Anger Over 2002 Vote Follows Clinton On Campaign Trail
The campaign began a push yesterday to deal with its Iraq challenge. Besides her remarks in New Hampshire, Mrs. Clinton submitted a bill in the Senate to block sending more troops to Iraq, though she would not cut off financing. In a new video on her Web site, she called for starting to redeploy troops within 90 days -- or else, she threatened, Congress should revoke authorization for the war.
"She is in a box now on her Iraq vote, but she doesn't want to be in a different, even worse box -- the vacillating, flip-flopping Democratic candidate that went to defeat in 2000 and '04," said one adviser to Mrs. Clinton. "She wants to maintain a firmness, and I think a lot of people around her hope she maintains a firmness. That's what people will want in 2008."
New York Times | February 17, 2007 03:07 PM