Hillary the Uniter? She Tells Paper She'll Build 'Centrist Coalition' |
| Published: October 10, 2007, 7:52 am |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, anne kornblut, dan balz, hillary clinton, washington post |
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At the top center spot of Wednesday's front page -- above those debating Republicans -- The Washington Post spotlights its interview with Hillary Rodham Clinton. The headline is "Clinton Cites Lessons of Partisanship: Senator Says She's Best Equipped to Unite America." (Washingtonpost.com changed its header to "Clinton Cites Her Resilience.") Since when has Hillary been either a uniter, or a centrist? Post reporters Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz offered little skepticism (and no account of her consistently liberal voting record) in their account of her remarks, summed up with this: "I intend to win in November 2008, and then I intend to build a centrist coalition in this country that is like what I remember when I was growing up." Kornblut and Balz failed to quote any candidate's critique of her, Democrat or Republican. They failed to note that when Hillary was growing up in the 1960s, a "centrist coalition" might have been easier since the [ Full article ] |
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