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07-28-2002, 04:15 PM
Its all a sham...
Hillary Clinton Emerges As Moderate (http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-democrats-hillary-clinton0728jul28.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dpolitics%2D headlines)
By SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press Writer
July 28, 2002, 12:59 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- When Hillary Rodham Clinton began her Senate bid, some on the right warned she would make even liberals such as Ted Kennedy look conservative.
Fund-raising letters that raised millions of dollars for Clinton's Republican opponents decried her "wild-eyed radical leftist views" and branded her as "a liberal's liberal."
But since she won election in 2000, Clinton's behavior has often belied those predictions.
On Monday, she was giving the keynote address at a Democratic Leadership Council meeting in New York. The centrist group, whose "third way" ideas were popularized by her husband, is also home to Democrats including Louisiana Sen. John Breaux, whom President Bush courted for his Cabinet, and Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, who flirted with becoming a Republican.
Once a supporter of Republican Barry Goldwater, Clinton now receives high marks from liberal groups. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group scores her 85 out of 100 while Americans for Democratic Action gives her a 95 percent positive rating.
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Others see a calculated makeover intended to position her for a return trip to the White House.
"She is a complete and utter opportunist," said Morton Blackwell, the Virginia Republican committeeman who formed an "Emergency Committee to Stop Hillary Rodham Clinton" during her Senate bid.
"The Madonna of politics," added Tripp Baird, Senate analyst for the conservative Heritage Foundation, likening Clinton to the pop star famous for makeovers. "It's phony. I think she's angling for the presidency and she can't do it as a Ted Kennedy liberal."
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Hillary Clinton Emerges As Moderate (http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-democrats-hillary-clinton0728jul28.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dpolitics%2D headlines)
By SHANNON McCAFFREY
Associated Press Writer
July 28, 2002, 12:59 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- When Hillary Rodham Clinton began her Senate bid, some on the right warned she would make even liberals such as Ted Kennedy look conservative.
Fund-raising letters that raised millions of dollars for Clinton's Republican opponents decried her "wild-eyed radical leftist views" and branded her as "a liberal's liberal."
But since she won election in 2000, Clinton's behavior has often belied those predictions.
On Monday, she was giving the keynote address at a Democratic Leadership Council meeting in New York. The centrist group, whose "third way" ideas were popularized by her husband, is also home to Democrats including Louisiana Sen. John Breaux, whom President Bush courted for his Cabinet, and Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, who flirted with becoming a Republican.
Once a supporter of Republican Barry Goldwater, Clinton now receives high marks from liberal groups. The U.S. Public Interest Research Group scores her 85 out of 100 while Americans for Democratic Action gives her a 95 percent positive rating.
...
Others see a calculated makeover intended to position her for a return trip to the White House.
"She is a complete and utter opportunist," said Morton Blackwell, the Virginia Republican committeeman who formed an "Emergency Committee to Stop Hillary Rodham Clinton" during her Senate bid.
"The Madonna of politics," added Tripp Baird, Senate analyst for the conservative Heritage Foundation, likening Clinton to the pop star famous for makeovers. "It's phony. I think she's angling for the presidency and she can't do it as a Ted Kennedy liberal."
...
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