HIllary's Gore Moment

At the 2000 DNC convention Gore said:
"And I stand here tonight as my own man. And I want you to know me for who I truly am."

And last night in New Hampshire, Hillary said:
"Over the last week, I listened to you and, in the process, I found my own voice."

...Two politicians trying to escape the shadow of Bill.

Cry

The Hillary Cry is the opposite of the Dean Scream. The scream made Dean look insane, the cry made Hillary look normal.

Carville Part Deux

The sign on the wall of the Bill Clinton campaign "war room" in Little Rock had three short messages on it attributed to political strategist James Carville:

Change vs. more of the same.
The economy, stupid.
Don't forget health care.

Notable that Hillary, this time around, has lost on point one to both Obama and Edwards. Also notable is that, perhaps in an effort to revert to the above magic formula, Hillary is the first candidate to utilize the "R" word - recession - in last night's debate and across her NH stump speeches.

"Consistency"

Why is consistency made to be the highest value in a future president?

Quoteth:
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself."
-Walt Whitman