Michelle Malkin sat through it all and patiently liveblogged it - check out the details here. Looks like one giant panderfest to the unions (surprise!).
Oddly enough, NRO’s Kathryn Jean Lopez believes that Hillary sounded “reasonable” to the average American voter - that is, voters who haven’t paid close attention to her record, let alone her Socialist intentions.
In the meantime, Rudy Giuliani is thinking Hillary will be the eventual nominee (judging by the polls, he could be right) - and believes he’s the only Republican who can defeat her. What do you think? In a Rudy v. Hillary matchup, who would prevail?
Semi-related: Brad Warthen, editor of SC’s biggest newspaper, explains why he believes candidate John Edwards is a phony. I completely understand, Mr. Warthen.
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I can see a Rudy/Mitt ticket, and they could beat Shillary. They are talking about ideas, being positive, while all Hils seems to be able to do is condemn Republicans, her fellow Dems, and America.
Comment by William Teach @ 8/8/2007 - 7:50 am
I saw Rudy last night in the same venue that Hillary spoke to. The local rag got it wrong, again.
Rudy did stay on point and on message. He does have a problem with his Roe v. Wade stand.
Comment by PCD @ 8/8/2007 - 8:02 am
ST asks us:
Well, I don’t have a firm opinion on this yet (I probably won’t have one until just before election day 2008), but here are a few observations to take with the proverbial grain of thought.
1. It would be, of course, a battle of the centrists. The ideologues on both sides would probably be frustrated and vote for who they feel would be the least objectionable candidate.
2. New York State would be up for grabs.
3. Hillary’s strategy should be to get Rudy to lose his temper. (Memo to Hillary: bring a pet ferret to one of the debates—that should do it.)
4. Mike Bloomberg: is he going to run or not? If he does, Hillary cruises to victory.
5. Those who love to call Hillary Hildabeeste or Shrillary should think again. I saw how she wins people over her Senate campaigns. To me, at least, the more I see of her, the more centrist and reasonable she seems.
6. Back to the debates: Those who see them on TV will think Hillary’s won; those who listen on the radio will think Rudy won. (Read your McLuhan.) And those who just read the transcript? Yes, well . . .
Comment by Leslie @ 8/8/2007 - 9:49 am