Have a read, i found it very interesting
http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011900.phpUnlike Steve, I believe very strongly that Sen. Clinton can, in fact, be as much of a transformative candidate as Sen. Obama - partly because of her ability to significantly attract many more women and minorities into the Democratic fold, just as Sen. Obama has been successful in attracting youth. To provide just one example, she is the candidate fighting for universal healthcare - a core Democratic and progressive value - in this election, not Sen. Obama, who continues to destroy (also see here) our chances of getting universal healthcare in the next administration. Her enormous policy knowledge and voters' comfort with her ability to fix the economy is another big plus in her column. It is no surprise that California exit polls showed that people for whom the economy or healthcare was the #1 issue voted for her by a huge margin.
Late last year, I told a friend that if Sen. Clinton manages to win the Democratic nomination, my confidence in her ability to win the general election would go up by leaps and bounds because I expected that unlike Sen. Obama, she would be viciously attacked during the primaries, often using false Republican taking points, by not just the Right but also by segments of the Left and by the media. If she is able to sustain this type of an attack and win the nomination, she can do very well in the summer and Fall. So far, she continues to prove that she can withstand these attacks and continues to add big wins to her column. It is for reasons like these that undecided bloggers like Stuart O'Neill at The Democratic Daily have endorsed her.
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