She's In

If you are just reading this here, then congratulations on becoming the official last person in the universe to find out that Hillary Clinton is running for President. Long time readers know that I am not much of a Hillary fan, dating back to her botching of what should have been Bill's first term triumph, health care reform. In fact, she reminds me a little too much of Bill in general, with an added sense of personal self-restraint, but without the wit, warmth and fine sense of political ju jitsu. She, like Bill, believes in political triangulation and not much else, and like Bill is willing to sell out the US economy to highest bidder through "free trade." Her shifting position on the Iraq War looks like exactly what it was: crass political calculus. Yes, as I have said before, I want politicians who are realists, but not ones so realistic they never attempt anything for fear of failure. Hillary has a long way to go to convince me that she's the one.

UPDATE: For the negative view, hilzoy at Obsidian Wings. For the positive (relatively speaking), Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly.