Hillary Talks Troop Levels, 2008 Run
Former First Lady Says She Knows Better Than Anyone How Hard It Is To Be President
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Obama Vs. Clinton In 2008?
Harry Smith speaks with Amy Walter about Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., possibly running for president. They also discuss the prospects for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
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Clinton, Obama and Edwards lead the chase for the Democratic nomination.
Clinton also offered the broadest indication yet that she was close to a decision on whether to enter the 2008 Democratic presidential field.
"I want to make sure the decision is right for me, my family, my party and my country," Clinton said during an interview on NBC's "The Today Show." She appeared on the show to promote the re-release of her best-selling book on child rearing, "It Takes a Village."
The former first lady said she knew more than any other potential candidate how hard it was to be president. "I saw it in an up close and personal way for eight years," she said. She reiterated that she would not disclose her decision until sometime after the first of the year.
Clinton's comments on the presidential race were her most expansive since winning re-election to the Senate from New York last month. Since then, she has been contacting potential supporters in key early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire, but publicly has said very little about her plans.
She also offered praise for Sen. Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who has also indicated he may enter the race. Obama drew huge crowds on a visit to New Hampshire earlier this month.
"He's terrific. He's a friend and a colleague. I have very high regard for him," she said, while sidestepping a question about whether Obama would make a good president.
"I think he is a really exciting personality and someone who has a lot to contribute to the national dialogue," Clinton said.
Clinton, a member of the Senate Armed Services committee, said she was not in favor of a proposed "surge" of some 20,000-40,000 American troops into Baghdad to quell the sectarian violence there. President Bush is reportedly considering such a move as one of many options to improve the situation in Iraq.
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, the incoming Senate Majority Leader, suggested over the weekend he would support a short-term troop increase if it would speed up the time frame for pulling troops out of Iraq.
Clinton indicated she was skeptical of such a proposal.
"I am not in favor of doing that unless it's part of a larger plan," Clinton said. "I am not in favor of sending more troops to continue what our men and women have been told to do, with the government of Iraq pulling the rug out from under them when they actually go after some of the bad guys."
Clinton, who voted in 2002 to authorize military intervention in Iraq, said she was wary of increased military presence in the war-torn country.
"I'm not going to believe this president again," Clinton said.
In an commentary published Monday in the Wall Street Journal, Clinton and Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., urged the Bush administration to press the Iraqi government to apportion that country's oil revenues so that "every individual Iraqi would share in the country's oil wealth."
Clinton has pushed for an "Iraq Oil Trust" modeled on the Alaskan Permanent Fund to give residents a share of the revenues. "A significant percentage of oil revenues would be divided equally among ordinary Iraqis, giving every citizen a stake in the nation's recovery and political reconciliation and instilling a sense of hope for the promise of democratic values," the senators wrote.
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See all 94 CommentsRemember what started the first Gulf War, where Kuwait was slant drilling from their territory under the border into oil reserves under Iraqi territory? Well it is going on again and this time by most of those in the Region that call themselves the allies of the United States. The Saudi and Kuwaiti oil drilling sites are both drilling oil starting on their side of the border with the slant of the drilling process going under the border and into Iraqi territory. It is in the best interest of those business parties, partners and nations who border Iraq to keep the Iraq conflict going and keep chaos in the Iraqi government as long as possible so that this massive oil theft can continue on an International Scale. This is happening now and being paid for by the American Tax Payer and the lives of American Soldiers each day.
As for troop levels the latest CNN poll shows that only 11% support increasing and the majority support them coming home now or within a year. Bush however is determined to drag this out until 2008 so when the next president brings them home he can point a cynical finger of blame at them and say they should have "stayed the course" like he did. Everyone on all sides dying in Iraq right now and until then are dying to protect Bush's supposed legacy and his ego. That's disgusting and a waste of human lives for a president that deserves no loyalty at all.
*** our Government.
Get a job amigo........Democrats they are as infective and diseased as the Republicans.
Still, I would consider the following combinations. Possibles for me could be:
Gore/Obama Clark/Obama
Clark/Gore Clark/Gore
Feingold/Gore Feingold/Obama
Feingold/Clark
These, and I, may change, we'll see.
You are a nitwit amigo..........vote for yourself............I am sure that your decision will be the right one..................right.....................what a country the usa has turned into a bunch o morons.....................I am so happy that I have but a few years to meet The Creator.
You are a nitwit amigo..........vote for yourself............I am sure that your decision will be the right one..................right.....................what a country the usa has turned into a bunch o morons.....................I am so happy that I have but a few years to meet The Creator.
You are a nitwit amigo..........vote for yourself............I am sure that your decision will be the right one..................right.....................what a country the usa has turned into a bunch o morons.....................I am so happy that I have but a few years to meet The Creator.
You are a nitwit amigo..........vote for yourself............I am sure that your decision will be the right one..................right.....................what a country the usa has turned into a bunch of morons.....................I am so happy that I have but a few years to meet The Creator.I would like to invite you all to join me as I crossover.
I really loved chatting with all you fools but now I must attend to most important and pressing issues..............Have a nice Christmas, Hannakah, Jihad..........whatever you Arabs worship............adios Amigos until 2007
You are a nitwit amigo..........vote for yourself............I am sure that your decision will be the right one..................right.....................what a country the usa has turned into a bunch of morons.....................I am so happy that I have but a few years to meet The Creator.I would like to invite you all to join me as I crossover.
I really loved chatting with all you fools but now I must attend to most important and pressing issues..............Have a nice Christmas, Hannakah, Jihad..........whatever you Arabs worship............adios Amigos until 2007
You are a nitwit amigo..........vote for yourself............I am sure that your decision will be the right one..................right.....................what a country the usa has turned into a bunch of morons.....................I am so happy that I have but a few years to meet The Creator.I would like to invite you all to join me as I crossover.
I really loved chatting with all you fools but now I must attend to most important and pressing issues..............Have a nice Christmas, Hannakah, Jihad..........whatever you Arabs worship............adios Amigos until 2007
cmayes2
You are not an African American but an American Amigo...............don't forget it..........I could be an Italo American but I am not. I am an American. Maybe all you Bozos out there should think about it...............time to go.
Yes, I missed that. My favorite Evan Bayh also has dropped out.
As for cmayes2, that type of attitude is precisely what causes inept people to get into office. Unfortunately, I believe the majority of American voters are just that ignorant of the real issues and who best is to tackle them.
Most just vote for appearances, ***, and other things that have noting to do with qualifications.
And so it goes............
Finally, something we can agree on.
You're not for ANY democrat. Go back and read your posts.
and education, environment, ethics in government.
Its no wonder the pea-brained right-wing idiotic ideologues are scared sh__less. She will kick the
racist homophobes a--. Smart and strong, she really would be our best president since JFK.
What part of New York do you live in Jane?
It was no coincidence that Bill teamed up with Bush 41 after Katrina. This has all been very well planned out.
Posted by bellaL at 11:15 PM : Dec 18, 2006
Better then just stealing it. There's $13 billion missing in Iraqi oil revenues so far. And another $11 billion missing in reconstruction money. I'd be willing to bet that a healthy portion of each is sitting in off-shore banking accounts under the names of Cheney and Bush. Why do you think they're so terrified of Senate and Congressional investigations?
Posted by nadeau4201 at 09:09 AM : Dec 19, 2006
I'm a democrat and I strongly support the right to bare arms! In fact I'm wearing a short sleeve shirt right now!
Look, if you really believe the *** you just wrote then you're only watching FOXNews or only listening to Rush Limburger. If you're scared that someone is out to take away all of your Constitutional rights then you need look no further then the fascists in the White House right now. They're the ones who want to tap your phone, email and come into your house without a warrant, not the democrats. They're the Big Brother government of the future.
Fact is, this administration is the threat. You don't have to worry about bare arms, though. You'll get to bare arms along with everyone else in America who will need to do so to dig America out of the dark, worldwide black hole they've created economically, militarily, legally, and even worse, morally and ethically.
Well it sure looks like you have an agenda when you claim in your comments that the democrats will "make this a communist America". Obviously you didn't read everything because you've missed the front page of the newspaper. If you read that you'd find out the rep's are lying pedophiles that kowtow to big business, send the poor to fight so Haliburton can steal billions in tax dollars, and have made America one of the most distrusted countries in the world.
let's instead compare Democrat vs Democrat, let's say JF Kennedy vs Clinton(s)
The Clinton(s) philosophy on government is:
1) "Big Government" will take care of you from "cradle to grave" (socialism)
2) Don't worry, "Big Government" will solve all your problems for you
3) It takes a village (Big Government)
Whereas , JF KEnnedy said:
"ask NOT what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country.
These two philosophies (BOTH democrat) are completely opposite of each other.
I would much rather be a JF Kennedy democrat than a Clinton socialist.
Sounds like the NeoCommies (MoveOn.org types) have taken over a democrat party I once knew and repected.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!
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