Cheerful boos for Hillary
Salon
by Michael Scherer
08/06/07
The most self-controlled figure in Democratic politics, Hillary Clinton, seemed to know from the outset that she was walking into a trap. The cavernous ballroom of the Hyatt Regency was filled with about 1,500 liberal bloggers and activists — the so-called Kossacks, the former Deaniacs, the people-powered Joe Lieberman-bashers who helped reshape the Democratic Party for the 21st century. So when the loud boos finally arrived, a full hour into the Democratic presidential debate at the second annual YearlyKos convention Saturday, and two hours after her arrival at the convention, all she could do was smile. ‘I’ve been waiting for this,’ she told the crowd. ‘This gives us a real sense of reality with my being here.’ Then something happened: The crowd started to laugh. Then it cheered. Then the cheering grew even louder than the booing...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/06/yearlykos/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Scherer
by Michael Scherer
08/06/07
The most self-controlled figure in Democratic politics, Hillary Clinton, seemed to know from the outset that she was walking into a trap. The cavernous ballroom of the Hyatt Regency was filled with about 1,500 liberal bloggers and activists — the so-called Kossacks, the former Deaniacs, the people-powered Joe Lieberman-bashers who helped reshape the Democratic Party for the 21st century. So when the loud boos finally arrived, a full hour into the Democratic presidential debate at the second annual YearlyKos convention Saturday, and two hours after her arrival at the convention, all she could do was smile. ‘I’ve been waiting for this,’ she told the crowd. ‘This gives us a real sense of reality with my being here.’ Then something happened: The crowd started to laugh. Then it cheered. Then the cheering grew even louder than the booing...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/06/yearlykos/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hillary
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Scherer
rudkla - 7. Aug, 10:53
