Axelrod on Hillary: "We want her to do as much as she is willing to do."

oh, the irony

position so thought this move meant that the Obama team was eating crow. It's kinda obvious that Obama wasn't ever malicious and whatever malice Hillary might have had is gone. I am willing to take Hillary's word that she's wholeheartedly behind Obama. So yeah, this gloating IS a bit weird.

who were convinced the Clintons were going there to cause trouble. That they would be attention hogs, or demand a lengthy roll call vote, stir up the PUMAS, give lukewarm or self-serving speeches, etc.

Now many of the same people expect Hillary to solve the Palin problem so Obama won't have to get his hands dirty.

Seems kind of ironic to me.

Many people came to believe through the course of this campaign that the Clintons were capable of doing just about anything for the crown, and that perception is something they themselves created. We are all pleased it ended without blood on the floor.

Obama has bent over backwards to smooth this over for the Clintons although clearly it continues to be never quite right or enough for some. Whatever they choose to contribute to the Obama-Biden ticket would be much appreciated but by no means expected of them.

If Hillary wishes to respond to a wingnut Republican that has invoked her name, that's entirely up to her. She's a grown woman and I'm confident will do whatever she feels comfortable doing.

now she's having to use BEING A WOMAN to get a man elected - yeah, she'll do it but the irony is hard to miss

but you did it so succinctly.

She knows what is in jeopardy.

Politics ain't beanbag. If she's on the team she better get out on the field and play hard. If she had won, Obama would be hitting every battleground city and college campus to get the black/youth vote shored up. That's the way it goes.

ought to be incentive enough (if that whole issues thingy doesn't do it for her).

I think Hillary would be outraged.

Mrs. Clinton’s friends said she was galled that Ms. Palin might try to capitalize on a movement that Mrs. Clinton, of New York, built among women in the primaries. And Democrats used strong words on Sunday to rebut the notion: Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts said that women would not be “seduced” by the Republican ticket, and Guy Cecil, the former political director of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, said it was “insulting” for Republicans to compare Ms. Palin to Mrs. Clinton.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/us/politics/01clinton.html?adxnnl=1&ref=politics&adxnnlx=1220248840-TEwK/iCudbQ9EuUn1iwJGA

She's one powerful politician, human being and woman.

I think the levees will break if the winds of her voice are heard.

I would have voted for Hillary Clinton had she won the nomination. I did not support her because I felt others better represented my views. Period.

But (as I have said before) Hillary is a rockin' babe. I trust her to do the right thing now.

The Clintons know what is at risk.

LISTEN FOLKS ITS ONLY BEEN 50 HOURS SINCE MCCAIN PICKED THIS PERSON.

A terrific campaigner, and an extremely accomplished woman. Palin isn't fit to polish her shoes.

Palin came right out of the box, and insulted Hill. Even though I was an Obama supporter all along, Hill is a sister Democrat, and it pissed me off for Mrs. Mooseburger to treat Hill in this way. She was demeaning Hill's accomplishments.

Personally I was mighty upset with Bill during the blue dress days, but by god he was our Democratic president, and I went to the wall defending him.

It is sort of like having a sister that you fight with all the time, but if some bully from outside the family attacks her, you leap to her defense.

The internal family fight of the primaries is over.