AMDT.666 to H.R.1591 To link award fees under Department of Homeland Security contracts to successful acquisition outcomes under such contracts.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/28/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 666 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
110. S.AMDT.667 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted
111. S.AMDT.668 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted
112. S.AMDT.759 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted
113. S.AMDT.768 to H.R.1591 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Senate amendment submitted
114. S.AMDT.1021 to S.1082 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/2/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/2/2007 Senate amendment submitted
115. S.AMDT.1040 to S.1082 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/3/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 5/3/2007 Senate amendment submitted
116. S.AMDT.1068 to H.R.1495 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/10/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/10/2007 Senate amendment submitted
117. S.AMDT.1183 to S.1348 To reclassify the spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as immediate relatives.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 5/23/2007) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Amendment SA 1183 ruled out of order by the chair.
118. S.AMDT.1469 to S.1348 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/6/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/6/2007 Senate amendment submitted
119. S.AMDT.1647 to H.R.6 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/18/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 6/18/2007 Senate amendment submitted
120. S.AMDT.1979 to S.1639 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 6/28/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 6/28/2007 Senate amendment submitted
121. S.AMDT.2041 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/10/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2007 Senate amendment submitted
122. S.AMDT.2046 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/10/2007) Cosponsors (7)
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2007 Senate amendment submitted
123. S.AMDT.2047 to H.R.1585 To specify additional individuals eligible to transportation for survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces to attend their burial ceremonies.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/10/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2047 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
124. S.AMDT.2108 to H.R.1585 To require a report on the planning and implementation of the policy of the United States toward Darfur.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2108 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
125. S.AMDT.2109 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/11/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 7/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted
126. S.AMDT.2136 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted
127. S.AMDT.2163 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/12/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 7/12/2007 Senate amendment submitted
128. S.AMDT.2222 to H.R.1585 To prevent nuclear terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/16/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 9/17/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2222 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
129. S.AMDT.2269 to S.CON.RES.27 Of a perfecting nature.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/16/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2269 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
130. S.AMDT.2390 to H.R.2638 To require that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/24/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2390 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
131. S.AMDT.2398 to H.R.2638 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/24/2007) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 7/24/2007 Senate amendment submitted
132. S.AMDT.2438 to H.R.2638 To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study on shared border management.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2438 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
133. S.AMDT.2441 to H.R.2638 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Senate amendment submitted
134. S.AMDT.2472 to H.R.2638 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/25/2007 Senate amendment submitted
135. S.AMDT.2474 to H.R.2638 To ensure that the Federal Protective Service has adequate personnel.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/25/2007) Cosponsors (10)
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2474 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
136. S.AMDT.2487 to H.R.2638 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/26/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2007 Senate amendment submitted
137. S.AMDT.2556 to H.R.976 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 7/31/2007) Cosponsors (5)
Latest Major Action: 7/31/2007 Senate amendment submitted
138. S.AMDT.2632 to H.R.976 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 8/2/2007) Cosponsors (15)
Latest Major Action: 8/2/2007 Senate amendment submitted
139. S.AMDT.2770 to H.R.2764 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/6/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 9/6/2007 Senate amendment submitted
140. S.AMDT.2802 to H.R.3074 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/10/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 9/10/2007 Senate amendment submitted
141. S.AMDT.2823 to H.R.3074 To require a report on plans to alleviate congestion and flight delays in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/11/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 9/11/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2823 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
142. S.AMDT.2917 to H.R.1585 To extend and enhance the authority for temporary lodging expenses for members of the Armed Forces in areas subject to a major disaster declaration or for installations experiencing a sudden increase in personnel levels.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/19/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/25/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 2917 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
143. S.AMDT.2944 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/19/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 9/19/2007 Senate amendment submitted
144. S.AMDT.3025 to H.R.1585 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 9/24/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/24/2007 Senate amendment submitted
145. S.AMDT.3168 to H.R.3222 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/3/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 10/3/2007 Senate amendment submitted
146. S.AMDT.3197 to H.R.3222 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/3/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 10/3/2007 Senate amendment submitted
147. S.AMDT.3266 to H.R.3093 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/4/2007) Cosponsors (2)
Latest Major Action: 10/4/2007 Senate amendment submitted
148. S.AMDT.3302 to H.R.3093 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 10/15/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 10/15/2007 Senate amendment submitted
149. S.AMDT.3735 to H.R.2419 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 11/15/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007 Senate amendment submitted
150. S.AMDT.3829 to H.R.2419 Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 12/11/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 12/11/2007 Senate amendment submitted
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/clinton_obama_is_untested_just.html
Posted by: Troy M. | February 23, 2008 4:01 PM
Disclaimer: I voted for Bill Clinton, twice, but never in primaries. As a DLC new Democrat, most of Bill Clinton's accomplishments benefitted Republicans, and not average working Americans. But average, working Americans voted for him because he is personable and believed he would govern in the people's best interests. Big mistake. Bill Clinton is the reason I, a member of the Democratic Party since 1968, am no longer automatically vote for Democrats on the ticket.
With that out of the way, how has being publicly humiliated by her husband's infidelities tested Hillary Clinton for the job of President of the U.S.?
Hillary Clinton has no more experience for the job than Barack Obama. I'd argue that Obama has more experience in public service.
I am a 58 year old white woman (her alleged base), and am completely disgusted with Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Presidency. After witnessing Bill Clinton's condescending and patronizing lectures on her behalf this campaign season, and Hillary's own inept arguments for why she is the best candidate for the job, I see her campaign as the best metaphor for why she would be a disaster for the nation.
I'm very angry with the Democratic Party, the media, and the establishment for the miserable quality of campaigns, elections and candidates in what's supposed to be the greatest democracy in the world. The process each election season gets longer with less substance. If I have to hear clips from the candidates' same stump speech, and the same questions asked each debate, I think I will lose what's left of my mind. We know their health insurance plans-What about FCC reform and returning to the fairness doctrine? What about eliminating corporate personhood? What about signing statements and unitary executive-If elected, will these candidates pledge not to do what Bush has done? What about their positions on U.S. military presence around the world, and keeping military bases throughout the Middle East and the world? What about their positions on taxing corporations, reregulating, unprivatizing/nationalizing U.S. resources and infrastructure, etc.? Who should own our shared U.S. resources? What about energy? The coal industry sponsored two of the debates and not one question to the candidates about our energy woes and the environmental catastrophe ongoing?
Posted by: Jane Oliver | February 23, 2008 4:02 PM
Obama Obama Obama Obama Obama -- I Will Worship Obama, Devote My Life to Spreading His Message. For he is the incarnation of God on earth. When he blows his nose, his snot heals the masses. Obama is my new God, I will do whatever he tells me to do.
(did I get any Obama supporters a bit turned on...lol...All the Obama supporters have such a hatred for Hillary, its kinda weird. You can like your candidate, but when you start to HATE the other, who is advocating the same ideas as your man, I get scared because mesmorized masses are the antithesis of the American story...
Posted by: Ben M | February 23, 2008 4:05 PM
Hillary already ruined health care reform with her incredibly stupid secrecy in 1992.
She's voted for the War and the Iran measure that could have meant Bush could invade Iran.
What more is there to say?
Posted by: Roldo Bartimole | February 23, 2008 4:07 PM
I have asked several times why someone who:
* Mismanaged over a million dollars in her campaign
* Has left unpaid bills in Iowa and New Hampshire
* Hired long-time incompetant croneys in Parrti Solis Doyle and Mark Penn to run her campaign and advise her
* Can't fire her failed strategist Mark Penn because she owes him over $2,000,000 she can't pay
* Puts her supporters on the hook to repay, out of their pockets, the $5,000,000 loan she made to the campaign
* Couldn't file her delegate paperwork on time in Pennsylvania even after being given an extension
* Had ZERO strategy for the campaign after Feb 5th because he accepted assurances that it wouldn't be a prolonged campaign
* Fights to seat delegates in FL/MI after saying publically that she knew those races wouldn't count but belittles and mocks red state and caucus voters as "not representing Democratic voters"
* Sends her husband out to race-bait, ruining decades of relations with the African-American community in the United States
* Took a campaign in which she was the presumptive nominee and ran it entirely into the ground
...why this woman should be trusted with our budget, our military planning, our foreign relations, staffing a competant Cabinet, and be trusted with our domestic policies. No one has ever presented an answer.
Forget Obama and forget McCain. Someone Clinton supporter PLEASE defend why a woman so obviously incapable of running a campaign organization, so incapable of getting good advisors, so incapable of handling money should be given the highest office in the nation.
Posted by: Jeff V | February 23, 2008 4:08 PM
Hillary has finally gotten to the point of unseemly desperation. She's been a staunch Congressional ally of Bush Administration policies from the start, ranging from her vote for war in Iraq (later admitting that she hadn't even bothered to read the relevant National Intelligence Estimate, suggesting she knew beforehand that she was going to vote for anything that made her look "tough on security"); her vote against banning cluster bombs; her wildly irresponsible statements and votes with respect to Iran; etc.
Obama's legislative career is longer than Hillary's, which underscores one of her fundamental dilemmas: she's attempting to lengthen her "experience" by putting forth her husband's as her own. That being the case, is anyone so foolish to think that Hillary would mount a serious opposition to NAFTA?
Posted by: James | February 23, 2008 4:10 PM
Isn’t it ironic that the press is so bias and sexist that they report in the campaign and the debates that Obama and Clinton are not so far apart in they positions. They got this darn right ( this is about the only thing they’ve got right!! That’s very true they are very similar. – so what tangible way do you compare the two ---one has experience and one is black – (does this argument sound vaguely familiar in reverse?)
It’s amazing how sexist we are in this country – although we like to project that we are liberal and broadminded. There has been dozens of female world leaders i.e. England , now Germany, Israel even third world countries such as India. Philippines and even a muslin county like Pakistan
Don’t get me wrong Obama is bright talented capable candidate but do we elect our president with our heart or our heads. – we scorn other countries when they elect their leader on emotion –
I ultimately will be happy with any of the top three contenders Obama, Clinton or McCain. They are all very capable but when I cast my vote in Nov I will vote with my head not my heart – (I’ll leave the heart vote for the Oscars and American Idol – ironically not all American Idols go on to make hit CD’s, some times it the second, third or fourth place person)
Posted by: indy | February 23, 2008 4:19 PM
Susan, Helenann - Keep up the good work. Help make the real record known.
HRC will not heal any wounds - she's salt!
Posted by: dick55 | February 23, 2008 4:22 PM
Here is a link to Michelle Obama's thesis.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html
Posted by: Troy M. | February 23, 2008 4:26 PM
Hillary is finished. All the whining in the world cannot resurrect her.The only management experience either one has is running these campaigns. She ran hers into the ground.
Posted by: Ken H. | February 23, 2008 4:26 PM
Hillary is going mad, desperation?
Posted by: nieddu | February 23, 2008 4:32 PM
Thank you Wendell! Beautifully worded! I as a 52 year old white man couldn't agree more! Who says we can't come together as a nation!
Go Obama! Yes we can!
Posted by: Pat | February 23, 2008 4:40 PM
Hillary's biggest problem right now is that Obama's campaign has been a huge success story and hers has been a miserable failure. Hillary has proven that she's an incompetent manager and a lousy strategist. So why should we trust her to run the country?
Answer: We can't
Posted by: Mark F | February 23, 2008 4:44 PM
the woman is like the character "SYBILL" - you never know which Hillary you are going to get --
TODAY in Ohio she crucified Obama for his health care and nafta mailings pointing out that democrats do not go after democrats like that --
---
But it's okay to compare Sen Obama to the worst President in the history of this country????
That's not a democrat slam? And really the worst one possible--
Sen Clinton has far more in common with George W Bush that Sen Obama does--
But that makes sense as they may be related through her husband to GBush Sr --
There's no other possible explanation -- unless there is medication available
Posted by: AMBER | February 23, 2008 4:45 PM
Very simply,
1. Job Corps
2. Full college tuition assistance and program support for under-represented groups (Black, Hispanic, Native American)
So to prepare, encourage everyone that make up our diverse nation to run our country well on all fronts, Clinton administrations supported the above and with a budget surplus (not deficit, again no thanks to Bush). Clinton administrations proved in the past and will continue to embody equal opportunity for all. Obama is too arrogant and lazy to care. His lazy writing a book and editing a journal does nothing practical to help those in worst circumstances. Moreover, his writing/editing 'accomplishment' is not Pulitzer or Nobel worthy.
Posted by: Obama Not EO | February 23, 2008 4:46 PM
Susan, either you are a liar or you are misinformed.
The Library of Congress maintains a database where ANYONE can look up what bills were sponsored/co-sponsored by any Senator or Representative:
http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.html
For the 110th Congress (the current one) Hillary is on record for having sponsored 104 bills and resolutions and 46 amendments last year alone!
Bills like S.2584 : A bill to establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services.
OR
S.2514 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to ensure that increases in the Federal minimum wage keep pace with any pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Someone has either duped you, or you are trying to dupe us with your cherry-picked examples.
EVERYONE please look up the facts before you believe tripe like this.
Posted by: Tyler S | February 23, 2008 4:48 PM
I like Hillary. She has my support.
Posted by: me | February 23, 2008 4:57 PM
Like his pal Rezko, Obama is a con man. Nothing more.
Posted by: Monique | February 23, 2008 4:58 PM
As a life-long Democrat who had the privilege of being Hardin County Iowa Democratic Chair, I will vote Republican if Obama is the nominee as he will not only divide the Democratic Party but destroy it--and I will not be alone in leaving Obamacrats. I believe in democracy--not in the lies of Obama.
Posted by: Dr Arthur Ide | February 23, 2008 5:04 PM
J Kumar...
The reason Barack might not answer the he is Christian (with tons of enthusiasm) is probably because people continue to dwell on this. Do your homework...he is a born again Christian....Actually, religion should not matter in any of this. And, Hillary is crooked for pretending that she's run a fair race.
Posted by: Jason | February 23, 2008 5:06 PM
What could be more Republican than trying to use crooked results from Florida to win your election? Considering that Hillary was the one who coordinated Dick Morris's work for Bill - and Dick was fully Rove's equal - should we be surprised now at her ethics?
Posted by: Jack Efkay | February 23, 2008 5:18 PM
HONEST ABE
Your Words – his words- PLAGIARISM: be honest (check out the words)
http://www.youtube.com/user/wtmv
Obama reneges on his word to use public funding
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080215/ap_on_el_pr/mccain
Posted by: C Pinto | February 23, 2008 5:22 PM
Boy, this sure is getting nasty. I'm not talking about the battle of words between the candidates. I'm talking about the war between the followers of each candidate. Let's keep things in perspective, people!
Oh, and to J Kumar, who said Obama has not declared his Christian faith, here's a segment of a speech he gave in 2006:
"It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of Trinity United Church of Christ on 95th Street in the Southside of Chicago one day and affirm my Christian faith. It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. I didn't fall out in church. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. But kneeling beneath that cross on the South Side, I felt that I heard God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering His truth."
-- http://obama.senate.gov/speech/060628-call_to_renewal/
Posted by: Heron | February 23, 2008 5:23 PM
Really?
The Clintons are calling out Obama for "political maneuvering." Do they not own a mirror?
Posted by: Rob | February 23, 2008 5:24 PM
I find it interesting that HRC is accusing obama of using rove's tactics. I recall a certain push polling incident in CA that seemed very rove like. Those in glass houses...
Posted by: matt | February 23, 2008 5:26 PM
KENOSHA, Wis.-- Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton’s voice filled with emotion today as she listened to the story of a mother and young daughter who said they were being forced from their home due to a skyrocketing adjustable mortgage. [Chicago Trib / Swamp]
Hillary Clinton:
"You may have heard that I actually loaned my campaign some money and I was honored and humbled by the support that I have received since from people like the young mom who sent me $10 and wrote that 'my two daughters are two and four and I want them to know anything is possible.'" [NYT, 2/19/08]
Quotes regarding Hillary's campaign expenditures [from NYT / MSNBC]:
...Nearly $100,000 went for party platters and groceries before the Iowa caucuses...
...Rooms at the Bellagio luxury hotel in Las Vegas consumed more than $25,000; the Four Seasons, another $5,000...
...top consultants collected about $5 million in January...
...“The problem is she ran a campaign like they were staying at the Ritz-Carlton,” Mr. Trippi said. “Everything was the best. The most expensive draping at events. The biggest charter. It was like, ‘We’re going to show you how presidential we are by making our events look presidential.’ ”
Posted by: Abby | February 23, 2008 5:28 PM
It's the Last Days of Disco for the Clinton campaign, and Hillary and her supporters refuse to accept how obsolete she already is. They're beginning to sound a lot like the Ron Paul people. "We're going all the way!" Sure you are. You're going somewhere alright, but after March 4th in Texas, it sure as hell won't be the White House.
Posted by: TX | February 23, 2008 5:28 PM
wasnt bush and bill both governors of states before presidents?
Posted by: Weiss | February 23, 2008 5:33 PM
Get Real!
Shame on you Hillary! a vote for Obama is not a vote for Bush.
A vote for You (Hillary) is another 4 more of:
Independent Counsels Investigations; another affairs in the Oval office; another fostergate; travelgate; Whitwatergate; monicagate etc;
We are moving forward and not going back to the Microsoft DOS era
Posted by: Love Bins | February 23, 2008 5:37 PM
the more attention she draws to Obama, the closer folks look at him, and consider the source...not the way to run a railway...trainwreck?
Posted by: diamonded | February 23, 2008 5:49 PM
Susan, Helenann - Keep up the good work. Help make the real record known.
HRC will not heal any wounds - she's salt!
Posted by: dick55 | February 23, 2008 6:06 PM
I am a 43 year old white woman who is probably quite different than Wendell, the poster above who is a "27 year old black man from the Robert Taylor Homes projects of Chicago." He states that he is "able to believe in America again, believes in change, and believes in Obama."
So do I! And this illustrates why, as I have predicted since he announced his candidacy, that Obama will win the presidency. He is able to unite very different people for one cause: a vision of change in how things are done in Washington. I will take this any day over Hillary Clinton, who represents how things have always been done (and who has been in the U.S. Senate, as a carpetbagger, for only four more years than Obama).
By the way, I believe Wendell's statement that he is "able to believe in America again", is exactly what Michelle Obama meant too. (But of course, sadly, that was destined to be dissected and mutilated by the press, rather than writing about anything of substance.) I am almost exactly one year younger than Michelle Obama, and if the choice is Obama/McCain, I will, for the first time since turning 18, feel that I have two solid candidates to choose from, and will be able to vote FOR a candidate, rather than AGAINST the other one, as I have done in so many elections.
I thank Wendell for taking the time to write out these thoughts so eloquently!
Posted by: Jean | February 23, 2008 6:16 PM
The more I see the guy the more Obama reminds me of an empty shell with tape recorded messages playing out of his head. Wake up Democrats!! The guy is a FAKE!! If he is nominated the Republican attack media will TEAR HIM APART!
Posted by: gary w | February 23, 2008 6:20 PM
ENOUGH! With the untested, unexperienced tripe, bull and crap.
What is her experience? Her years in the White House? The chef was there at the same time she was and had about as much input. Why isn't that individual running for the presidency.
She carpetbagged her way into New York and her most significant achievement there was to advocate driving licences for any illegal resident in New York any one of which could have been a terrorist.
Her husband's pitiful quest for a third term through her occupancy of the Oval Office is revolting and should be brought to an immediate end.
Posted by: tom | February 23, 2008 6:39 PM
shrillery. alright? there, i said it.
stop screeching and screaming and yelling and hollering. stop demanding attention every minute of the day. stop living for the sake of outward appearances. stop having to have a perfect anecdote for EVERY single situation you encounter.
she shares with her husband a need to be liked by everyone she meets. to be the cure for whatever ails them.
shame on barack, but not shame on bush? not shame on cheney? not shame on gonzales?
not shame on your husband? HE is the one who threw away his second term and ruined gore's shot at the white house. have you every publicly shrieked "shame on you, bill clinton!"?
and maybe the moderators could delete all of the pages long posts. seriously, this is not the place for that. how about a summation and a link, yeah?
Posted by: IMHO | February 23, 2008 6:42 PM
Have you checked the following site stated above for all the bills and resolutions Obama has sponsored? If not, do. Here's the link again: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d110query.html Its pretty impressive -- appears Obama is trying to protect the MAJORITY population. I approve of everything I read that Obama has sponsored with the exception of the words "and for other purposes". I think all the "and for other purposes" on his legislation should be left out, one never knows what, how or when the "and for other purposes" will, would or could be used against the 70% Common Population, as "other purposes" entails everything.
Posted by: Martha Miller | February 23, 2008 6:47 PM
Others disagree with the "untested" theory.
http://acropolisreview.com/2008/02/endorsements-of-barack-obama.html
Posted by: Tina | February 23, 2008 7:19 PM
As she gets farther behind, Senator Clinton becomes more shrill. Not a trait I would seek in a President.
Posted by: David Peterson | February 23, 2008 7:20 PM
So Hil isn't mandating that everyone have insurance....even if this means garnishing wages???? I remember her saying this in a debate. Now she says that isnt true? What is going on??? Now the mailers aren't true according to the Clinton Camp. I cant keep up what she believes in.
Posted by: jody | February 23, 2008 7:41 PM
Hillary Clinton has played dirty pool since the beginning of this campaign.
She doesn't like it when her opponent makes true
statements about her. She gets very defensive and lies about the facts not being true when they are.
I don't trust her one bit.
She is from the old school of politicians who don't know how to tell the truth.
She can't stand anyone who tells the truth. I am tired of her back stabbing her opponet in this race.
She can't face defeat which is what she is going to get and it couldn't happen to a better person.
She shows her true colors and that she is a tyrant and this is not what we need in the White House.
She has so much baggage and her marriage is a scam.
Her marriage will end with this election and campaign.
I think Bill doesn't want her to win and that is the reason he sabatoged her campaign and the only way he will rid himself of her.
Posted by: Elaine | February 23, 2008 7:59 PM
How does Hillary claim to have more experience than Obama?
Posted by: RB FETTEROLF | February 23, 2008 8:10 PM
Shame on You Hillary Clinton for blowing all your campaign donations, mismanaging your staff and voting on the Iraq war. Your obvious unreadiness for president reminds me too much of Bush.
Posted by: Lucy | February 23, 2008 8:21 PM
You know...enough already from Hillary on all this experience and she's tested and ready to be president. The 15th president of the US, James Buchanan had 10 years in the House..10 years in the Senate..several legislative achievements...foreign ambassador experience..and more and he by most historical accounts was our worst president. though Bush will probably rival him for the honor. he was followed by a guy with almost no legislative experience and little time in Washington. in fact, many argued he had very little experience for the presidency. yet he managed to accomplish just a few notable things. he was our 16th president...Abraham Lincoln.
Posted by: Michael | February 23, 2008 8:38 PM
The pastry chef also spent 8 years in the white house with Bill. Does that make him/her "experienced" enough to be president?
Posted by: Molly | February 23, 2008 8:39 PM
Hillary has flunked every major test of her career, from supporting the anti-union tactics of Walmart, to healthcare reform, to the tragically mistaken war vote (she was "misled" by the "untested" George W. Bush, so how does that make her qualified?). Add in Kyl-Lieberman, No Child Left Behind, the 2001 "bankruptcy reform" bill that benefited only the credit card companies, and it's clear that no matter how many times she's "tested," she comes up with the wrong answers.
And her language about how Obama has "no right?" Oh, wait, this is Hillary -- the woman who voted for the Patriot Act and who tried to ban flag burning. Clearly, she doesn't think much of the rights of others. Only her "right" to inherit the Oval Office because of spousal coattails.
Why won't Hillary the Hypocrite release her tax returns and her White House records? If we're to judge her on her experience, the latter would be crucial in forming a judgment, yes? What is she afraid of us finding out?
And just so I'm clear, when she lied about Obama's pro-choice record in New Hampshire, when her supporters (Bob Kerrey among them) said Obama attended a "madrassa" (false, of course -- Kerrey also made a point of calling him "Barack Hussein Obama"), when Robert Johnson tried to score points off Obama's admitted drug use (a real admission, not some lame triangulating "I didn't inhale" classic Clintonian pathetic excuse), when she said "The terrorists watch our elections very closely" (implication: "Vote for Mommy Hillary or You'll Die!")-- these things weren't Rovian? Why not?
Hillary, if you can't stand the heat, go back to the kitchen. Or at least the Senate -- and I'll be sure to send money to whichever Dem decides to challenge you in NY in 2012.
Posted by: oblomova | February 23, 2008 8:39 PM
Enough with the "experience" spiel already. Since when does sleeping with the President qualify as governing experience? Unless Hillary can prove she had security clearance and sat in on all the most important meetings during Bill's tenure, she has no more experinece than Obama. Just like Bill the experience she has is spinning truth from total fabrication.
Posted by: Adalberto rivera | February 23, 2008 8:51 PM
Tom above wrote:
Dear poster Susan,
"Even those of us who support Obama despise your way-too-long, self important postings. Few will bother to read it."
This was a while ago, but I have just now read it and I disagree. I read every word of Susan's posting and found it to be factual and fair, at least in my judgment. Since we are deciding who to support as candidate for president of the US, I think we can spend the extra time to read a longer posting if it is relevant. I did not find her posting to be self-important in the least.
Posted by: spinotter | February 23, 2008 8:53 PM
I would like to contend that eight years in the White House, working and being with Bill Clinton, the President, give you much more experience then a community organizer in Illinois. Being there at least gives her the experience how the executive office operates and she will definitly know how to find the oval office on day one!
Although the republicans and special interests helped kill Universal Healthcare with fliers like she was holding in her hand today, she had experience in working major legislation through the congress. That experience counts for me!
Hillary did not support NAFTA and has used her Senate seat to fight the bad parts of NAFTA and will close the coporate loopholes in NAFTA when she is President!
Hillary's Universal Healthcare will cost the American people less than BO's plan without mandatory requirements.
With the media attacking Hillary continually and all of the BO blogers seathing hate each time Hillary makes any statement, this has become a democratic party that I do not recognize. Civil debate over issues has been lost and personal attacks rule the blogosphere. It seems Karl Rove has taught all of you well - Swiftboat your own party.
Hillary 08!
Posted by: BK Dietz | February 23, 2008 8:55 PM
"Yet there is a reality here beyond the image. Hillary Clinton has given every indication of being a more responsible potential commander-in-chief than Obama. She has refused to pledge unconditional and immediate withdrawal from Iraq, as Obama has done. He has offered to meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro without preconditions. Hillary has declined to offer America's enemies such a PR coup. Her foreign policy advisors include level-headed people like Richard Holbrooke. His are led by the most dovish of the former Clinton hands, including Anthony Lake. Obama has even accepted advice from Robert Malley, the most prominent U.S. advocate of engagement with Hamas.
Obama talks about "building bridges." And certainly his style seems less angry than Hillary Clinton's. He does not seem to hate his enemies the way she does, does not engage in loose talk of vast right-wing conspiracies against him. That's all to the good. Yet it is Clinton who has compiled the better record of bipartisan co-operation in the Senate.
Obama's supporters react angrily against Hillary's claim that she offers action, Obama only words. But she has a point: Not in a long time has a candidate sought the presidency on the basis of a record as slight as Barack Obama's. His supporters compare him to Abraham Lincoln, who served only a single term in Congress before winning election as president. A better analogy might be William Jennings Bryan, who won the Democratic nomination in 1896 on the power of a great convention speech. Obama too gave a great speech in 2004. Beyond that, there is only guesswork, hope and fantasy."
-----David Frum, National Post
Published: Saturday, February 23, 2008
Clinton: Obama untested, just like Bush was
by Rick Pearson and updated
CINCINNATI — Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton lashed out at rival Barack Obama today for using a strategy out of “Karl Rove’s playbook” by making grandiose speeches of hope while sending Ohioans what she called “false and discredited mailings” on health care and trade policy.
“Shame on you Barack Obama,” Clinton told reporters after delivering a speech at Cincinnati Technical and Community College in which she reminded voters that in 2000, an untested George W. Bush called for change--just as Obama is now--and “the American people got shafted.”
Obama's campaign quickly responded, noting that Clinton's top spokesman, Howard Wolfson, once called one Democrat comparing another Democrat to George Bush as "the worst kind of tactical political maneuvering."
Clinton, facing increased pressure to do well in Ohio and Texas, two major March 4 primary states, to continue her campaign against the front-running Obama, sought to raise in voters minds an image of a Democratic contender using Republican tactics to win.
Clinton questioned whether he was trying to undermine core Democratic principles by attacking her plans to expand health care and through a mailing on the North American Free Trade Agreement.
“Let’s have a real campaign. Enough of the speeches and the big rallies and then using tactics that are right out of Karl Rove’s playbook. This is wrong and every Democrat should be outraged because this is the kind of attack that not only undermines core Democratic values but gives aid and comfort to the very special interests and their allies in the Republican Party who are against doing what we want to for America,” she said.
“Time and time again, you hear one thing in speeches and then you see a campaign that has the worst kind of tactics, reminiscent of the same sort of Republican attack on Democrats,” Clinton asked.
Clinton said it was time Obama “ran a campaign consistent with your messages in public.”
“That’s what I expect from you,” she said. “Meet me in Ohio. Let’s have a debate about your tactics and your behavior in this campaign.”
The two, who debated in Austin, Texas, on Thursday night, are scheduled to hold their last face-to-face debate before the March 4 primaries on Tuesday night in Cleveland.
One mailing from the Obama campaign has been used before and the Clinton campaign contends it plays off the “Harry and Louise” ads that were run by the insurance industry to fight her early 1990s efforts to create a national health insurance program.
The mailing says, “Hillary’s health care plan forces everyone to buy insurance, even if you can’t afford it.” It also says, “Punishing families who can’t afford health care to begin with just doesn’t make sense.”
Another mailing involved NAFTA, which was implemented under the administration of Clinton's husband. The mailing contends Clinton once called the trade pact a "boon," but Clinton said the newspaper that had reported her making the comment later retracted it.
An Obama spokesman maintained the mailers were "completely accurate."
Clinton’s plan mandates that everyone get insurance, while Obama’s only mandates coverage for children. Obama maintains his plan would make insurance more affordable but Clinton contends his would leave 15 million people uninsured and not accomplish the goal of universal health care.
Before speaking to reporters, Clinton sought to draw parallels to an untested Bush in 2000 and Obama.
“So, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me,” Clinton said while her loyal ally, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, also tried to draw a contrast between Clinton and Obama by saying, “She just knows more. She knows more.”
In recent days, Clinton has gone back onto the theme of promoting her experience as a former first lady and two-term senator of New York against that of Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois. But it was the first time that she sought to warn voters of potential dangers of her rival by trying to paint a comparison with Bush.
“Do you think people voting in 2000 knew what they were getting?” she said, referring to Bush’s first-term bid for the presidency as a governor of Texas. “People thought they were getting a compassionate conservative. It turned out he was neither. We’ve been living with the consequences of those mistakes.”
Clinton then blistered Bush for having promised to keep the nation safe, eliminating a federal budget surplus, dismantling government environmental regulations
“He promised change as a compassionate conservative and the American people got shafted and we’re going to have to make up for it,” she said.
Without mentioning Obama’s name, Clinton contended her rival has sought to portray having experience as “a disadvantage” and something “that doesn’t count for much anymore.” But she said, if a person needs a serious operation, they don’t ask for a surgeon who’s never performed the procedure.
Strickland, the Ohio governor who introduced Clinton to the crowd, also riffed off the the New York Democrat’s theme of experience in trying to deliver his state to her.
“She knows Ohio very well. She does not have to learn about Ohio in this campaign because she has been in our great state,” he said. “She knows of our problems, she knows the struggle of our people. She deeply cares.”
Posted by: amanda | February 23, 2008 8:59 PM
I used to believe in what the Clintons stood for until the SC primary. I was torn between Obama and Hillary before then. Now, I'm for Obama all the way. The Clintons have demonstrated to me that they will stoop to any level to win--including playing the race card. Hillary's recent comments comparing Obama to GWB is evident that she's running out of political bullets. She and Bill have thrown their best shots at Obama, and--not only has he withstood them--he's beaten them several times over in the primary contests. It's evident that the people believe in Obama's message over Hillary's. It's evident that Obama is winning the war of ideas against Hillary. This is why she's trying to attack him. She couldn't beat him on the high road; now she's going low. Something that people should keep in mind: how you campaign is how you will govern. I have more confidence in how Obama will govern over how Hillary (and Bill) will govern.
Posted by: Jamal | February 23, 2008 10:16 PM
“Time and time again, you hear one thing in speeches and then you see a campaign that has the worst kind of tactics, reminiscent of the same sort of Republican attack on Democrats,” Clinton (said).
Clinton said it was time Obama “ran a campaign consistent with your messages in public.”
Where was this rant during the debate?
Screech would be proud of his mom.
I'd like to see her try this during the next debate in OH. That would be the end of her campaign.
Posted by: Bud McFarlin | February 23, 2008 10:19 PM
This just out from the Clinton campaign....makes you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb2EtzXqzJM&feature=related
Posted by: Clinton Campaign | February 23, 2008 10:22 PM
I noticed that are a couple of posts questioning Obama's faith. Please note that he is not a Muslim. He is a Christian, a member of Trinity United Church of Christ on the South Side of Chicago. The rumor that Obama is a Muslim is a flat-out lie to try to discredit him with less-informed voters more inclined to appeal to such measures and tactics. If you don't believe me, verify it.
Posted by: Jamal | February 23, 2008 10:24 PM
Is the John McCain corruption story already over? That was even fast for the Trib.
Posted by: JLE | February 23, 2008 10:25 PM
“(Clinton) simply knows more than Obama does."
- Joe Klein, TIME, 2/18/08
“She just knows more."
- Gov. Ted Strickland, Clinton surrogate, 2/23/08
Looks like Clinton camp has no trouble having their surrogates steal lines. They just screech when Obama does.
Shame on you, Hillary.
Posted by: Resident Genius | February 23, 2008 10:29 PM
I am simply tired of the Clinton's. I look forward to the day I can pick up the newspaper and not read anything about Bill or Hillary. I can't imagine nine more months of this - let alone four years of divisional politics. It's time for this country to move forward and that cannot happen with Hillary.
Posted by: David | February 23, 2008 10:31 PM
Hey Queen NAFTA, the carpetbagger of NY, the only outrage I have as a life long Democrat is trying to figure out while your still in the race?!?!
The American people are tired of flip-flopping, poll-hopping drones. Can you even use the washroom, Queen NAFTA, without asking your legion of consultants how you should do it today? You should fire them all. I'd love to hear just one original idea from you, Queen NAFTA. Personally, I don't think you are capable of that, which is why we just want you to go away.
I predict another temper tantrum and meltdown with cry on command...O it's so hard to run for President when I'm a vapid zombie and my legions of high paid consultants are pulling all the wrong strings. Queen NAFTA, the sooner you crawl back to New York, or your next state of convenience, the better. Weren't you and Bill from backwater Arkansas where he was a rising 46 year old star of the New Democrats in 1992? What was his experience?
Funny how Bill was 46 in 1992, the same age as Obama. Although Bill's 1988 dem convention speech was long winded and got panned. Remind me, was it Flowers? whitewater? or some other baggage that the two of you swept under the rug?
So at the end of the day Queen NAFTA, I'd love you to hear you actually give a speech without you being condescending, and speaking like you are preaching to second graders. You SHOULD sue the people you hired to coach you on executive presence because listening to you is nauseating and a real turnoff-not something the country needs as we try to repair our reputation.
By the way Queen NAFTA, what you stand for is out there, so quit trying to deflect attention from your horrendous record which is enough to outrage any Democrat. That's why we're not falling for what your pushing.
Maybe you can move to China and set up a factory and sell some cheap Hillary line of clothing at you buddy, Sam Walton's humble little Arkansas store.
Posted by: mike | February 23, 2008 10:36 PM
Would John Edwards please return?
Posted by: Vivian | February 23, 2008 10:51 PM
Hillary is resorting to the Clinton style: attacking the innocent by lying.
She most certainly DID advocate her husband's NAFTA which may result in the government's seizing the property of Texans and other Americans under the "eminent domain" to build the super highway 69 that no American wants. Lie #1 (today)
She also most certainly DID say that if people don't want to buy into her health plan, the government will garnishee their wages for payment.
This is freedom? She claims to be a Democrat, but she sounds left of a Socialist.
Posted by: maggie van ostrand | February 23, 2008 11:20 PM
Give it up Hillary!
Posted by: Tom | February 23, 2008 11:32 PM
Obama's whole life has been representative of many individuals of Texas, Ohio and the nation who can attest to the fact that they or an extended family member has immigrated to the US in the last three generations. It is the right goal for having each citizen equal access to the same benefits.
Most businesses including mine employing seven people struggle with health premiums. Mine just went up 35%. My choice was to cut health care or change my plan to a deductible plan. I choose the second but really feel abandon by government. Group plans are cheaper than individual plans because it spreads the burden across everyone. Affordable health plans and government capping out of pocket expenses is the cleanest fairer way.
Texas and Ohio are two states that by working together the USA will over come its dependence on foreign oil and invent new technology to change the USA dependent on the Oil. The nation can look to states like Texas, Alaska, Oklahoma and other states for the USA to become oil/energy independent. The USA can look to Ohio as an education and manufacturing powerhouse to produce the technology and goods to make the USA the leader in energy technology devices and a leading economy once again.
The issues are important and making a difference is the key. The issues conveyed here are just a few and many more are conveyed in humor by Generation O at: http://mynonprofitwebsite.com/blog/category/emo-cartoon/
Posted by: robert guinto | February 23, 2008 11:53 PM
Many thanks for the comments containing senate records of the candidates' work. I learned a great deal.
It highlighted my fundamental concern with the entire 'experience' discussion. Hillary Clinton's experience simply does not include her husband's. The wife of a surgeon is not qualified to perform an appendectomy, although maybe she can help her mom decide whether to have one better than the average Joe. Hillary may have more perspective, more powerful friends, more miles on the old odometer.
Hillary goes beyond simply highlighting her time as First Lady. In fact, when she claims to have 15 years of experience, she is adding Bill's resume to her own. Perhaps it's time to counter her accusation of plagiarism with a question about padding the old CV. She has cited her 35 years of service, which is such an overstatement that it's offensive to people who have spent their adult lives in service making little money, risking their lives, trying to help the world etc. For much of that time she was a the wife of a person serving their state or the nation but herself engage in corporate law and serving on the board of Walmart. This is not to say that she isn't very experienced, and very smart. She is as qualified to run for president as any of the candidates. But she is not the sum of her marital parts. Why is everyone giving her such a pass on the experience distortion?
A second weakness in the Hillary armor slipped into the Texas debate, but may have gone unnoticed because it was the opening to her valedictory quasi-triumphant climas. Hillary's rousing closing statement actually began with a joking reference to the adversity she has faced. She probably meant Ken Starr and the witchhunt that marked the end of the Clinton years. But to the average American that sounded a little bit like she was making light of the moral issues around their reign and their marriage. It was, at best, inappropriate to that occasion although surely unintended. Hillary can't afford to be flip when she alienated so many women as first lady. It's hard for her to see how she personifies the yuppie who looks down on soccer moms. A whole lot of American women still hate her. The irony of the woman who 'is not the type to stay home and bake cookies' trying to ride her husband's coattails into office...it almost begs to become a populist folk tune. Any songwriters out there?
Posted by: Jen | February 23, 2008 11:55 PM
"Hillary Clinton is a horrible person. She refuses to stick to issues, instead deciding to attack the respectable Obama campaign like a 12-year-old. She wants to debate about his tactics? Wow. I sincerely hope she realizes how destructive she is being, and drops out of the race, for the sake of the American people."
Respectable Obama campaing? Leaning on superdelegates while claiming he doesn't? Pressuring them to dump Hillary? Nice, huh? Destructive is not a word to describe Hill. Obama can run later when he has more experience. he is a babe now. And Michelle needs to learn to keep her mouth shut!
Posted by: Anonymous | February 24, 2008 12:11 AM
"Hillary Clinton is a horrible person. She refuses to stick to issues, instead deciding to attack the respectable Obama campaign like a 12-year-old. She wants to debate about his tactics? Wow. I sincerely hope she realizes how destructive she is being, and drops out of the race, for the sake of the American people."
Respectable Obama campaing? Leaning on superdelegates while claiming he doesn't? Pressuring them to dump Hillary? Nice, huh? Destructive is not a word to describe Hill. Obama can run later when he has more experience. he is a babe now. And Michelle needs to learn to keep her mouth shut!
Posted by: JMA | February 24, 2008 12:12 AM
If Obama is as able to manipulate and control Democrats as easily as Bush was able to then great. Bush seem to do whatever he pleased without any real opposition from Democrats and if Obama can do the same at least he is much better person and perhaps some worthwhile things will be accomplished.
Posted by: Dan | February 24, 2008 12:18 AM
Hillary has flunked every major test of her career, from supporting the anti-union tactics of Walmart, to healthcare reform, to the tragically mistaken war vote (she was "misled" by the "untested" George W. Bush, so how does that make her qualified?). Add in Kyl-Lieberman, No Child Left Behind, the 2001 "bankruptcy reform" bill that benefited only the credit card companies, and it's clear that no matter how many times she's "tested," she comes up with the wrong answers.
And her language about how Obama has "no right?" Oh, wait, this is Hillary -- the woman who voted for the Patriot Act and who tried to ban flag burning. Clearly, she doesn't think much of the rights of others. Only her "right" to inherit the Oval Office because of spousal coattails.
Why won't Hillary the Hypocrite release her tax returns and her White House records? If we're to judge her on her experience, the latter would be crucial in forming a judgment, yes? What is she afraid of us finding out?
And just so I'm clear, when she lied about Obama's pro-choice record in New Hampshire, when her supporters (Bob Kerrey among them) said Obama attended a "madrassa" (false, of course -- Kerrey also made a point of calling him "Barack Hussein Obama"), when Robert Johnson tried to score points off Obama's admitted drug use (a real admission, not some lame triangulating "I didn't inhale" classic Clintonian pathetic excuse), when she said "The terrorists watch our elections very closely" (implication: "Vote for Mommy Hillary or You'll Die!")-- these things weren't Rovian? Why not?
Hillary, if you can't stand the heat, go back to the kitchen. Or at least the Senate -- and I'll be sure to send money to whichever Dem decides to challenge you in NY in 2012.
Posted by: oblomova | February 24, 2008 12:23 AM
How can anyone want 4 or maybe 8 more years of the Clintons in office after all the antics they had while Bill and Hillary were there before. It's like that bumper sticker 'Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife for President' The Clinton's had a chance and never delivered on health care and looking at the string of notes above; they had one saga after another.
Posted by: ChgoGweedo | February 24, 2008 12:56 AM
Say hello to the Senate Hillary. Give it a rest. Yer toast.
Posted by: Logic Prisoner | February 24, 2008 1:18 AM
Integrity, intelligence, leadership and change! That's Obama! Vote for Barack Obama! He would be a great asset to this country and to ALL AMERICANS!
Posted by: Robert J. Ransom, Jr. - ChFC | February 24, 2008 1:28 AM
She's shooting herself in the foot. If she does get nominated (which at this point looks doubtful), she's going to have to reach out to Obama's supporters to have any chance of being elected. Nobody's memory is that short.
Posted by: Diane | February 24, 2008 1:41 AM
Wow... I actually voted for Hillary once.
She has become a sad figure in American politics.
Posted by: PulSamsara | February 24, 2008 3:00 AM
No duh!!!!!!!!!!! My family, friends and I have been saying that for months. Wake up America before we are stuck with another jerk off Bush on our hands. Oh my god allot of us can't take it.
Posted by: Jaqueline | February 24, 2008 4:45 AM
"The more I see the guy the more Obama reminds me of an empty shell with tape recorded messages playing out of his head. Wake up Democrats!! The guy is a FAKE!! If he is nominated the Republican attack media will TEAR HIM APART!"
Posted by: gary w | February 23, 2008 6:20 PM
Then vote republican Gary. You sound like one anyway. That "FAKE" as you call him has run an extraoridary campaign, which includes all but knocking the most powerfull Senator in America out of the race. That in and of itself should give you a clue as to how effective he WILL be at running the country.
Gary I wouldn't worry about the Republican attack media will TEARING HIM APART!" They have enough problems of their own coming out of the blocks.
After they get beat in either Ohio, Texas or both the Clintons should bow out with what little grace they have left.
Obama 2008.
Posted by: Citizen X | February 24, 2008 6:41 AM
The Clinton campaign is as good as over. They're just the last ones to figure it out.
Obama 2008
Posted by: Citizen X | February 24, 2008 6:49 AM
Senator Kirk Watson of Texas, while on the Chris Matthews show answered the question best, when asked about Barack Obama's contributions. " He brings people together, he instills hope."
I am an African-American from the State of Illinois. The rest of the country can feel free to embrace that warm fuzzy, but the bottom line is Barack Obama would be willing to throw you all under the bus to get to the White House!!!!
The Clinton's have been fighting for Human Rights for many, many years and they certainly are not without flaws. But when Barack tells you, "I am from the Southside of Chicago, and I know how to play Chicago Style politics", Believe him!!!! Be so careful what you wish for, you just might get it. CHANGE- when he finishes with you poor gullible suckers, you might be able to go to work with pocket-CHANGE.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, tried and tested !!!!
Posted by: ambu2 | February 24, 2008 8:22 AM
Would John Edwards please return?
Posted by: Vivian | February 23, 2008 10:51 PM
Why???
Posted by: Dunny Rummy | February 24, 2008 8:22 AM
"Enough with the "experience" spiel already. Since when does sleeping with the President qualify as governing experience?"
Excellent question! If this were a true qualification, we would perhaps have more than a few additional woman candidates in the race.
"I would like to contend that eight years in the White House, working and being with Bill Clinton, the President, give you much more experience then a community organizer in Illinois."
Hillary "worked" with Bill? I thought he was the elected president and she was the first lady by virtue of being married to him. After the healthcare plan disaster, Hilliary laid pretty low, by my recollection. If any further important jobs were assigned to her, the public certainly wasn't informed of it.
And on the "experience in the White House vs. Community Orgaizer" issue - do you even know what a community organizer does? It certainly puts you closer the the every-day person and his/her needs than 8 years of "standing by your man".
8 years of Bush the first, 8 years of Clinton (we can only hope, the only), 8 years of Bush the second - and where are we? And we are seriously considering continuing this trend?
There is an entire generation of Americans that could not be blamed if they thought you had to be a Bush or a Clinton to reside in the White House.
Agh! Make it stop!!
Posted by: Mary | February 24, 2008 8:23 AM
If I was to make an assessment of executive capability and leadership skills in running a campaign, then I would have to say that the Obama approach has proven to be much more successful that that of MS. Clinton.
Ms. Clinton has been planning her presidency since Bill Clinton left office. For years she has been spoken as the front runner for the Democratic Party. Ms. Clinton even had the advantage of being involved in Bill’s two presidential campaigns. With her experience of being a Washington insider, Ms. Clinton had access to the best political minds and campaign organizers. Based on the preceding, Ms. Clinton should have crushed all of her opposition.
The facts are that with recent senior staff changes, mismanagement or inefficient use of campaign funds, the inability to get investors to buy into the campaign and desperate statements she is making, Ms. Clinton is an ineffective executive and a poor leader.
It is clear that Mr. Obama has made better executive decisions and has greater leadership skills. The momentum that his campaign has shown comes from more than the speeches or the statements that he has made. Mr. Obama is clearly a better executive than Hillary Clinton.
If Ms. Clinton is of the opinion that she has more experience that Mr. Obama, she may be correct. Ultimately, it is what you do with that experience that counts and Ms. Clinton appears to have squandered her opportunity.
Posted by: Zermatt | February 24, 2008 8:35 AM
Please post the job description for President of the United States!
Posted by: CP | February 24, 2008 8:36 AM
Senator Clinton is a gifted person, but sorry to say she would not be getting all worked up if these things were not true. So emotional and out of control. Talking about shameful, it was her behaviour at the last debate "Xerox" that was shameful. Then she gives this long speech at the end. Oh come on, we don't need all this drama right now.
Posted by: Moissy | February 24, 2008 8:50 AM
"“...So, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me,” Clinton said..."
She voted for the war, but she is against the war. "Fool me once..."
Posted by: Hedcutter | February 24, 2008 8:58 AM
You can check this link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0swdRvYgw
Posted by: Moissy | February 24, 2008 8:59 AM
"Even those of us who support Obama despise your way-too-long, self important postings. Few will bother to read it...."
Posted by: Tom | February 23, 2008 11:29 AM
Count me among the "few". Thanks for the post Susan. Enlightening!
Posted by: Hedcutter | February 24, 2008 9:06 AM
Citizen X, don't forget that Obama is extremely liberal. He will have a very difficult time reacing out to the all-important "independent" voters this fall. =
Posted by: no name | February 24, 2008 9:23 AM
JLE, you didn't really expect the Trib to splash the McCain story on the front page and turn it into a multi-day analysis, did you? After all, its editorial board will automatically endorse him this fall. The paper won't want to run much negative coverage of him now.
The Times' answers to critics of the story about McCain's relationship with the lobbyist makes for interesting reading:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/21/business/media/21askthenewsroom.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Posted by: Heron | February 24, 2008 9:42 AM
Let's see-Bill Clinton, Arkansas Governor becomes POTUS. George Bush, Texas Governor becomes POTUS. Ronald Reagan, Governor of California becomes POTUS. All of them have had no experience as President of the United States. For the Clinton campaign to argue that Barack Obama has no experience, just like George W. Bush has no experience, makes statements along these arguments hypocritical. "All" of the candidates have no experience leading this country. Our job as responsible voters is to determine which candidate would be best to lead. I've never liked negative campaigns. Nothing turns me off more. And they speak of desperation. Look at Bob Doles attacks on then President Clinton, in the 1996 general election. All negative. It was the only card he could muster against the sitting President of the U.S., albeit most of them had merit. It didn't work. Bob Dole seemed very desperate, and voters saw right through that. Voters are seeing right through this as well.
Posted by: Wayne | February 24, 2008 9:53 AM
Dispatch from Maryland
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, spoke at St. Mary's college in Maryland last week and offered a very frank assessment of the state of the Clinton campaign. A Political Wire reader emails a summary:
"Townsend said she expects Sen. Barack Obama to win the Democratic presidential nomination and that Clinton is finished. She believed that the Wisconsin results demonstrated that Clinton's coalition (voters over the age of 50 and those earning less than $50,000) had fallen apart. When asked why the Clinton campaign had failed, Ms. Townsend had plenty of opinions and she placed significant blame on Bill Clinton and his racially tinged statements in South Carolina. She also felt that Clinton made a tactical error in making "experience and inevitability" her central campaign themes. Townsend argued that Clinton had little more experience than Obama and far less than candidates such as Senators Dodd and Biden. Additionally, making the inevitability claim hurt her when she lost Iowa... Townsend then lamented Clinton's decision to go negative and question Obama's readiness. She said that she called the Clinton campaign and advised that they 'go out on a high note' but her advice was politely dismissed."
Posted by: Liam | February 24, 2008 10:16 AM
Citizen X, don't forget that Obama is extremely liberal. He will have a very difficult time reacing out to the all-important "independent" voters this fall. =
Posted by: no name | February 24, 2008 9:23 AM
You may be right no name dude. I'm inclined to think your wrong, but anything is possible. I'm quite sure Mr Obama will win. That's my hope. I feel he is BY FAR the best choice. Time will tell.
Posted by: Citizen X | February 24, 2008 11:04 AM
OBAMA is a LIAR AND A FAKE AND WILL NEVER GET MY DEMOCRATIC VOTE!!! Just as he played the race card and has lied and distorted Hillary's position, his change and hope of new politics is nothing but BS. Democrats did not use these disgusting tactics in 04 or 00 how dare you supporting obama continue your evil little crap!
SHAME ON YOU OBAMA!!!
Posted by: sjl | February 23, 2008 2:33 PM
Shame on you for distorting this honorable public servant. Obama is the embodiment of America's hopes and dreams. Leave it to some little turd to belittle him. Obama in 2008.
Posted by: Barry G | February 24, 2008 11:12 AM
It may be a little too late but Ms Clinton is finally pointing out that Senator Obama and President Bush share the same degree of vagueness and shallowness. Senator Obama may win the election but don't be surprised if he , just like President Bush, deleivers change in the form of new problems that we never even thought of . Don't make the mistake of thinking things can't worse. Senator Obama has the capacity to make them so.
Posted by: ejhickey | February 24, 2008 11:51 AM
It's JUDGMENT STUPID!!!!!
Obama-only candidate standing with sound judgment.
Posted by: USAfirst11 | February 24, 2008 2:05 PM
Hillary and Bush Jr. share a great deal in common. They both got to where they are today through family connections. Hillary, get over the fact that this "change" election cycle is working against you, and that your strategy is fundamentally flawed. Throwing a tantrum might galvanize the people who are already voting for you, but it won't pull a single Obama supporter to your side.
Posted by: Cindy Ragland | February 24, 2008 3:17 PM
Yes, Susan, stop it. You are just Icky and making BHO seem more creepy than he even is.
Posted by: Ms.Piff | February 24, 2008 4:15 PM
The Sen. Barack Obama’s and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s nationwide campaigns are respectively the largest, most complex, resource consuming, people motivating, and open-ended efforts over which either one of them has ever afore presided. Obama’s has been an inspirational model of good governance; Clinton’s is a fractious mess. How come her highly touted experience did not make a difference from day one?
Posted by: Sam Osborne | February 24, 2008 5:58 PM
It may be a little too late but Ms Clinton is finally pointing out that Senator Obama and President Bush share the same degree of vagueness and shallowness. Senator Obama may win the election but don't be surprised if he , just like President Bush, deleivers change in the form of new problems that we never even thought of . Don't make the mistake of thinking things can't worse. Senator Obama has the capacity to make them so.
Posted by: ejhickey | February 24, 2008 11:51 AM
Typical Clinton supporter.
Attack the competition with spurious clains. Mrs Clinton shows no abillity to point out her own strengths, if she ever had any. Mr McCain = fossil.
Obama 2008
Posted by: Alberto G | February 24, 2008 6:46 PM
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT? PUHULEESE , LET'S GET SERIOUS! THANK GOODNESS THE PRESS PRINTED SOMETHING REVEALING THE TRUE SENTIMENTS OF THIS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (DEMOCRAT), STILL, ALL WERE FAR TOO KIND...
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, "UNPATRIOTIC"' ,THEY WROTE, [ON YAHOO AND ELSEWHERE (2/23/08)]. THIS IS, UNDENIABLY, TOO FAVORABLE A EUPHEMISM FOR ONE RUNNING FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN OUR LAND! APPARENTLY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHO PUT FORTH THE CRITICISM, ARE SUGAR-COATING THEIR WORDS ABOUT HIM,AS WELL. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ELECTION YEAR, NOT A FRIENDLYSOCCER GAME!
I FOR ONE, WILL NOT BE SILENCED OR SUBDUED BY HIS CURRENT FANFARE.
THE NERVE OF HIM AND HIS WIFE! SHE BLATANTLY DOCUMENTED THAT SHE'S NEVER BEEN PROUD OF BEING AN AMERICAN IN HER ADULT LIFE , ??? (UNTIL NOW, WHEN LEFTIST-GURU HUSBAND RUNS , NOT FOR MAYOR, BUT FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY OF OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA?)
WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS, ANYWAY?... TO REFUSE TO WEAR THE AMERICAN FLAG PIN ON HIS LAPEL !... OR EVEN PUT HIS HAND OVER HIS HEART DURING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM? THIS IS NOT MERELY "UNPATRIOTIC" WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING FOR THIS POSITION OF THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE! THIS IS A DISGRACE. SHAME ON HIM FOR REFUSING TO DO THESE, THE VERY SIMPLEST TOKENS OF NATIONAL RESPECT.
BY HIS BOLD REFUSAL TO HONOR THESE SACRED AMERICAN TRADITIONS, THIS OBAMA UNDERMINES ALL THAT WE STAND FOR, ALL THAT MANY FIGHT & DIE FOR, EVEN AS I WRITE THIS !
WE ALL SHOULD DISMISS HIM, READILY, FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS TO US.
IS THIS WHAT MIGHT RULE OVER OUR BLESSED COUNTRY, BE COMMANDER AND CHIEF TO OUR EVER-COURAGEOUS ARMED FORCES? HEAVEN HELP US ! WE HAD BETTER NOT ALLOW HIM TO ATTAIN THIS POST, MY FRIENDS, THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS,REVERED OF ALL POSITIONS, EVER BESTOWED ON ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL:THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !!!!!!
WE PATRIOTIC AMERICANS, SAY TO BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA: "AMERICA, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT" !
BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA HAS STATED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT, IF ELECTED, HE INTENDS TO "PARTNER WITH IRAQ "; (AS WELL AS SHUN OUR ALLIES). THAT WOULD BE A "CHANGE",ALRIGHT. IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW HE SLURRED LACKADAISICALLY: THEY (THE PEOPLE) MAY ELECT SOMEONE ELSE "TO RUN THIS "THING" " ( REFERRING TO"AMERICA" AS "THIS "thing"). INCREDIBLE ! BUT, WHAT IS EVEN MORE SHOCKING,
IS THAT : NOBODY, NOBODY: NOT THE PRESS, NOR THE POLITICAL PARTIES, EVEN CALLED HIM ON THESE CRITICAL REMARKS!
THIS OVERLY- PRIVILEGED AMERICAN MALE, HAS BEHAVED WITHOUT HONOR. PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE,EVERYWHERE,ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO PLACE THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR HEARTS AND HOLD OUR FLAGS HIGH FOR AMERICA, BUT HE OVERTLY REFRAINS??? EXCUSE ME, SIR.... EVEN OUR WORST ADVERSARIES HAVE HONORED OUR AMERICAN TRADITIONS WHEN THEY VISIT OUR HOME OF THE FREE !!! I AM TIRED OF THIS COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZING ATTITUDE AND CARELESS EMBRACE OF THOSE WHO WOULD BLINDLY WELCOME THIS BRAND OF "CHANGE" . THIS IS NO IDLE CHATTER, NOR IS IT TALK SHOW RHETORIC,THAT WE PUT FORTH.
RECENT RESEARCH IN AIM (ACCURACY IN MEDIA.COM) REVEALS VERBATIM THIS "DEMOCRATIC" CANDIDATE'S COMMUNISTIC ENTANGLEMENTS, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT HIS MENTOR/TEACHER WAS A WELL-KNOWN STAUNCH COMMUNIST (FORMERLY NAMED BY HIM AS "FRANK") :
Obama’s Communist Mentor
AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | February 18, 2008
In his books, Obama admits attending "socialist conferences" and coming into contact with Marxist literature. But he ridicules the charge of being a "hard-core academic Marxist," which was made by his colorful and outspoken 2004 U.S. Senate opponent, Republican Alan Keyes.
However, through Frank Marshall Davis, Obama had an admitted relationship with someone who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). The record shows that Obama was in Hawaii from 1971-1979, where, at some point in time, he developed a close relationship, almost like a son, with Davis, listening to his "poetry" and getting advice on his career path. But Obama, in his book, Dreams From My Father, refers to him repeatedly as just "Frank."
LIBERAL? POSING AS "DEMOCRATS", AND THEN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT? AS I WRITE THIS, HE IS BEING PAID THE USUAL HEFTY SENATOR'S SALARY BY ALL OF US (AMERICANS, ALL) TO NOT SHOW UP REGULARLY AT HIS SENATOR'S JOB. RATHER ,IN ACTUALITY,WE ARE PAYING HIM SO HE CAN PARADE AROUND THE COUNTRY;RUN HIS HUMOR-BASED RIDICULE CAMPAIGN, AND DIMINISH OUR AMERICA, BY HIS OWN IMMATURE ACTIONS!
SO, IF HE SEEMS OVERTLY SILLY & OPTIMISTIC, WELL, WE HAVE GIVEN HIM PLENTY OF REASONS TO GRIN (IT APPEARS AS IF HE IS LAUGHING AT US ... YOU GULLIBLE, INFINITELY TOLERANT AMERICANS,YOU)...
I SAY, C'MON., THIS IS THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND, FELLOW CITIZENS !
WE ARE A PROUDEST OF DEMOCRACIES, AND WE WOULD DO WELL TO PRESERVE THIS PRIVILEGE BESTOWED UPON US. AS HE WELL KNOWS, WE EVEN HAVE A COMMUNIST PARTY, THAT MAY BETTER ACCOMMODATE HIS "PUBLIC- DENIAL-OF--AMERICA"- CAMPAIGN STYLE. IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN, SIR, AT LEAST RUN UNDER THE CORRECT TICKET, !
WELL,FOLKS,IT IS A LITTLE LATE IN THE DAY OF THIS ELECTION, BUT NOT TOO LATE. IF ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT IN A PRESIDENT DOESN'T SCARE THE HECK OUT OF YOU, PERHAPS THIS WILL: I WAS DOING A REPORT WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, ON THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND FOUND ON THIS DISTURBING PIECE OF INFO ON WIKIPEDIA (FREE INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA ITEM 20)
OBAMA
!Barack Obama
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.[20] He wrote that he used alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during his teenage years to "push questions of who I was out of my mind".[
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO STAY AWAY FROM ILLEGAL DRUGS,TO RESPECT THEMSELVES, RESPECT AMERICA? : "GET STONED OUT OF YOUR MIND, HONEY, THEN SOME DAY YOU MIGHT RUN FOR PRESIDENT TOO", DARLING.
IF WE ARE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR THIS MAN AND HIS PROPOSED "CHANGE" ,WE SURELY WILL GET MORE "CHANGE" THAN WE EVER BARGAINED FOR! IF WE CARE ABOUT AMERICA, AND WE DO, WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHAT IS HIS REAL AGENDA? DESPITE ALL HIS HOOPLA AND REDUNDANT VERBIAGE,I FOR ONE, HAVE NEVER HEARD HIM CLARIFY IT SUFFICIENTLY.
PERHAPS WE OUGHT TO HOLD FAST TO THE AGES OF WISDOM ,WHICH KNOWS,ALL TOO WELL, THAT ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS ,ALWAYS, "SPEAK" LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Posted by: bonnie and elizabeth ORTIZ | February 24, 2008 9:14 PM
PERHAPS WE OUGHT TO HOLD FAST TO THE AGES OF WISDOM ,WHICH KNOWS,ALL TOO WELL, THAT ACTIONS WILL ALWAYS ,ALWAYS, "SPEAK" LOUDER THAN WORDS.
Posted by: bonnie and elizabeth ORTIZ | February 24, 2008 9:14 PM
CAPS LOCK off Bonnie and Elizabeth. All caps indicate screaming. Screaming does not get your message across. Then again from what little I read, your message seems to be one the American people aren't buying!!!
Obama for president 2008!!!
Posted by: Logic Prisoner | February 24, 2008 10:49 PM
1. An untested George W. Bush called for change as a presidential candidate and the American people got shafted after he was elected.
2. Obama is calling for change as an untested presidential candidate.
3. Therefore, the American people will get shafted when Obama is elected.
Hmmm, seems pretty logical to me...
Posted by: A.J. | February 24, 2008 11:39 PM
1. An untested George W. Bush called for change as a presidential candidate and the American people got shafted after he was elected.
2. Obama is calling for change as an untested presidential candidate.
3. Therefore, the American people will get shafted when Obama is elected.
Hmmm, seems pretty logical to me...
Posted by: A.J. | February 24, 2008 11:39 PM
A.J. stay off the crack pipe. Your logic is nonexistent.
1. George Bush is and always was a moron.
2. A bunch of brainwashed Kool-Aid guzzlers voted him in.
3. Therefore, the American people will get the change they deserve when Obama is elected.
Want four more years of Bush, vote for McCain.
Posted by: Bush Family Value$ | February 25, 2008 4:22 PM
zermat's post:
If I was to make an assessment of executive capability and leadership skills in running a campaign, then I would have to say that the Obama approach has proven to be much more successful that that of MS. Clinton.
Ms. Clinton has been planning her presidency since Bill Clinton left office. For years she has been spoken as the front runner for the Democratic Party. Ms. Clinton even had the advantage of being involved in Bill’s two presidential campaigns. With her experience of being a Washington insider, Ms. Clinton had access to the best political minds and campaign organizers. Based on the preceding, Ms. Clinton should have crushed all of her opposition.
The facts are that with recent senior staff changes, mismanagement or inefficient use of campaign funds, the inability to get investors to buy into the campaign and desperate statements she is making, Ms. Clinton is an ineffective executive and a poor leader.
It is clear that Mr. Obama has made better executive decisions and has greater leadership skills. The momentum that his campaign has shown comes from more than the speeches or the statements that he has made. Mr. Obama is clearly a better executive than Hillary Clinton.
If Ms. Clinton is of the opinion that she has more experience that Mr. Obama, she may be correct. Ultimately, it is what you do with that experience that counts and Ms. Clinton appears to have squandered her opportunity.
Sorry, but this is hardly a ringing endorsement for Obama.
From your post you seem to support Obama for the following reasons:
1. He gives good speeches
2. The momentum of his campaign (hmm do his speeches have anything to do with that?)
2. He's not Hillary
I am not a Hillary supporter and I am not even sure I will vote in November as NONE of the likely nominees represent my beliefs in small government and fiscal conservatism (sorry McCain is not really Republican)
But 3 years of law school and several years of practice in the field means I can see through a BS argument.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 25, 2008 10:07 PM
zermat's post:
If I was to make an assessment of executive capability and leadership skills in running a campaign, then I would have to say that the Obama approach has proven to be much more successful that that of MS. Clinton.
Ms. Clinton has been planning her presidency since Bill Clinton left office. For years she has been spoken as the front runner for the Democratic Party. Ms. Clinton even had the advantage of being involved in Bill’s two presidential campaigns. With her experience of being a Washington insider, Ms. Clinton had access to the best political minds and campaign organizers. Based on the preceding, Ms. Clinton should have crushed all of her opposition.
The facts are that with recent senior staff changes, mismanagement or inefficient use of campaign funds, the inability to get investors to buy into the campaign and desperate statements she is making, Ms. Clinton is an ineffective executive and a poor leader.
It is clear that Mr. Obama has made better executive decisions and has greater leadership skills. The momentum that his campaign has shown comes from more than the speeches or the statements that he has made. Mr. Obama is clearly a better executive than Hillary Clinton.
If Ms. Clinton is of the opinion that she has more experience that Mr. Obama, she may be correct. Ultimately, it is what you do with that experience that counts and Ms. Clinton appears to have squandered her opportunity.
Sorry, but this is hardly a ringing endorsement for Obama.
From your post you seem to support Obama for the following reasons:
1. He gives good speeches
2. The momentum of his campaign (hmm do his speeches have anything to do with that?)
2. He's not Hillary
I am not a Hillary supporter and I am not even sure I will vote in November as NONE of the likely nominees represent my beliefs in small government and fiscal conservatism (sorry McCain is not really Republican)
But 3 years of law school and several years of practice in the field means I can see through a BS argument.
Posted by: Donna | February 25, 2008 10:08 PM
I saw a pic of Barack Hussein Obama in a Muslim terrorist outfit. Apparently some kind of ties to al-Quaeda or something. I'm sure he didn't release that pic himself.
Posted by: Chas. | February 26, 2008 11:07 AM
It's gonna be Obama/Clinton as the Democratic ticket.
The campaign slogan will be "3 for 1."
Can't lose.
Posted by: Frank | February 26, 2008 1:53 PM
America, wake up!
Everyone is herding like blind sheep to Obama's side - a guy who's biggest claim to the presidency is he likes to talk about being an agent of "change", though he has no substance to back it up with. The only concrete "change" he seems hellbent on making is letting every illegal immigrant in this country become legal. Does he not see how overburdered states like California are when it comes to education, health care, and social welfare, so that regular citizens can't even get proper education and health care because all the illegal immigrants are swamping the system? Why don't we just open up our borders? All the illegals are swarming over now, anyway, hoping to become one of the lucky illegals to be christened with legality by Priest Obama, in the holy Church of Change.
Also, I hate war and I'm certainly against the war in Iraq, but any guy who says he will pull troops out immediately is doing nothing short of a suicidal action that will plunge the world into a horrible civil war in the Middle East which will probably turn into a world war. We created a mess over there for sure, and now he will create another. Which could end up being worse if that's possible.
Could it be people are swarming to him because of "black" guilt? They want to show how "open minded" they are and that they're willing to embrace a "Black" president, even if he is the worst phenomenom to ever hit the Presidential campaign trail. Perhaps we should copy from the illegal immigrants and stage our own million man march on City Halls around the country. After all, it's our country. Where are all the LEGAL residents and why aren't they protesting their rights and standing up against potential National Disasters like Obama? If the illegal immigrants think they can march for their rights in this country, by God, certainly we should, since it's our country! Don't let Obama ruin our country. Wake up before it's too late, America!
Posted by: PATRICIA GELLER | February 27, 2008 2:34 AM
Re: Obama's faith.
Why are religious Republicans ridiculed and labeled ignorant but non one dares do the same to a religious Democrat?
Just my observations.
Posted by: Donna | February 28, 2008 1:56 PM
It's sadly unfortunate but no matter who votes what and who argues with who, even if the world ends the day after the inauguration, Hillary HotRod Clinton will be your next president.
Why? The millions of people who don't watch tv, listen to radio or read the newspaper will see the name CLINTON on the ballot.
And Obama will never make it to the ballot. Why? Obama still can't pull in enough electives to beat McCain regardless of his primary score.
I wish Buckwheat would run, I think he might have a chance this year.
Posted by: David | March 16, 2008 7:35 PM