I think HRC is getting "comfortable in her own skin."

She seems relaxed and she's letting the real Hillary out, more and more. I loved her remark about Cheney as Darth Vader.

She's a formidable woman.

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I'm not thrilled with the idea of increasing the VISA cap, but it has nothing to do with shipping jobs off-shore.

Indirectly, that particular program ships jobs overseas, in the long run, by training competitors who move back to India.

all the foreign students out of our universities. Is that something you support, too?

positions.

No, we should not be kicking any foreign students out of U.S. universities. You're comparing apples and oranges.

where they then can compete with our workers.

How is this different from your argument that foreign workers who train here will go back to their own countries and compete with us?

And I'm not committed to Hillary. I like several of the candidates right now, and I'll support whoever is the nominee in the general.

Foreign students create jobs for teachers.
Foreign work visas take jobs from (and undercut wages of) trained workers.

as teaching and research assistants, and can have their tuition waived also.

Most engineering departments, for example, have high numbers of foreign grad students teaching undergraduate classes.

Besides, that will happen more and more as less and less Americans see any advantage to getting a degree in subjects that are being outsourced and work visaed.

Graduate students in technical fields work in universities, and are paid for their work.

Just as foreign workers on other VISA's are paid for their work.

And both categories of workers are free to return to their home countries and compete with Americans. So if you object to the one group on that basis, you should be objecting to both.

tution 100%! I was awarded one of the tution scholarships
reserved only for foreign students. My grades had something
to do with it.

My American husband also had a free ride through a top U.S. grad school -- well, not free really, since he was always working as a research or teaching assistant. If he had been working in industry instead for those years he would have been making more money.

Those kind of jobs belong in India. That way we can afford
more services at a cheaper price. That benefits the consumer,
which is the biggest majority party in the country.

Although, China is starting to undercut India in wages, now, on high-skilled jobs, also.

whoever can produce goods or services at the lowest cost
deserves to get it. That benefits the CONSUMER (100% of
population).

India is getting a lot of computer programming, telephone
support and medical services jobs. All require small training
periods. Hardly high tech. I should know, I worked in the
computer programming field for many decades.

And anything that reduces disposable income for workers also reduces disposable income for consumers.

This outsourcing only benefits the wealthy who have seen their profit margins increase.

Formidable. I watched Russert giving her the business. She never broke a sweat. I want to see him go after Gooliani the same way.

She hasn't been my top candidate, but I'll have no problem supporting her if that's what it comes to.

And it's becoming easier to say that as time goes on.

and not on the video

She's exceptionally sharp, experienced, and works like a dog.

FWIW, my prediction is that Iowa will turn her way in the closing weeks before the primary and other early states will follow.

Whoever is the nominee, I think we're going to be in a very strong position in the general. The Rethug field is uniformly weak, compared to any of our top candidates. Compared to any of our candidates, period.

This morning she said she was not in favor of the ad. She danced around quite a few questions over all. I won't be voting for her, and that's what it's come down to for me.

In the end, I seriously doubt what I say really matters anyway, all the lists we see of her corporate supporters says it all to me. I think she's tapped in and unless reality sets in, we are going to have her served up to us on a silver platter!

Then, it's all over for me... I don't think we'll see much difference made in America, but I also seriously think the Repukes can't wait for her to be the nominee!

This country doesn't really represent "We The People" anymore, and our leaders in Congress don't seem to care very much either. There are "some" who want to help this country, but by and large... Democrats don't seem to be able to gather together enough for REAL UNITY!

That's good enough for me. Biden and Obama abstained, by the way.

You sound like Nader, who said there wouldn't be much difference between Gore and Bush -- Tweedledee and Tweedledum, he called them.

The "dum" ones were the ones who believed Nader's lies and voted for him.

Since then we have the Bush war on Iraq -- which the Dems never would have started -- the destruction of the environment, the shredding of the Constitution, the disastrous response to Katrina, and on and on and on.

But people are still saying there's not much difference. Amazing.

I voted in screwed me! I live in District 13... gave up on trying to get THAT ONE finalized! Vern Buchanan is in D.C. so I find it hard to see how "we the people" matter!

Now I see how MSM is handing Hillary to me... Sorry... I'm just too JADED and CYNICAL anymore!

but Hillary seems refreshingly comfortable being herself. So does Bill.

Would you like me to join every Obama thread with similar nasty comments?

I really like Obama, but I'm getting really tired of your tactics. You're not helping your candidate with me.

I am so tired of the negative drivel.

But less so with some of their supporters.

:shrug:

That, to me, implies a level of discomfort.

:eyes:

It's good for the general public to see that. Despite some poster opinions, she is neither snake nor Medusa. :)

Probably ought to learn to look like more of a beer drinker, too.
:sarcasm:

And she's clearly planning to become a dictator.

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This illusion that you get more presidential experience from the Senate is sheer nonsense. How many Senators have become President of America? Does Laura Bush have the experience to be President? Sitting in the front seat beside the driver for 8 years will never make you an experienced driver.

John Edwards spent six years in the Senate and had only 1 sponsored bill passed. Hillary has 2 insignificant bills passed in all her 9 years, while Obama has had 2 bills with his name passed in just over 2 years. And very important legislation he co-sponsored with Republican colleagues.
GovTrack describes Hillary’s sponsorship as “VERY POOR” and Obama’s as “AVERAGE”

In the State legislature he also passed significant healthcare, ethics reform, crime and poverty bills. Take a look at Senator Obama's bills in the State legislature:

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html

Compare that with Hillary's record on her website. Even her ads make no reference to any tangible accomplishments of hers. Hiding behind Bill Clinton will not make her an experienced candidate. Only fools are deceived by her campaign's marketing skills.