Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Hillary Clinton ‘Most Electable,’ Survey Shows

Adweek Magazine ordered up an online survey on presidential candidates the way an advertiser might launch a survey on brand-name products, and found that Hillary Clinton is considered the "most electable” choice for 2008.

That’s the good news for Clinton. Now the bad news for her: The survey also found that she’s the "least electable.”

Despite the "love-hate” relationship Americans feel toward the former first lady, she still packs a powerful brand, as the Ad Week survey discovered.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Clinton pushing 'clean' power plants

Sen. Hillary Clinton unveiled details of the Strategic Energy Fund legislation she will introduce to expand incentives and build clean coal power plants such as the NRG Energy Inc. Huntley facility in Tonawanda.

Clinton, D-NY, said the new plant represents a future that is more environmentally-friendly, cleaner and more dependent on energy, and the time is now for the federal government to be involved in the process.

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Monday, February 26, 2007

Hillary Clinton Seeks Aid for Minority Students

Clinton Criticizes Bush Education Policy, Urges Parents of Minority Children to Get Involved

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
The Associated Press

MIAMI - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday criticized President Bush's education policy as doing little to help minorities and acknowledged that she is still searching for ways to raise minority student test scores.

More needs to be done to prepare children for school and to get parents involved in their education, Clinton said while visiting a historic black neighborhood during her first campaign trip to Florida since announcing her candidacy. She said Bush's No Child Left Behind Act isn't providing a solution for raising test scores.

"This achievement gap is deeply troubling to me," Clinton said. "If we don't invest in our children, our society and our economy will decline. This is not just something nice to do, this is something that we have to do."

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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Clinton, Giuliani holding lead in South, Elon poll results say

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York May-or Rudy Giuliani hold an edge among prospective candidates for the White House in five southeastern states, where most voters remain undecided, according to a poll released yesterday by Elon University.

Thirty percent of those polled who said they would vote Democratic supported Clinton, 14 percent backed Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, and 8 percent supported former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards. But 24 percent said it was too early to decide and 22 percent didn't know who they would support.

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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Hillary Clinton woos technology leaders in San Francisco

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Hillary Clinton took her turn Friday in the Bay Area’s continuing march of presidential candidates, pitching to two key groups she’s depending on for support: Progressive women and Democratic technology leaders.

Surrounded in San Francisco by an enthusiastic crowd of 1,000, mostly women who paid $250 or more for a boxed lunch, Clinton declared she is “not running as a woman candidate. I’m running because I think I’m the best person to hit the ground running.”

Never mind the theme of the lunch was “Making History.”

“From my perspective, as a woman executive who has run a couple of companies, I’d be thrilled to have Hillary as the first woman president,” said Lorraine Hariton, a technology executive who helped organize Clinton events on Friday.

“She is her own person and is very interested understanding what’s on the mind of people and Silicon Valley is a key area.”

Arriving later in the afternoon at Google, Clinton met with technology executives from several companies who had been invited by the technology giant to discuss policy issues. She then met with Google employees.

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Hillary posts her first blog

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Thank You

by Hillary Clinton
2/23/2007 10:36 AM
It's now just over a month that I have been in to win.

It's been exciting and challenging and fun all at the same time. The people I have met have been terrific. 

And we decided day one that this campaign would live as much on the web as in the living rooms - and the opening of the blog is just another in the many web firsts in this campaign, following the unprecedented announcement and three straight nights of live video chats.

I believe that the web is not only creating new forms of political dialogue but offering a new wave of opportunity for all Americans - and one of my highest priorities will be to make us number one again in the world in broadband. If we are not at the forefront of the web as a nation, we simply will not be able to keep up our role as the world's leading innovator. Net Neutrality is something that I am also fighting for now in the Senate so that the web remains open and democratic.

I appreciate the hundreds of thousands of you who are participating on this site in one form or another.  This is truly the dialogue decade, and through the miracle of technology I can talk WITH you, not just at you. I will be holding more web chats soon, and I have started a "HillCast," a regular web broadcast that will be about some of the most important issues I am tackling. The first one was on my plan to end the war in Iraq and the next one will be on the energy crisis we are facing. I believe campaigns are about ideas - and how together we turn those ideas into action.

I have been reading through the comments you all have been making - many of them encouraging,  some critical and some with great suggestions - all of them are appreciated. We have gotten off to an exceptional start, and in the coming months I look forward to talking with you more about my specific plans to restore what I call the promise of America, and I will look forward to your comments. Hopefully I will also see you out there on the campaign trail.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Hillary the most visited Candidate on Eventful

Supporters Demand That Candidates Visit Their Hometowns

Eventful is a new website for finding events and demanding events. "Eventful's unique Demand service enables users to create grass-roots campaigns to "demand" events and performances in their city."(from Eventful.com)
Supporters demanding that a Candidate visit their hometown can even encourage others by posting a "demand sticker" on their myspace profile or blog

Currently Hillary Clinton leads the pack of Politicians with 400 demands in 111 places.
Cities with the most demands for Hillary to visit
Los Angeles metro area
San Diego metro area
Seattle metro area
Phoenix metro area

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CLINTON VOWS TO END U.S. 'ARROGANCE' AS PRESIDENT

February 21, 2007 -- MIAMI - Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed yesterday to change the United States so it's no longer an "arrogant power" that alienates the world.

"When I'm president, I'm going to send a message to the world that America is back - we're not the arrogant power that we've been acting like for the last six years," Sen. Clinton said during her first campaign stop in the Sunshine State.

"We want to be an admired country again in the world. There is a lot of work to be done," Clinton said to applause from a predominantly black audience gathered for her town-hall-style chat in the Liberty City section of Miami.

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Message from Bill Clinton "One Week, One Million"

Dear Friend,

Am I enthusiastic about my wife's campaign for president? You bet I am. I know her better than anybody on earth, and she's got the best combination of mind and heart of everybody I've ever known.

All across the country, Hillary is campaigning with the signature wisdom, grace, and humor that make her a great candidate. I know that if we all work hard enough, those same traits will make her an even better president.

You and I know something about waging and winning presidential campaigns.

Winning the White House takes persistence, energy and effort -- not just from the candidate, but from a massive network of grassroots supporters.

Hillary's campaign is off to a great start. And this week, we're going to help take it to another level. Our goal: to demonstrate the range and breadth of Hillary's support by raising one million dollars in grassroots donations in a week's time.

Will you help me get our "One Week, One Million" campaign off to a powerful start?

Click to donate:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/oneweek

Look, with Republicans using everything in their arsenal to stop her campaign, Hillary is going to need every one of us to do everything that we can for her.

During eight years in the White House, Hillary and I faced a constant barrage of attacks from Washington Republicans. No insult was off-limits. No tactic was too low. They threw everything they could at us -- but we beat them time and time again.

The attacks on Hillary haven't stopped, and she hasn't stopped winning. You know how they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger? Well, Hillary is as strong as they come.

Let's make this a week when we demonstrate that her campaign is strong, too. Strong enough to sustain Hillary's run for the presidency through thick and thin. Strong enough to win.

Click to donate:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/oneweek

I can't wait to join Hillary on the campaign trail and talk to people about what a great president she's going to be. She is a tireless fighter and a brilliant born leader, and I have no doubt the American people will make her our first woman president.

Over the next week, you'll hear from some other friends and admirers of Hillary. I hope you'll join them in making our One Week, One Million campaign a success. But, most importantly, I hope you'll act right now to get this dramatic display of grassroots support off the ground with a big outpouring for Hillary on the first day.

Click to donate:
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/oneweek

Thank you so much for your support. Hillary and I couldn't do it without you.

Sincerely,

Bill Clinton

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Florida Leaders Endorse Hillary for President

The Clinton campaign today announced the endorsements of leading Florida elected officials, including Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congressman Alcee Hastings.

"We need a leader with a clear vision and sound judgment, who can work with a Democratic Congress to renew the promise of America. Hillary is that leader," Rep. Wasserman Schultz said.

Rep. Hastings said, "When we elect the next President Clinton, this country will be a much better place for the African-American community, Floridians and all Americans."

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Clinton has the credentials

Hillary Clinton told a crowd of more than 3,000 at Allen University on Monday she’s “proud to be a woman,” but she’s not basing a run for president on her gender.

She’s running because she believes she’s the most qualified.

“Can a woman be president?” Clinton asked the crowd, which responded with a roar. “One of the great things about America is anyone can be president. What it depends upon is the individual. “
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Hillary Clinton urges troop withdrawal to begin in 90 days

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a 90-day deadline to start pulling American troops from Iraq.

Senator Clinton, the wife of former president Bill Clinton, has been criticised by some Democrats for supporting the war in 2002 and for not renouncing her vote.

"Now it's time to say the redeployment should start in 90 days or the Congress will revoke authorisation for this war," the New York Senator said in a video on her campaign website.

She was repeating a point included in a bill she introduced on Friday.

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Key Kerry fund-raisers scooped up by others

WASHINGTON -- With Senator John F. Kerry's top fund-raisers from 2004 up for grabs, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has landed several highprofile Democratic activists and fund-raisers from New England, including key members of Kerry's team from his White House run.

Backing Clinton over her Democratic presidential rivals are Steve Grossman, a Newton businessman and a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; Jonathan Patsavos, who was Kerry's New England finance director during his 2004 presidential campaign; as well as prominent Boston philanthropists Elaine Shuster, Barbara Lee, and Swanee Hunt.

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Friday, February 16, 2007

New YouTube Video (NH recap) from the Hillary Campaign

Hillary in New Hampshire

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Poll: New York voters favor Clinton over Giuliani

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Democrats and Republicans have clear hometown favorites _ Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani _ for their parties' 2008 presidential nominations, a statewide poll reported Wednesday.

But when it comes to the possible 2008 political subway series between the two, New Yorkers give the nod, 50 percent to 40 percent, to Democrat Clinton over the former New York City mayor, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey reported.

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Gallup Poll - Clinton, Giuliani pull further ahead

WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani have widened leads over their rivals in recent weeks as they began to openly campaign for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, according to the USA TODAY/Gallup Poll.

The survey taken Friday through Sunday — nearly a year before the first presidential primaries are held — shows Clinton with a 19-percentage-point edge over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama among Democrats and Giuliani with a 16-point margin over Arizona Sen. John McCain among Republicans.

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

S. Carolina Black Leaders Back Clinton

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Two key black political leaders in South Carolina who backed John Edwards in 2004 said Tuesday they are supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

State Sens. Robert Ford and Darrell Jackson told The Associated Press they believe Clinton is the only Democrat who can win the presidency. Both said they had been courted by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama; Ford said Obama winning the primary would drag down the rest of the party.

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Monday, February 12, 2007

Up close and personal with Hillary

MANCHESTER – Sen. Hillary Clinton breezed through the second day of her Presidential campaign's inaugural tour through New Hampshire yesterday with dual stops at Democratic "house parties" in the southern tier.

In Manchester and Nashua, the New York Democrat and former first lady took her first crack at the living-room politics that typically defines the New Hampshire Primary. One day after launching her New Hampshire campaign with highly scrutinized speeches in Berlin and Concord, Clinton spoke comfortably with small crowds of would-be voters and took questions at random, mostly from Democrats who haven't yet committed themselves to any one candidate.

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For Clinton, celebrity status is a given

Justin Timberlake blared in the background as Sen. Hillary Clinton strode into the kitchen of Pappy's Pizza in Manchester yesterday, ready for a bit of early-morning retail politics.

For nearly an hour, Clinton signed pizza boxes, menus and bits of stationery. She gamely spoke into cell phones thrust upon her by customers. (Their relatives were on the other end.) She inquired about the ins and outs of pizza making. And she talked to diners about their grandkids and the war in Iraq, patiently listening to each before moving on to the next table.

"I'm so proud of you as a woman," Niki Miller of Manchester told Clinton at the end of a lengthy discussion about the nation's mental health services.

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Clinton Insists She Is The Strongest Democrat

NASHUA, N.H. -- At the second house-party gathering of her second day of campaigning in this key primary state, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) insisted that she is the best candidate to win the White House back for her party in 2008. And, what's more, she said Republicans know it.

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Hillary Clinton Gets Personal With N.H. Voters

(CBS) NEW HAMPSHIRE New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton faced more questions from voters in New Hampshire on Sunday. The democratic presidential candidate spent the day in town hall meetings, trying to get support for her campaign.

Clinton spent the weekend answering questions on healthcare, education and the Iraq war.

"I am so excited about this campaign," Clinton said. "When I'm president, we are going to get serious about energy independence and global climate change."

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Clinton draws Keene's attention

KEENE, N.H. — Sen. Hillary Clinton had two crowds waiting for her at her first campaign stop of the 2008 presidential campaign in this college city: 600 sign-waving fans in the high school gymnasium and an overflow crowd of 800 down the hall in the auditorium.

It was a larger crowd than expected for the New York senator, who wrapped up a two-day tour of the first-in-the-nation primary state with a town hall-style meeting at Keene High School, a city of 23,000 people located just a dozen miles from Brattleboro, Vt.

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Hillary Clinton visits New Hampshire

At the Merrimack restaurant in Manchester, conversation often turns to politics.

And on Friday, people were talking about the upcoming campaign visit of Hillary Clinton. This weekend she's making her first trip in 10 years to this all important nominating state. But during the time she's spent away from here, it appears she's made new friends.

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Friday, February 9, 2007

Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani Lead N.H. 2008 Poll

Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani Lead N.H. 2008 Poll

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is the early frontrunner among candidates in New Hampshire for the Democratic presidential nomination, and among Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani are tied, according to a new Granite State poll.

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Hillary helping College Students

February 7, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today reintroduced the Student Borrower Bill of Rights, a bill that gives rights to student borrowers trying to repay their loans. The bill provides student borrowers with basic rights to ensure that loan payments are affordable, to allow students to shop for loans in a free marketplace and to give students timely information about their loans.

"There are too many students in New York State and across the country that are overly burdened with loan payments or treated unfairly as they repay student loans. This bill makes it easier for students to repay their loans by putting in place a basic set of rights, including the right to borrow without exploitation and the right to real loan choices," said Senator Clinton.

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Americans ready for a women President

Americans ready for a women President

In a CBS News poll this week, 92 per cent of Americans said they'd vote for a woman from their own political party if she's qualified...."The public is perfectly willing to elect women to high office," said Scott Keeter at the Pew Research Center.

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Hillary In New Hampshire This Weekend

From Boston Herald
CONCORD, N.H. - Hillary Rodham Clinton will be making a series of town hall-type meetings and house party appearances this weekend when she visits New Hampshire.
On Saturday, she’s scheduled to start her day in Berlin City Hall for a ”conversation with Granite Staters.” After that, she heads to Concord High School for a similar meeting.
On Sunday, Clinton is attending house parties in Manchester, Nashua and Keene.
Clinton is making her first trip to New Hampshire as a presidential candidate the same day Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama formally announces his candidacy in Illinois, then heads to Iowa.
Clinton had been scheduled to visit New Hampshire last weekend, but canceled the trip because her husband’s stepfather, Dick Kelley, was ill. Kelley died last week in Arkansas.
Hillary Clinton hasn’t been to New Hampshire in a decade. The state hosts the first presidential primary in 2008.

Hillary's Goal: To raise $75 Million by 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has embarked on one of the more ambitious fundraising efforts, with a goal of raising $15 million by the end of March and amassing more than $75 million before 2008.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Hillary Clinton leaps ahead in Democrat race

Hillary Clinton has surged to the front of the field of candidates for the Democratic party's 2008 presidential nomination, according to new polls conducted in the vital battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire.

Mrs Clinton commands the support of 35% of voters who say they are likely to attend the Iowa caucuses, according to a poll conducted by the American Research Group. Former Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards, who had been in pole position on other early polls, was second with just 18%.

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GOP Views Clinton As Virtually Unbeatable

What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario -- President Hillary Rodham Clinton -- is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.

In GOP circles, the Democratic front-runner is seen as so strong, and the political climate for Republicans so hostile, that many influential voices -- including current and former lawmakers, and veterans of President Bush's campaigns -- have grown despairing. These partisans describe a political equivalent of the stages of grief, starting with denial, then resentment and ending with acceptance.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Hillary Clinton to attend forum in Carson City, NV

Hillary Clinton is one of seven candidates who will attend a Democratic presidential candidates forum in Carson City on Feb. 21.
The forum will be held at noon at the Carson City Community Center. Contact the Community Center for Details on Tickets


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Monday, February 5, 2007

Hillary Wins Support From Businesses, Ex-Foes, Aiding 2008 Bid

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Buried in the campaign filings for
Hillary Clinton's 2006 re-election were $3,000 in donations from America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group.
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That may seem like no big deal for the New York senator, who raised $51 million as she coasted to victory in November. What's surprising is that America's Health Insurance Plans is the same group that vilified Clinton in 1993 with the ``Harry and Louise'' commercials -- an advertising blitz that helped doom her plan to guarantee health-insurance coverage for all Americans.

Why the change of heart? Clinton worked with Republicans to back one of the Washington-based organization's priorities: setting up electronic networks to help doctors share patient information. ``We made the decision to invest the resources because of that leadership,'' says Karen Ignagni, president of the group.

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Clinton tops powerful women survey

Hillary Clinton has received a boost for her bid to become US President - she is the most admired powerful woman.

The Democrat senator, 59, beat US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the study compiled for Harper's Bazaar magazine.

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Dems are leading by megabytes

If 2008 is going to be the year of the Web campaign, the Democrats are way ahead of the Republicans, who still seem to be banging rocks together instead of joining the shiny new 21st century.

Among the Democrats, John Edwards and Hillary Clinton are leaps ahead of their rivals in terms of Internet strategy, with feature-packed Web sites boasting truly innovative ways to reach voters.

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Michigan Supports Hillary

Michigan Democrats want a Clinton back in the White House -- by an overwhelming margin. But independent voters have lingering doubts about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, raising questions about whether she can continue her party's streak of winning Michigan's presidential delegates.

Almost a year before the state's parties hold primaries or caucuses, Clinton is the clear choice of Michigan Democrats with a nearly 30-point lead over her nearest rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, a Detroit Free Press-Local 4 Michigan Poll conducted last week shows. The New York senator and former first lady got strong support crossing racial lines, income levels, geographical boundaries and age.

And in head-to-head matchups, she led those who polled best among the Republicans: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Sen. John McCain, tracking national polls that show the Democrats taking an early lead and reversing trends from some polls last year.

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Hillary and McCain lead in NH

Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain continue to be the New Hampshire front-runners for president in their respective parties.

The poll, conducted by American Research Group and reported this afternoon by the New Hampshire Union Leader, shows Clinton ahead of Senator Barack Obama, 39 percent to 19 percent. Former Senator John Edwards had 13 percent.

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Saturday, February 3, 2007

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Friday, February 2, 2007

Democrats 2008: Hillary 33%, Obama 19%

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - More Democratic Party supporters in the United States are voicing support for Hillary Rodham Clinton as a presidential contender, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 33 per cent of respondents would vote for the New York senator in a 2008 primary, up two points in a week.

Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 19 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 10 per cent, and former U.S. vice-president Al Gore with eight per cent.

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Hillary Clinton answers a Global Warming Question in Iowa