NY Daily News: "For Democrats, it has to be Hil"

[bidenista]

For Democrats, it has to be Hil: The Daily News endorses Hillary Clinton

Saturday, February 2nd 2008, 5:50 PM

...Where Clinton and Obama differ most is on the critical questions of how they would approach the presidency and who is readier for the Oval Office at a time when the nation and world face increasingly complex challenges. There Clinton is the stronger candidate, and The News endorses her in this Democratic matchup.

After eight years at the side of President Clinton and seven years representing New York in the U.S. Senate, she is clear-eyed both about the demands of the globe's toughest job and about using the power that comes with it. She would try to lead by doing. Her celebrity status notwithstanding, Clinton is at heart a worker in the trenches. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of the issues, and her success in the Senate on behalf of New Yorkers attests to both relentless attention to detail and skill at working the levers of power.

Simply put, Clinton delivered, in no small measure by forming alliances with Republicans who had been ardent foes of her husband during his presidential administration. She was a key player in securing critical federal aid after 9/11, and she has fought longer than anyone for sickened Ground Zero workers. Thanks to her dogged advocacy, the Defense Department dropped plans to close military bases around the state.

New Yorkers should appreciate that Clinton devoted herself to the grit of the job - to getting a fair share of monies for transit, housing, hospitals and other purposes - even as she pursued larger national agendas. Democrats elsewhere would do well to assess her possible presidency in the same light. She may not stir the soul, but that's not what day-to-day governing is about....

More: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/02/02/2008-02-02_for_democrats_it_has_to_be_hil_the_daily.html

[busymom]

1. Go Hillary!

[maddiejoan]

2. Bound to happen

once NY Post endorsed Obama

I'm waiting to see who Newsday endorses --I hope it's Clinton.

[Clinton Crusader]

3. Go Girl! K&R

[Guaranteed]

4. They've been shilling DLC since they trashed Dean in late 2003. nt

[FrenchieCat]

5. !

:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEO_fG3mm4

[Deja Q]

6. I have encyclopedic knowledge of lots of things too.

Hasn't helped me in life.

Snarky comment aside, there's more to like about her than dislike. (nobody's perfect, seriously.)

Leap of faith... if she can help the US middle class and India's middle class at the same time, more power to her. Seriously.

[fujiyama]

7. Do either the Post or the Daily News have much credibility?

I mean, the Post is Murdoch owned garbage, basically a tabloid rag...

Is the Daily News much better?

[bidenista]

8. higher quality, and has won several pulitzers

But it can be tabloidy at times.

[Straight Shooter]

9. "she has fought longer than anyone for sickened Ground Zero workers"

There you have it. Thank you, Hillary. Thank you, Daily News, for pointing out this significant fact.

[Lucinda]

10. Thanks!

K&R

[flpoljunkie]

11. Yet, they issue a warning. The last paragraphs are quite extraordinary in that regard.

That said, some of her recent tactics and some of those employed by her husband were a distressing throwback to the relentless partisan wars of the Clinton presidency. And Bill Clinton's not-so-subtle invocations of race were demeaning to his former office and destructive to the public discourse.

Both Clintons must recognize that this could not be a co-presidency or even hint at being one. Many in the country admire Bill Clinton, but many fewer want him back in the White House with a public and powerful role. We are endorsing one President, not two.

There would be the new President Clinton, and there would be a husband who left office at the end of eight years as the Constitution required and who remains determinedly out of view. No personal conflicts of interest. No parallel channels of authority. No appearances on the world stage that raise questions about who's in charge.

Based on her experience and her service on behalf of New York, The News backs Hillary Clinton in the full expectation that from here on out she and her husband will abide by standards of fairness - and, more important, that she intends to draw firm, clear lines should she make it to the White House.

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[BootinUp]

12. Thanks

Their ponification on Iraq was unneccessary, but most of the article is worth reading and seems a good endorsement for Hillary.

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. yep: it has to be hil.

I like the ring to that.

[robbedvoter]

14. She was a key player in securing critical federal aid after 9/11,

Glad that's remembered! Not easy squeezing money from Bushco for a city that votes against him!

[Rock_Garden]

15. No one but Hillary for me.

[emilyg]

16. And me.