Clinton Shifts Closing Argument in Final Days
ABC News’ Kate Snow and Eloise Harper Report:
Sen. Hillary Clinton has shifted her message in the final days leading up to the Iowa caucuses. For the past three days Clinton has focused on the change that she has brought in her 35 years, but today Clinton delvered the message that she can win.
"The questions come down to two (things) who is ready to be president on day one" and "who can run a winning campaign.".
Clinton walked on stage with Ohio Governor Strickland – and later announced that "we’re going to win Ohio."
"I will stand up and wage a winning campaign" Clinton said "I will have a breadth and depth of support unmatched by any candidate. You know I’m running against three current senators and one former senator. I think the most that the three others have is one other senator supporting them. I have nine."
Clinton continued saying "I have people acros this country who have been elected in tough states for the democrats and they know how to win and they believe that I am the best person to win for the democrats."
Clinton, for the past three days has been listing all of the ways she has brought change – today she tried to make the case that she can win.

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And we are supposed to forget entirely about Travelgate, Whitewater, lost billing records, the Rose law firm, the Lippo Group, Johnny Chung, Harold Ickes, miraculous cattle-future winnings and lying under oath. So selective is our memory supposed to be that we are asked to credit Mrs. Clinton as a kind of co-President during her husband’s eight years, while her husband blocks public access to his Presidential records that might let us examine her actual contribution.
Posted by: bethany | December 29, 2007, 4:08 pm 4:08 pm
Even Pat Buchanan says it’s smart of Hillary to not release White House records right now and he would do the same in her position. They’ll be released some time next year anyway.
Yes you can forget about the “gates”. Remember how all that money was spent to find out that the Clintons didn’t do what they were accused of. Whitewater was a joke – waste of time and our tax dollars. So was Clinton’s impeachment.
We can be so judgemental. Impeaching a president for lying about sex was absurd. Bush should be impeached but sadly the Democrat leaders in Washington said no – big mistake.
As a moderate I agree with Pat Buchanan “Invading Iraq was the greatest blunder ever in American foreign policy.”
Hillary shouldn’t have voted for it but if she hadn’t you hate mongers would have her throat.
Posted by: Jee Wilson | December 29, 2007, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm
Hillary Rodham Clinton will be elected President.
She will be re-elected President in a historical landslide because her greatness as a leader and a person of vision will be realized by the majority of the country.
She will go out a better President than Bill, certainly better than either of the Bushs.
Deal with it!
Posted by: Jee Wilson | December 29, 2007, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm
Not since John and Abigail Adams has the American political stage been graced with a power couple as brilliant and dynamic as the Clintons. They are giants astride the nation’s history and their main act is yet to come. Republicans had best reach for their smelling salts and get used to saying Madam President.
Posted by: ArtinRI | December 29, 2007, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
What I want to know is will Hill and
B. J. (Billy Jeff) bring back the
silverware, rugs etc. that they
thieved the last days of their co-
presidency?
Posted by: daryl3000 | December 29, 2007, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm
Those “good years for our country” allowed al quaida all the time it needed to gain enough strength to humiliate the greatest country on earth. Yeah bill, thanks bunch :(
Posted by: beth | December 29, 2007, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm
Washington, DC –Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2007 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list includes Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 – and rightly so – for blocking the release her official White House records. Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals. Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against Senator Clinton for filing false financial disclosure forms with the U.S. Senate (again). And Hillary’s top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu, was exposed as a felon and a fugitive from justice in 2007. Hsu pleaded guilt to one count of grand theft for defrauding investors as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.
Posted by: greg | December 29, 2007, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
And we are supposed to forget entirely about Travelgate, Whitewater, lost billing records, the Rose law firm, the Lippo Group, Johnny Chung, Harold Ickes, miraculous cattle-future winnings and lying under oath. So selective is our memory supposed to be that we are asked to credit Mrs. Clinton as a kind of co-President during her husband’s eight years, while her husband blocks public access to his Presidential records that might let us examine her actual contribution.
Posted by: charles | December 29, 2007, 5:15 pm 5:15 pm
Not since John and Abigail Adams has the American political stage been sullied with a power-trippnig couple as brilliant and dynamic as stalin, the Clintons. They are giant catastrophes astride the nation’s history and their main act is yet to come. Republicans had best reach for their ballots and get used to saying ” no more Clintons for President.
Posted by: anti artin | December 29, 2007, 5:19 pm 5:19 pm
don’t forget about mark penn, hillarys chief strategist for her campaign. he’s one of the biggest lobbyists in this country, and just licking his chops hoping for ‘the key to the back door of the white house,. he will make karl rove look like a choir boy. you thought bush was secretive, and abused his power, just wait until bill/hillary get in the white house. you ain’t seen nothing yet. WAKE UP AMERICA
Posted by: richard | December 29, 2007, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm
Hillary is only an indication of the illness that is growing in this country’s politics.
Posted by: doug | December 29, 2007, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm
Go Hillary, go!!!
Posted by: egblain | December 29, 2007, 6:12 pm 6:12 pm
Go so far away we never have to see you again! GO GO GO AWAYYYYYY!!!!
Posted by: BOB | December 29, 2007, 6:12 pm 6:12 pm
WE HATE YOU HILLARY! TAKE YOUR CHEATING DERELICT HUSBAND AND GET LOST!
Posted by: Joseph | December 29, 2007, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
Those “good years for our country” allowed al quaida all the time it needed to gain enough strength to humiliate the greatest country on earth. Yeah bill, thanks bunch :(
Posted by: Joseph | December 29, 2007, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm
Now how does hillary clinton differ from George Bush ?they both agree on almost every single foreign policy issue.
Posted by: tielblue | December 29, 2007, 6:20 pm 6:20 pm
“I think the most that the three others have is one other senator supporting them. I have nine.”
What a childish comment!
BTW the reason those 9 senators fell in line early on is probably fearing retribution because they could easily support Biden and Dodd who had been for a long time.
BTW Obama has received another new endorsement from Senator Conrad of ND which Hillary doesn’t want other people to know.
Posted by: meg | December 29, 2007, 6:23 pm 6:23 pm
Bush administration critics often claim that not since the Nixon administration, has any president been more secretive than George W. Bush. Perhaps that claim is a reflection of the fact that not since the Nixon administration has any president been subjected to more animosity by the media than Mr. Bush. The truth is that while Bush has attempted to keep some matters quiet, he has been no more secretive than any other Chief Executive, and much less secretive than Bill Clinton. The media liked Clinton, but it’s hard to find a president who fought efforts to obtain official documents more than Bill Clinton did. How quickly we forget the battles over documents and staff testimony. Remember the classic White House claim before the Whitewater grand jury that aides to Bill Clinton were protected by executive privilege, even though the jury was looking into sex-and-perjury allegations against the president that arose before he was elected? President Bush has never tried to pull that one.
Posted by: Ms.allie | December 29, 2007, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm
Ill choose “anyone but Hillary in the caucus, and make her last choice. If it comes down to her anyway, Ill turn away from the party and vote anyone but hillary in the general election. No more of the same old tired misdirection and corruption in our White House.
Posted by: chuckeyref | December 29, 2007, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm
Hillary will be a fresh start. (all of the people who worked with her before have left her)
Posted by: tummytickler | December 29, 2007, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
yeah, beccause she treated everyone in the white house like crap. she would run down the halls screaming and she rarely smiled like she is doing now when she is posing for photos.
Posted by: Mr.E | December 29, 2007, 6:56 pm 6:56 pm
Yes Bethany forget all of that. That is old news. And not worth talking about again. Nothing was proven. They did nothing wrong. You must be part of the G.O.P. Only they would bring that up again. In fact you know what Hillary is soo repected that alot of the G.O.P. will not even bring that up. Only the people that hate her. The people who are afraid of a strong,smart,brave woman. And of course the people who are also jealous….
Posted by: greg | December 29, 2007, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
I’m a lifelong Democrat, but I won’t vote for corruption. Hillary is the epitome of dishonesty!
Posted by: steve | December 29, 2007, 8:34 pm 8:34 pm
anti artin: You said it, I have to comment. In the body of your post you said it best “MAIN ACT”, you got that part right. By the way for poster ‘tielblue”; the main reason Hillary sides so much with Bush’s policies, they are the one’s coming up in the senate for vote that she has managed to attach earmarks to. She knows if they pass, the pres. is going to sign them. Didn’t you know she has earned the name “earmark queen”. How do you think she got so many Senators to support her? It works like this: Senator “A” from so and so state, asks Hillary, look, if you support my earmark’s, I’ll support you.
Posted by: GC | December 29, 2007, 10:30 pm 10:30 pm
Hey Tummytickler – you’re wrong. Hillary’s right hand person has been with her for years. She has very long term friendships even going back to her elementary school years. She is extremly loyal to her friends and they to her.
Posted by: Jee Wilson | December 30, 2007, 12:05 am 12:05 am
The above commentator says that ‘impeaching Bill for lying about sex wasa joke” but that GW should be impeached and yet he starts by saying people are so “judgmental.”
–I love how Clinton fans use attack instead of addressing the issues. The issue was the POTUS actually lied under oath in the supreme court. It is immaterial what it was about. Clinton felt above the law and boldy lied until he knew he was going to because out. This is the M.O. for the Clintons.
GW has done nothing illegal under oath–there are no grounds for impeachment, regardless of how much some might hate him.
Personally, I like Obama, even though I am normally a republican voter.
Posted by: kevin | December 30, 2007, 4:52 am 4:52 am
Hillary is only respected by the blind partisan democrats who no longer feel they need to think for themselves. Hillary is the reigning Queen of non-thinking people. She is quite ready to tell them all anything they want to hear. And they are quite willing to be led by her lies.
Posted by: tim | December 30, 2007, 10:21 am 10:21 am
DUMP HILLARY! SHE IS A MEAN, VICIOUS LYING BAG OF GARBAGE!
Posted by: vladmir | December 30, 2007, 10:23 am 10:23 am
As a woman, i would love to elect a woman as president, but not someone like Hillary who i believe is a terrible example of what women can be. And when we set a precident(leading example) in a female President, I would like for her to be one who has risen with pride and dignity and completely on her own merits and one who is much less likely to disappoint our gender.
Posted by: Mary | December 30, 2007, 10:59 am 10:59 am
This country will do well with Hillary and Hilary will do well for this country.
I cannot believe the people who get their marching orders from “HATE” TV and “HATE” radio, it seems that most of them have loss the ability to think for themselves, as you can see from some of the comments which mirror the comments on hate TV and hate radio – check the newspaper comment sections. If they were really concern about where Hillary would take this country they would really be expressing their utter discuss about where the Bush administration has already taken it – which is down – way way down ! surplus long gone, thousands of lives loss for a completely unnecessary war, 1 trillion and counting taken from our national treasury – funds that our children and their children will need to pay for, 50 billion paid to insurgents to stop attacking our troops – at least for now or until we stop paying them again, 12 billion in 100 dollar bills they claim is just missing – the list of unbelievable stuff just goes on and on and with no lessons learned from the past ; the times when we gave weapons and billions to the Taliban who were fighting the Russians at that time as well as the northern alliance ( now the current leadership of Afghanistan ) not to mention all the weapons and billions more dollars we gave Sodom Hussein during the Iraq – Iran wars – this all after the horrific gassing this administration likes to point out and those plane load of weapons Ollie gave to the Iranians during the U.S. led embargo ? – Why and what for? Were any of those weapons sent to the insurgents in this Iraq war ?. Now days our economy is in shambles, we are on the verge of a recession, this administration has been wrong about so many things that our credibility and respect around the world has been badly soiled, as Scott McCulin said he lad to lend the bush administration some credibility, Tony Snow was kind with his “somewhat of an embarrassment” remark – so Do your homework folks – then decide – because one more Bush like neo-con like administration could well do us in! Our founding fathers prevail over the most powerful military on earth because bullets will never be a substitute for the will of the people – a well informed people ! Neo-cons should return to the toy soldiers of the youth and leave the real soldiers to leaders like Hillary who will make decisions as their commander and chief worthy of the service and their sacrifices !
Posted by: TYSPOCK | December 30, 2007, 11:03 am 11:03 am
And we are supposed to forget entirely about Travelgate, Whitewater, lost billing records, the Rose law firm, the Lippo Group, Johnny Chung, Harold Ickes, miraculous cattle-future winnings and lying under oath. So selective is our memory supposed to be that we are asked to credit Mrs. Clinton as a kind of co-President during her husband’s eight years, while her husband blocks public access to his Presidential records that might let us examine her actual contribution. Those “good years for our country” allowed al quaida all the time it needed to gain enough strength to humiliate the greatest country on earth. Yeah bill, thanks bunch :( What I want to know is will Hill and
B. J. (Billy Jeff) bring back the
silverware, rugs etc. that they
thieved the last days of their co-
presidency? Hillary is only an indication of the illness that is growing in this country’s politics.
Posted by: dude | December 30, 2007, 11:06 am 11:06 am
DUMP HILLARY! SHE IS A MEAN, VICIOUS LYING BAG OF GARBAGE!
Posted by: dude | December 30, 2007, 11:06 am 11:06 am
Notice how people like TYSPOCK seem to totally omit the mistakes of Bill Clinton as though he made none? He talks about how America “fueled” the taliban (which is what won the cold war with the FORMER Soviet Union. But fails to mention that Indonesia tried to HAND BIN LADEN TO BILL CLINTON! Bill Clinton was too frightened to take Bin Laden calling him a “hot potato”. How many lives in total would have been spared if he had accepted custody of Bin Laden then?
Posted by: greg | December 30, 2007, 11:11 am 11:11 am
Hillary is an embarrassment to the women who have risen to greatness on their own. She cheats at everything she does and making this woman an historical figure would be a travesty.
Posted by: brittanie | December 30, 2007, 11:16 am 11:16 am
Is Laura Bush now qualified to run for President?
Posted by: mik | December 30, 2007, 11:30 am 11:30 am
Hillary Clinton Admits to breaking the Law on “This Week” W/ Stephanopoulos.
Did HILLARY Break the Law? See for your self!
Today On This Week, She admitted getting and reading classified documents.
While in the White House as Bill’s Wife
Truth is;
She did not attend any daily briefings, had no security clearance.
If as she states on “This week” she was briefed or read classified information while Bill’s wife, without a security clearance, she broke the law
Posted by: Tad Dickson | December 30, 2007, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
Logic would require that the president’s wife has automatic security clearance. You cant seperate the president from the representation that the opposite gender spouse brings to the table. However, one has to wonder if it was Hillarys influence that made Bill Clinton too frightened to accept custody of Osama Bin Laden when the Indonesian government asked Bill Clinton to extradite him. Whatever the experience these Clinton’s have, are we to simply assume it is all good? Are we expected to forget about all the scandals and lies?
Posted by: bill not slick willie | December 30, 2007, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
I was born in Ohio. I have moved on from there. Fellow Buckeyes see that Hillery runs on from there also without a win in Ohio. I think we have more sense than that. Bill would be the president, not Hillery.
Posted by: david maxwell | December 30, 2007, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
You have all seen the absolute circus that the newly led democrat congress has staged. Condemning Turkey for something that happened 90 years ago, attacking and trying to censure political enemies, offending China by giving the dali lama a congressional medal, Now imagine giving the entire government to one party.If you really want what they are offering, you will certainly get it with a democrat for president.
Posted by: cellocarrie | December 30, 2007, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
Hillary is part of the disease, not the cure.
Posted by: james | December 30, 2007, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm
Hillary is divisive and mean spirited, beligerant and egotistical. She will have a percentage of democrats voting against her, and probably a percentage of republicans voting for her.But overall, I dont think people will equate the republican candidate to George Bush, they will more likely see all of the same old politics with Hillary Clinton and equate her with what we are all tired of in the career liars.
Posted by: chilie | December 30, 2007, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm
Bethany whats upsurd is that a president lied to a grand jury and Americans were dumb enough to believe that we were talking about impeaching him for sex. I dont care if he had sex. I care that he lied to a GRAND JURY!
Posted by: ezra | December 30, 2007, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm
Anyone who votes for Hillary is voting to remove the United States Sovereignty!!!
NORTH AMERICAN UNION HERE WE COME!!!!
VOTE FOR RON PAUL!!!
Posted by: Ezra | December 30, 2007, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
why do you all blame him for al quida? or what ever his name is, didn”t you know that he was a friend of the elder bushes,and the talk now in texas is Bill and bin lauden got into a fight and both vowed that their country would win?so quit blaming the Clinton s for all of this, it is not fair at all, and as far as the clintons records havent you read any thing about it?it cant be realeased, and not because Clinton wont release it but By law
Posted by: pearlruth | December 30, 2007, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
i will vote for Hillary, she is the best running, as far as you Clinton haters it is absurd about the crap you all bring up, do you know also the Mc cain also has some things in his closet that was in the news, and i find he is not as good as you all think in fact he might be called a traitor, isnt that what you call folks who give information to the emeny?
Posted by: pearlruth | December 30, 2007, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
Obama hasnt got any? from his days serving in Illionis?come on now does he think we are stupid or what? you all really do need to check out all of the facts, you just might be surprised i will vote for Hillary Clinton she is the very best running, i have checked them all, we can not blame her for what bill done, you all need to get a grip on this hating thing you all got going- reminds me of little children
Posted by: pearlruth | December 30, 2007, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm
We dont blame him for Al Quaida. That would be blaming the victim. We blame Bill Clinton for having a chance to stop Bin Laden dead in his tracks with the crimes he had already committed against the United States, and being to afraid to take him. Bill Clinton made one of the largest mistakes in judgement in United States history and an entire political party in denial. Indonesia asked Bill Clinton to take custody of Osama Bin Laden. Bill Clinton was afraid to do it. He thought Osama Bin Laden was a “hot potato” and if he accepted custody of this criminal, it would stir up animosity against the United States. Well guess what? It may have been the best political move in history because it seems to have damaged the republican party incredibly by having to step up to the bat for a Bill Clinton who was more interested in defiling the Oval Office with Monica Lewinski.
Posted by: answer4pearl | December 30, 2007, 8:38 pm 8:38 pm
Hillary is an integral part of the political machine that is leaving us all wondering how our country ended up in this whole mess.
Posted by: jacob R. | December 30, 2007, 9:52 pm 9:52 pm
Hillary will most certainly win, as she should. She is the strongest candidate running for President today. Barack Obama and John Edwards would have to team and up and join forces to even come close to beating Hillary, and that says a LOT about Hillary.
I am proud to support her for President.
Posted by: Sandra Kaye | December 31, 2007, 12:00 am 12:00 am
I have only one thing to say:
God speed Hillary Clinton on her way to the Oval Office. We need her to clean up the Bush messes and restore our country and our middle-class. Hillary has everything it takes to do just that.
Posted by: Mary Mack in Iowa | December 31, 2007, 12:02 am 12:02 am
Where is proof all this so called “experience” that Hillary Clinton is saying she has. No one should vote for a person that refuses to release records that show the actual work they are claiming to do. Hillary is a fraud. What bills have she written that have been passed through congress. What has she really done for the American people?
Barack Obama has real experience. He has actually passed laws to help people get healthcare, to help people find jobs, to help Illinois have a more fair judicial system. He has passed the largest Ethics Reform Bill since Watergate through congress. Plus he has done much more.
Posted by: Andrea Taylor | December 31, 2007, 12:48 am 12:48 am
Bill not Slick Willie: “Logic would require that the president’s wife has automatic security clearance.” What a pure piece of unLogic. Security is security. If she’s not cleared she’s not cleared. Period. How about all our CIA agents…do they get to spill their guts to their wives? Or the Joint Chiefs of Staff…..how about their wives having a peak at all the secrets? Clearly you’ve not had a job above the level of cashier at K-Mart……Top security matters are ONLY to be viewed by people with those clearances and a need to know. Hillary has neither.This nation is done with the Clintons and the Bushes…..Hillary won’t win and Jeb will never try.
Posted by: Tom | December 31, 2007, 7:23 am 7:23 am
hillary will not and shall not win the 2008 election. she is not ready.
Posted by: Gigi | January 16, 2008, 2:17 am 2:17 am