Apparently the campaign to increase Hillary's "likeability" is over. Today, Hillary Clinton talked tough about foreign policy today, but it seems like her point has some potential for bringing up ugly and contradictory stuff:
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Iowans Thursday against voting for a candidate who doesn't have foreign policy experience, suggesting her leading rivals would be no better than President Bush in that regard.Here are my two thoughts after reading Clinton's remarks:
"It is tempting any time things seem quieter for a minute on the international front to think that we don't need a president who is up to speed on foreign affairs and military matters," Clinton said.
1) Is Hillary touting the experience that includes her vote for the Iraq War and her recent vote for the Kyl-Lieberman Iran resolution? She sided with Bush on those foreign policy votes. For many Democrats, those votes define her foreign policy experience -- and she's supposed to be courting Democrats these days.
2) Bill Clinton. The very same arguments could have been (and were) used against him in 1992. It wasn't like he had a broad range of foreign policy experience from his perch as Governor of Arkansas. Unlike Bush, Clinton surrounded himself with smart people -- and any Democratic President would, too.
