<p>For guidance on those kinds of questions, a good starting point is to look at the progressive policy think tank that the Clinton’s founded several years ago. It’s run by John Podesta, who was Chief of Staff in the Clinton White House. Why do you think she runs circles around others in policy discussions? Most of her policy positions come from here:</p>
<p>He was the top economic advisor in the Bill Clinton White House and largely responsible for crafting balanced budgets and the negotiations with Congress to get there. He knows as about the realities of the federal budget as anyone on earth and he knows it takes more than hope to get budgets through Congress and make the budgets work. </p>
<p>Hillary Clinton was very active, arguing from a progressive standpoint, in the first Clinton White House…as she chided Stephanopoulis on Sunday, reminding him that the two of them battled against NAFTA.</p>
<p>The Democrats have never had a candidate as prepared to step in on day one, put an experienced team in place, and start tackling problems.</p>
<p>Couldn’t be Ken Lay, because kenny boy is dead, right? (Personally, I do not think he is dead. I think he is somewhere overseas. If wife hasn’t joined him yet, she’ll join him eventually.) Hurried “funeral,” sudden demise conveniently timed before sentencing, etc.</p>
<p>Of course I’ll vote for her if she’s on the ballot. That’s one of the three things I’m absolutely sure of:</p>
<p>1) Vote for Clinton if she’s on the ballot
2) Not vote for Obama no matter what.
3) Vote for anyone running against John Kerry until the day I die.</p>
<p>What I haven’t decided is what I will do if Obama is the Democratic nominee. My three options are:</p>
<p>1) Not vote in the Presidential election
2) Write in Clinton
3) Vote for McCain.</p>
<p>Who knows? Maybe I’ll do what the loons do and vote for Nader.</p>
<p>If polls showed any chance of McCain pulling the upset in Massachusetts, I would vote for him and take some pleasure in contributing to a landslide loss even beyond that of Dukakis. I can’t think of any other way to schock the Democrats out of their fog enough to start talking to centrist moderate voters.</p>
<p>Zogby has a pretty good track record (about as good as any other pollster). I’m on his e-mail list, and I’ve gotta say that his polling for NC and Ind. has varied wildly from day to day. I think it’s anybody’s guess what is actually going to happen. I’ve decided that I will predict Obama to win Indiana and Clinton to win North Carolina, because that’s about the only combination nobody is predicting.</p>