[tom h]

You expected Hillary to do better because the drumbeat of the media, that Hillary is the "smartest woman in America," has sunk into your brain. Hillary is neither the smartest woman in America nor the Democrat's best politician. Hillary is probably not even the smartest woman on Capitol Hill -- Jeanne Kirkpatrick wins that one by a long shot -- and isn't the smartest woman on the Eastern Seaboard -- Phyllis Schlafly is.

Hillary is a novice politician who is propped up by a compliant media.

[uncbob]

Hillary is a novice politician who is propped up by a compliant media.

And fed her material by her handlers

[r9etb]

Hillary is a novice politician who is propped up by a compliant media.

Precisely correct. More to the point, this is the first time in her life that she's actually accountable for what she says. Sounds like Nickles was asking for an accounting, and she couldn't pony up.

One has to question whether she'll learn her lesson and take the time to learn her own positions, or whether she'll make up for her ignorance by getting face-time on TV.

She'll probably opt for the face time -- it's lots easier, and the electorate probably doesn't know the difference.

[Samwise]

Hillary is a novice politician who is propped up by a compliant media.

I like that statement. I am going to remember it and cling to it when visions of Hillary! 2008 come to me in nightmares.