Hillary Joins Fray Over Special Interests, Says Rivals Should Stop "Jumping Up And Down"

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the Obama-Edwards fray over fighting special interests on Monday afternoon, arguing that her rivals should stop "jumping up and down" and instead devise a strategy to pass health insurance and energy reforms over the objections of drug, health, and oil companies.

There was a bit of a mixed message, however: Mrs. Clinton began her remarks by saying that Barack Obama and John Edwards were "talking a lot about each other," yet she was going to stay focused on Iowa voters and the American people and her "new beginning" agenda.

A few minutes later, she began tearing into her rivals, though not be name.

She said that Mr. Edwards' angry-sounding salvos against "special interests" were "great applause lines and speeches, and people get really excited, because we all know that the power has shifted way too much to the wealthy and well connected."

"But I submit, it's easy to talk about," she said.

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