Hillary Clinton's Image Softens, Moves To Center

MyWestTexas.com ^ | Judy Holland

[MisterRepublican]

WASHINGTON - Recent polls show the public's image of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gradually morphing from sharply controversial First Lady to centrist constituent-minded senator. Although still a polarizing figure, the first-term lawmaker could use the makeover to position herself for a White House run in 2008.

Political strategists say Clinton has impressed Senate colleagues and constituents by working methodically on New York issues while taking moderate or conservative stances on controversies such as the war in Iraq.

"A majority feel positive toward her," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. "She's being seen as being more effective and sticking to her job. She's managed to shape her role in a way that's more acceptable. She's in a transition."

[MisterRepublican]

Hitlerys "Extreme Makeover" begins.

[Dog Gone]

I don't think it will work. She's a lesbian liberal from New York.

Ain't gonna fly in the Red States.

[mainepatsfan]

Kerry tried to run away from his past and he couldn't do it. Hillary won't be able to either.

[BenLurkin]

"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Rodham Clinton June 2004
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/28/politics2238EDT0845.DTL

[konaice]

"Recent polls show" Bull.

This is the Clinton Spin Machine reving up.
Don't let this lie propagate.

[Trepz]

Look for the MSM to find reasons to broadcast or print pictures of the Prime Witch in, near or just exiting a church or other religious facility many times over the next 4 years.

[Snardius]

You can put lipstick on a pig...but it's still a pig.

Hillary can fool some of the people all of the time...
But that won't get her elected on the national stage.

[snowman1]

I don't care how extreme the make over is she's still the same sleazy bitch she always was. Why do you think there is no Halloween in Arkansas The witch moved to New York.

[Landru]

"Recent polls show the public's image of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gradually morphing from sharply controversial First Lady to centrist constituent-minded senator."

Yea, oh YEA!!

...~eh? :o)

[IStillBelieve]

Expect tons of puff pieces like this unti 2008. Ugh. :-(

[xtinct]

Once the Red States hear the audio of past Shrillery tapes, she's a goner.

[TitansAFC]

I hope she runs! Here is a list of all of the Southern, Mountain, and Midwestern states she would win:

[NCjim]

"Never try to teach a pig to sing, it will only frustrate
you and it annoys the hell out of the pig"

[Dozer3]

I'm hoping she gets the nod in 08, that way the Republicans can make it 6 out of the last 8 presidential elections.

[Tula Git]

Oh what a surprise..
campaign center, govern left

[rocksblues]

Kerry supported the Viet Cong, Hillary defended the Black Panthers!

[jetson]

Time to catalog all of her and his lies. Hypocrisy can be found in any statement she can make.

[cmsgop]

She will have to move to the right of Goldwater.......

[OPS4]

She is a communist at heart and always will be.
Ops4 God Bless America!

[IronJack]

Just the start, folks. Just the start.

Make sure you compile an archive of the REAL Lady Macbeth before she metamorphoses into Cuddlebug Hillary.

[Mogollon]

Rudy Guiliani will run against her in 2006 and take her senate seat away from her. Her bid for the presidency will seem pretty ridiculous when she can't even hold her senate seat.

[michaelbfree]

She's in a transition

Yep, to be the next liberal scum bag to get their @ss kicked.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Un-el-ectable... that's what YOU are...

[Fiddlstix]

[mtbopfuyn]

And so it begins...

[CWOJackson]

"She will have to move to the right of Goldwater......."

I hope her people don't read that. She'll dig out her old Goldwater Girl outfit and squeeze into it. Yeeeecch!

[cajun-jack]

and supported by a guy from the "marxist" institute!!!!!!!!!!

[Ed_in_NJ]

It is up to US to get the truth out about Shillary -- the corrupt old media isn't going to do it, and the masses have very short memories.

[Viking2002]

She'll be a centrist when green monkeys fly out of my arse. If - GOD FORBID - that reptile was actually able to slither into the Oval Office, she'd find a way to castrate the first two amendments of the Consitiution before she even took the oath. THEN she'd get serious. Me? I'm up for mining the Potomac, razing the Legion and Wilson bridges, and torpedoing anything that tries to sail from White's Ferry. Liberals will run. I hold my ground.

[Dog Gone]

[Lurking2Long]

Perhaps she should try SlimFast?

[Hi Heels]

uh huh... Translation: "We, the media, will now attempt to convince you that this lunatic is a conservative."

[KoRn]

Next we'll see a good round of sauced up Zogby polls showing her image 'improving' to "middle-America".

[theDentist]

Well she'll have 40% sewn up just by throwing her hat in the ring. She'll have money up the prodigious kazoo, and a Senate record showing.... what? Has she proposed any bills yet? If so, have any passed???

She may not fly in the bible belt today, but in 3 years, who knows.

[Taggart_D]

[gradually morphing from sharply controversial First Lady to centrist constituent-minded senator]

In other words, she's blowing with the wind.....I predict we'll hear her quote scripture in the upcoming months. Ooooooh these people just don't get it!

[Tula Git]

I'm hoping she gets the nod in 08, that way the Republicans can make it 6 out of the last 8 presidential elections

Yes..and one of those was the result of an anomoly called Perot.

[rfranket]

She only has to fool %40 in a 3-way contest. Don't forget 1992 and HRossPerot, the Texas billionair who ran for president with his own money.

[weenie]

"Extreme Makeover"

I don't know why people keep saying "extreme."

Not only is it not extreme but I think I'll be more popular than Bill...at least with the woman's vote..."

[Dog Gone]

She has a 45% unfavorable rating. That's going to be tough to overcome.

[ripley]

"She's in transition."

not true. she's just molting.

[Porterville]

So she moved from Uber Bitch to Super Bitch?

[mombonn]

I will work unceasingly to prevent that witch from reaching her goal.

[anniegetyourgun]

The game is afoot.....

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Right on cue. However, I wonder how this will fare in her 08 reelection bid. Will the NY'ers still vote for her, even when she pretends to be a moderate? Of course they will. Those Leftists will prop her up as best as they can so she can reach the White House. Disgusting bass's turds.

We've got to crush her senate reelection bid. I hope the Reps run Rudy to unseat her. It would take the 'moderate' or 'centrist' voting record away from her so she'd be stuck with her Leftist past.

[spokeshave]

Shrillary has enough "width" to cover both bases.....and don't get me started on those cankles............

[bc boy]

she will be the first us president with only one name...hillary...could this really happen or is this a twilight zone episode

[RightWhale]

Has she moved to the Right of Mao yet?

[the invisib1e hand]

consider this: if enough 15 year old products of our *esteemed* educational institutions can be indoctrinated in their freshman year at our *esteemed* "higher" educational institutions, Mrs. Clinton will have picked up some votes.

look for evidence of aiming her campaign at the most impressionable among us.

[Califelephant]

If she wins the nomination, she has the same task Kerry did: hold the blue states and steal Florida or Ohio. It's simple, but it sure ain't easy.

[varon]

You can put lipstick on a pig...but it's still a pig.

You can put lipstick on a Hillary and it's still a Hillary.......LOL