I like Hillary Clinton as well.  She is a fighter and she is a wonk, both things that I admire.  I honestly don't believe she ever meant to wage a divisive campaign.  I wholeheartedly believe that the divisiveness has been 99.9 percent the fault of people who aren't actually democrats (the media and the Republicans) who insert themselves into the Democratic Primaries, especially online where people can be anonymous and then they stirred up shit.

Every negative post, every negative, sexist, racist, divisive diary or comment should be looked with a hairy eyeball.  

I also don't believe that Hillary ever meant that particular phrase the way that some people interpreted it and I am happy to see her elaborate.

Indeed. Hopefully, we'll move into full conciliatory mode. If I had it my way, I'd try to get Obama and Clinton to campaign together over the next few contests- not side by side, but complimenting each other.

I also think Obama should throw his cabinet picks out there in mid-June, when he throws the Veep choice in. I don't think it'll be Hillary; I think she'd rather stay Senator, she'd have more effective power that way, in any case. Anyway, I'd like to see 'em all out there, hitting the trail for Obama. Webb, Hagel, Clark, etc- great people who can help shore up Obama's experience credentials, and demonstrate a true push for a bipartisan ticket.

I respectfully disagree with your conclusions about HRC's position on MI and FL. But that doesn't prevent me from rec'ing this diary. Please keep writing more. Thanks.

I also enjoyed watching this interview. Was it just me or did Hillary strike a far more concilliary tone than before? For instance, when Blitzer asked her about McCain tieing Obama to Hamas, she called it wrong and didn't even seem eager to highlight her differences with Obama vis a vis meeting with Iran.

One thing is certain:

Beard Blitzer is entirely worthless.  I've made a drinking game of CNN's Blitzer primary coverage.  It goes like this:

"We're following this very, very closely" = 1 drink

"Let's take a look at the numbers" = 2 drinks

Needless to say, CNN is destroying my liver.

say I "like" her but I did like that interview, she sounded more reasonable and sane imo.  It did remind me of what I liked about her Before late January.  It's funny for me to remember that at one point I was totally in the Hillary camp.

was probably her toughest one of the day.  Hillary got a shot at McCain about his original opposition to making MLK's birthday a federal holiday (I guess this point is supposed to be analogous to the abortion issue for women?).  It's probably a weak argument; McCain recently apoligized for it and admitted it was a mistake.  If she's the nominee, I think African-Americans will eventually come out to support her; according to the quinnipiac poll, African-Americans are the demographic group most hawkish about her for VP if Obama is the nominee.

interview shows the huge diff and shows why she is the better candidate

and the way she has campaigned from Day One.  She thought she was inevitable.  She thought it would All Be Over on Super Tuesday... and Michigan & Florida did not count then!  Continually she distorted Barack's record, insinuated oh so slyly that as far as she knew, he was not Muslim.  She exploited Rev. Wright and Rezko, in light of the fact that both Rev. Wright and Rezko had been to the White House!  She encourgaged her surrogates to fuel a racial and gender divide and still is with the impact of making the U.S. more racialy and gender divided than ever.  She lies at the drop of the hat (Sniper Fire) and then tries to laugh it off like lying is a joke!  She represents the past and what is wrong with politics today.  I hope Barack has the good sense to not consider her for VP.  You have to be nice to her or she will go ballistic and not help Barack to get her supporters who are certainly deluded that she is a good woman or maybe it is because she is a woman!  That should not be a reason someone votes for a President.  Neither gender or race should be a requirement, although Hillary has encouraged this.  I am glad we are turning the corner.  

Heh..."I like Hillary." Vote for Obama.

Funny, funny...It won't work.

Wonderful post. Rec'd.

dislike Hillary and her ole style politics. Besides her lack of ethics, she is one of the most truth-challenged politicians that I've seen in sometime... and her sense of entitlement is breathtaking.

However, there are times that she can be gracious and charming and I can see how people can be drawn to her. I wish her the best of luck.

Lost my rate/ reccing abilitiies...but its a sweet diary.