Should Hillary Clinton ditch the trouser suits?

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Who wears the trousers? It’s a question often asked about the Clinton marriage.

But now, according to style guru Donatella Versace, the question is whether Hillary, who clearly does wear trouser suits, should ditch them.

They make her look too masculine, the fashion deisgner told Germany’s Die Zeit. “She’s a woman and she should be able to show that,” the sister of the slain Gianni added.

“She should treat femininity as an opportunity and not try to emulate masculinity in politics.”

Ms Verace is a fan, who wants Hillary to go all the way to the White House – but with friends like that…

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Obama vowed not to run in 08 (VIDEO)

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Obama: “I Think I’ve Been Very Clear” on this “silly question”, on CBS 2 in Chicago.

This is 100% meaningless of course, yet still noteworthy since it will be used as an attack point even though no one cares that he changed his mind, but are actually very HAPPY he did.

Barack Obama announced his bid for president Saturday, a black man evoking Abraham Lincoln’s ability to unite a nation and a Democrat portraying himself as a fresh face capable of leading a new generation.

“Let us transform this nation,” he told thousands shivering in the cold at the campaign’s kickoff.

Obama, 45, is the youngest candidate in the Democrats’ 2008 primary field dominated by front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and filled with more experienced lawmakers. In an address from the state capital where he began his elective career 10 years ago, the first-term U.S. senator sought to distinguish himself as a staunch opponent of the Iraq war and a White House hopeful whose lack of political experience is an asset.

“I know I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change,” Obama said to some of the loudest applause of his 20-minute speech.

Giuliani on Abortion…

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The headline on a pro-life website muddles the conundrum: Rudy Giuliani Says He Backs Pro-Life Laws But Supports Legal Abortion.

“I think you have to have a judicial bypass. If you do, you can have parental notification,” he said.

Will these concessions and apparent flip-flop on partial-birth abortion be enough to gain the support of pro-life advocates?

Connie Mackey, senior vice president of the legislative arm of the Family Research Council says no.

There are some who say, ‘Well, all we need from Giuliani, for instance, is a promise that he’ll put in a judge that will be a good constitutionalist,’” she told Congressional Quarterly on Friday. “And we would disagree with that.”

Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, was more blunt.

He says he thinks Giuliani is too pro-abortion to deserve support form the overwhelming majority of Republican voters who are pro-life. Perkins also says he doesn’t think he will be able to capture the party’s nod. Should Giuliani get the party’s nod for president, Perkins said it would likely hand the White House over to the Democratic candidate because pro-life voters would have no one to support.

The last several elections have been between pro-life Republican and pro-abortion Democratic candidates and a Giuliani nomination would change that dynamic.

“If by some chance Giuliani were to gain the Republican nomination it would set up a very similar scenario that we had last November,” Perkins told CBN. “An unenthusiastic Republican base which will suppress turnout and set up a Democratic victory.”

Republican voters have previously turned away pro-abortion candidates from capturing the primary nod, including former California Gov. Pete Wilson and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter. Republicans haven’t had a pro-abortion nominee since Gerald Ford in 1976.

Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are the top two candidates in the polls apart from Giuliani.

Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are also running and drawing significant support from the pro-life community.

Other potential Republican candidates include pro-life former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, pro-life Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, pro-life Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and Tom Tancredo of Colorado, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.

Clinton Aims to Raise $75M Before 2008

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has embarked on one of the more ambitious fundraising efforts, with a goal of raising $15 million by the end of March and amassing more than $75 million before 2008.

Clinton and members of her senior campaign team hosted a meeting of about 250 national fundraisers in Washington on Wednesday and most promised to raise at least $25,000 each for the New York senator’s White House run.

Senior members of Clinton’s campaign team, including campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle and pollster Mark Penn, sketched out
campaign strategy and shared polling information with the group, while Clinton delivered the closing pitch for support.

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“It was very positive, very high energy,” said Susie Tompkins Buell, the founder of the Esprit clothing line and a longtime Clinton financial backer.

Buell is hosting a high-donor fundraising lunch for Clinton in San Francisco on Feb. 23, one of at least two dozen major events around the country before the end of the first fundraising quarter on March 31.

Clinton planned another finance committee meeting in New York on Friday, the same day she headlines a swank Manhattan gala.

“I don’t think anyone can stop her. She’s unstoppable _ she’s got such a machine,” said John Catsimatidis, a New York businessman and longtime member of Clinton’s finance team. Keep Reading >

Dick Morris “Just Knows” Clintons Behind Obama Smear (VIDEO)

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Democrats are slamming Morris, the former Clinton Advisor who now despises Hillary (inside sources say the reason is because she alledgedly was cruel to him when he was caught in a scandal with a prostitute while advising Bill Clintons re-election campaign in 1996 and then the way she handled her involvement in her husbands own scandals further angered him). However, the claim is actually being legitimized by several Dem-insiders. Nasty stuff. You decide…

Stephanopoulos Set to Moderate Carson City Presidential Candidate …

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The Nevada Democratic Party announced Friday that a Democratic presidential candidate forum planned in Carson City later this month will be moderated by newscaster George Stephanopoulos, a former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton.

The event is set to be the first such candidate forum of the 2008 presidential campaign. Organizers say the issues affecting working families will take center stage at the forum.

Confirmed candidates participating in the forum include Senator Joe Biden, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Chris Dodd, former Senator John Edwards, former Senator Mike Gravel, Representative Dennis Kucinich, Governor Bill Richardson and Governor Tom Vilsack.

One notable exception is Illinois Senator Barack Obama. Representatives for the high-profile candidate said this week that while Obama is campaigning in the Las Vegas area on Feburary 18th, he will not be able to work the northern Nevada forum into his itinerary.

Dick Morris Says He’ll Leave Country If Hillary Wins in 08 (VIDEO)

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Political strategist Dick Morris is so disgusted by the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency that he’s announced he’ll leave the country if she wins the Democratic nomination.

Appearing on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity & Colmes,” back in December 06, Morris – a former aide to President Bill Clinton – said that Bill and Hillary both suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder: “When they don’t get enough attention, they’re disordered.” [badumcha*]

He also took a swipe at Hillary for re-releasing her book “It Takes a Village,” telling substitute host Karen Hanretty: “This seems to just reek of desperation on [Clinton’s] part . . . as a means to get herself out there.”

Morris dismissed Sen. Barack Obama’s chances of winning the presidency, saying he is the “best thing that’s ever happened to Hillary Clinton. Because he can’t win. You think about the guy for five minutes and you’re not gonna vote for him.”

However, Morris went on: “Obama’s in fact a better first than [Clinton] is. First black is better than first woman, in politics.”