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Lobbyist money mars Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign
Justin Gero
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Ed-Op
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Drexel's Democratic Primary Debate got off to a start on Oct. 30, and the focus quickly turned to New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. The media gave a lot of coverage to the impending Obama-Clinton match up, but it was John Edwards who took the lead in confronting Sen. Clinton.
Edwards accused her of "double-talk" and Clinton's debate performance proved him right. Obama also stood up to Hillary, but he down played the rivalry between the two. It took him awhile to draw a distinction between himself and Sen. Clinton as he had promised in the week leading up to the debate, and he was often overshadowed by Sen. Edwards.
Clinton took a lot of hits from the other candidates, and she didn't help herself either. She dodged questions and it was impossible to get a straight answer from her all night, something that other candidates did not let her get away with. Even debate moderator Tim Russert wasn't letting her off easy as he tried to squeeze a straight answer out of her.
While Obama and Edwards were attempting to define themselves as the "anti-Hillary," Sen. Clinton attempted to show herself as at odds with President Bush. Although she attempted to define herself as the candidate for change, her record stands at odds with her statements at the debate.
On the war in Iraq, she claimed that she is against the war and will withdraw troops as soon as possible, but she has refused to commit to troop withdraw even by 2012. Edwards hit her hard on her stance on Iraq by saying: "If you believe that combat missions should be continued in Iraq over the long term, if you believe that combat troops should remain stationed in Iraq, and if you believe there should be no actual timetable for withdrawal, then Senator Clinton is your candidate."
Clinton's rebuttal confirmed she would continue combat operations, and gave no other specifics, stating that she "intend[s] to do it in a responsible manner." Although she stated she would commit fewer troops to Iraq than President Bush, her open-ended answer left a lot of questions unanswered.
Edwards accused her of "double-talk" and Clinton's debate performance proved him right. Obama also stood up to Hillary, but he down played the rivalry between the two. It took him awhile to draw a distinction between himself and Sen. Clinton as he had promised in the week leading up to the debate, and he was often overshadowed by Sen. Edwards.
Clinton took a lot of hits from the other candidates, and she didn't help herself either. She dodged questions and it was impossible to get a straight answer from her all night, something that other candidates did not let her get away with. Even debate moderator Tim Russert wasn't letting her off easy as he tried to squeeze a straight answer out of her.
While Obama and Edwards were attempting to define themselves as the "anti-Hillary," Sen. Clinton attempted to show herself as at odds with President Bush. Although she attempted to define herself as the candidate for change, her record stands at odds with her statements at the debate.
On the war in Iraq, she claimed that she is against the war and will withdraw troops as soon as possible, but she has refused to commit to troop withdraw even by 2012. Edwards hit her hard on her stance on Iraq by saying: "If you believe that combat missions should be continued in Iraq over the long term, if you believe that combat troops should remain stationed in Iraq, and if you believe there should be no actual timetable for withdrawal, then Senator Clinton is your candidate."
Clinton's rebuttal confirmed she would continue combat operations, and gave no other specifics, stating that she "intend[s] to do it in a responsible manner." Although she stated she would commit fewer troops to Iraq than President Bush, her open-ended answer left a lot of questions unanswered.
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Marla Doherty
posted 11/04/07 @ 9:52 AM EST
Great piece. Hillary is not a change agent. She keeps referring to her experience during her husband's administration and what "we" accomplished (she and Bill)--but she and Bill won't allow National Archives to release records relating to her. (Continued…)
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