Tim Russert, on Meet The Press, showed two examples of Hillary doing precisely the same thing. She used almost exact quotes of her husbands speeches from years before, and John Edwards speeches from previous times. They were so close as to be damn near a quote. Later, on Chris Matthews, they played a clip of a Dana Carvey bit from SNL back in the GHWB days where he asked "Who do you want answering the phone at 3:00 AM..?". Again, so close as to be scary.

This is a desperate grab that will not serve her well, in fact it will cost her votes. Her flip in the span of 3 days from being honored to be on the stage with Obama to her chastisement last night, again, will hurt her.

In my political roles, I have had a bit closer exposure to her than many folks, and I must tell you she would be a wonderful President. But the thing that is so important right now, at this moment in the history of the grand experiment known as the United States of America, is to have a leader with a vision, one who inspires, one who makes us believe in things that never were. She is the technocratic visionary, and he is the visionary that brings a belief in what is possible. If he is nominated and elected, his vision will be realized so long as he surrounds himself with the best and brightest, and because folks believe in him and will support his goals. I am not sure the same can be said for Hillary. Should she prevail, I believe she will be fighting for every improvement, and doing it with a meat axe approach. And the beltway denizens know all about that stuff.

All the best,

Mick