[link|http://www.theinquirer.net|The Inquirer]. I've seen that elsewhere as well.
While we're here, [link|http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006855|this] is Peggy Noonan's review of Ed Klein's "bio" of her:
The real problem with Hillary biographies is that the picture they paint, if it is true, is difficult for a normal person to believe. No one could be that bad. No one who has risen so high in American politics could possibly be that bad. To believe is to go to a dark place.
And the charges seem so at odds--so utterly at odds--with the nice, smiling woman who calls abortion a tragedy and enjoys speaking of how much she prays. This is the problem all Hillary biographers have: It's too grim to believe. To believe that her story as presented by the books so far is true is to believe that she has clung to a premeditated plan for 40 years, that she is ruthless in the pursuit both of her own ambitions and of a deep and intractable leftist political agenda. And that she found her equal in a partner sufficiently hardhearted to stick with the plan, and the secrecy, and the weirdness. It's too over the top. It seems hard to believe, not because it isn't true but because it isn't likely, usual, expected. It isn't the kind of biography we are used to in our leaders. That is her great advantage.
Unlike some other comments here, I think there's more to her position on the bankruptcy bill. Remember, she now represents New York - home to many, many big banks. But, it looks like [link|http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00044|she didn't vote for the final bill]. It was 75:24 for passage in the Senate. Why didn't she vote? Dunno. On whether she was in the pocket of the bankers, there's [link|http://www.capitaleye.org/inside.asp?ID=159|this]:
The bill\ufffds supporters received an average of $36,600 from the industry during the six-year timeframe, while the measure\ufffds opponents raised an average of $20,221.
A breakdown of senators by party reveals a similar trend. The 18 Democrats who voted to pass the bill raised an average of $51,200 from the industry during the period studied, as compared to the $20,200, on average, collected by the 25 Democrats who voted to reject it.
Republican senators, all of whom voted for the bill, raised an average of $38,600 from the industry during the past three election cycles. Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.), an independent who caucuses with Democrats and voted to pass the bill, collected $25,200 from the industry. Democrat Hillary Clinton (N.Y.), who did not vote, raised $19,700.
Somehow I doubt that people's votes are being bought for $35-40k. Rather, they get the money because the donors support the Senator's position - not the other way around.
FWIW.
My opinion on her? I really dislike the way she gives speeches. But I don't think she's E6v6i6l.
Cheers,
Scott.