Watch out, Mrs Clinton!

by Claudia Sonea

Politics is so muddy that you get dirty just by reading of it. There is no more respect for anything and politicians belong to carnivore specie. On Tuesday at Drexel University a televised debate took place, aired by MSNBC. All the presidential candidates were present except former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel who did not meet fundraising and polling thresholds. After the last debate that took place a month ago Clinton has solidified her front-runner position, gaining in polls, taking the lead in fundraising and dominating the agenda. Therefore she was now the target of democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson are just some of the candidates that expressed their discontent towards the fact that after 17 minutes they still did not have the chance to talk and none of the questions were addressed to either one of them. Two months before the first presidential primary votes her front-runner status was underscored. Obama, the Illinois senator, attacked the changing position on the North American Free Trade Agreement, torture policies and the Iraq war, while Edwards, the former North Carolina senator, accused her for supporting the corrupt system in Washington, DC. The former first lady defended her position saying that she will continue to stand against Republicans; however she avoided talking about certain subjects like the fiscal crisis threatening Social Security, stooping Iran of developing a nuclear weapon and if she agrees into giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Her Senate vote in favor of designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group was also criticized by Obama, Edwards and others saying that Bush could interpret it as a congressional approve. She confronted them saying that it is not good to go to war, but nor to stay and do nothing and the best approach is full court press on the diplomatic front. At Edwards attack regarding the position on Iraq war, Clinton replied that she is against it, but they must be realistic and understand that it cannot happen that fast and the troops cannot be withdrawn totally. Richardson criticized his rivals' action and said that there is nothing to fear because more than 50 percent of the American public would not vote for her. Moderator Tim Russert of NBC News referring to an offstage comment overheard by an Associated Press reporter asked Clinton she told an Iowa voter that she would raise the cap on payroll taxes when the proposal is not part of her platform. She defended saying that on Social Security she would rather use a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to strengthen the program. I wonder why Clinton was persona non-grata at the debate and the main point of shroud attacks. Is that they fear she might win the elections? Don't go away, you might just find out.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_debate;_ylt=AkV701hSyy7Qbqko8HVwgPGs0NUE

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