Sen. Clinton outlines legislative agenda for the "dynamic center"

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Clinton Outlines Legislative Priorities

Sen. Clinton Outlines Legislative Priorities While Deflecting Talk of 2008 Run for White House

By BETH FOUHY
The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday outlined an ambitious agenda of legislative priorities while continuing to deflect questions about her presumed presidential ambitions.

"I will look at the possibilities, but I ... haven't really had the time to talk to people about it," Clinton told a breakfast gathering hosted by the Association for a Better New York. "It's been a busy election season that worked out well, so I will think about it. I'm open to thoughts."

Clinton was returning to Washington on Monday to participate in a lame-duck session of Congress in which lawmakers will tackle several pieces of unfinished business before ceding control of both the Senate and House to Democrats early next year.

But the New York senator was clearly looking ahead to the next Congress, which she, like other Democrats, has vowed will operate on a more bipartisan basis than it had under Republican control.

"We are ready to roll up our sleeves and work with our Republican counterparts. Our country works best when we govern from the vital, dynamic center," she said.

But Clinton still had bitter words for President Bush and his political advisers, including lead strategist Karl Rove, for creating a polarized environment that had stifled debate or disagreement.

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[William769]

1. Words of wisdom.

My faith is slowly being restored.

[MethuenProgressive]

2. "dynamic center"? "exciting vanilla!" "stunning dustbunny!"

Hyperbole is fun, but I did like what she had to say.

[SharonAnn]

6. Actually, the center is more dynamic than either wing. The wings are pretty rigid.

The center incorporates many ideas and situations, develops alternatives, adapts, shifts priorities, etc.

It's messy, sometimes, since it permits a variety of input but it is more dynamic than either the left-wing or the right-wing. Although, I think the left-wing is better at social events.

[CarbonDate]

3. "Seeking to counter criticisms that she has done nothing...."

"...in her six years in the Senate, Sen. Clinton (D-NY) gears up an ambitious legislative agenda just in time for the upcoming Presidential election season."

or....

"Realizing that she actually has to do something other than call for Rumsfeld's resignation after everybody else has already, Sen. Clinton (D-NY) gears up an amitious legislative agenda just in time for the upcoming Presidential election season."

I know, that's cynical.

[IndianaGreen]

4. More like the moribund and uncaring center!

It took the center four years to realize Iraq was a mistake!

[FogerRox]

5. Thats right Hillary, you should come back to the center

Bring that very sucsessful former republican President husband of yours too.

[Le Taz Hot]

7. The "dynamic center?"

An oxymoron if I ever heard one.