Agreed - this strikes me as odd. I imagine it has a lot to do with the (rather large) black primary demo that splits Hillary/Obama.
I can't recall, has Edwards even spent much time there? How has he been trending?

...finishing second in Iowa and fourth in New Hampshire.

Imagine how much he'll win it by after finishing first in both of those states!

Hey, all she has to do is get those who like her (but give their vote to someone they like less because of concerns that she can't get elected) to believe that indeed she can hold her own against the GOP machine, and her advantage goes up even more.   Thanks for confirming how strong her potential position actually is beyond what she already routinely gets.   :-)

If you mix shots and beer, you'll be on Lieberman in no time, then Hagel, then Bush/Cheney.    That would bring calls for the prohibition back in a hurry.   :-)

You know, if you can't post WITHOUT YELLING, then don't post at all.  The shtick is getting extremely old.  

Chris Bowers "state of the race" numbers show a 14 point margin in this very diary.   Why don't you YELL at him?  

She is the only person since New Deal days to actually get UHC implemented for at least part of the population. Tens of millions of children have received healthcare under the federal CHIPS program. That has been a landmark program and a tremendous success in showing how UHC can work.

I wasn't in diapers and I remember what a boon doggle it was when they secretly put it together and wouldn't let any body see what they were doing.

Currently she talks about passing a universal health plan by the end of her second term. Most presidents donot accomplish much in their second term and become lame ducks quite early in the second term,

If that is her position, then their will be no universal health care in her administration.

She has said that she will work toward universal health care by the end of her second term, when as we all know the Senate cohort of 2006 will be defending a massive Democratic partisan advantage in 2012, and the odds are strong that the Senate will be tougher going after 2012 than it will be in the period 2008-2012.

And, yes, I remember Hillarycare, and I certainly do not give her high marks for failing in that fight. However, more critically I saw the way that the Clinton administration shifted course after the Republican majority of 1994. I believe she is going to shy away from going after the Republicans ... once bitten, twice shy.

And as for the remark:

Speak for yourself.  Not all here are part of your "We."

If you read more closely, you would see that the comment was in response to:

Go Hillary!  Ignore the haters!

... and that the "We" would have been those that might be referred to as 'haters' by a Hillary partisan ... those who would in less emotive language be described as people for whom Hillary is the last choice among the candidates actually running for the Democratic nomination for President.

Anything that makes you hurt less Jallen - its ok

lol just checking...

Hillary stable around 35% for over 6 months now. Obama flattening out at 23%/24%, And Edwards running behind an undeclared candidate.

and there are a couple of other more in between alternatives as well. But at the moment the trendlines don't worry me.

I do wonder why Gore's numbers took a dive in the last quarter of 2006 though.

The question is what size and what is their mission. Do they include combat units or are they support troops? Are they to protect the embassy and humanitarian efforts or are they to engage in combat operations against Alqueda?

Are you talking about free trade intra-EU, or between the EU and other parts of the world?

One thing to note is that EU countries spend A LOT more money per capita on social services, amounts that "free-traders" in the US are highly unlikely to push for.

... in the "FTA" agreement sense.

Where are the protective tarrifs around the "FTA" area? Where is the industrial policy to develop new industries for the "FTA" area? Where are the substantial flows of infrastructure funding (not loans) from the higher income to the lower income members? Where is the protection of the rural economy from being wiped out by opening up trade inside the "FTA"?

The EU stands as rather a harsh critique of why the focus on freeing corporations to do whatever they want in the so-called "FTA"s is not sound economic policy.

Free trade between France, Germany and Poland is a hell of a lot different than free trade between the US and Oman or Colombia.