Hillary Clinton only made one mistake in the last 12 years. But it was truly fatal.

[mike_c]

1. LOL-- (not that it's funny, mind you)....

That's a perspective that hadn't occurred to me. It's a sad commentary on the state of our democracy that presidential candidates are more likely to be successful when voters can fill in the blanks with their own perceptions of who the candidate is and what they stand for, rather than having an actual record of public life to judge the by.

I was terribly underwhelmed by Obama's "hope and change" campaign. I mean, it's vague advertising, not a vision to share or reject. Now I realize that was by design.