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Hillary Clinton’s New Friends
Incidentally, Rush Limbaugh isn’t the only surprise supporter in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Richard Mellon Scaife, publisher of the Pittsburgh-Tribune-Review, announces he now has a favorable view of Sen. Hillary Clinton and might even endorse her in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.
One can only ask how this came about.
On the very day his newspaper criticized some of Clinton’s policies, she paid a visit to the Trib’s editorial board. Scaife praised her courage in walking into what could have been a lions’ den.
Scaife was impressed. He said, “. . . a lesser politician — one less self-assured, less informed on domestic and foreign issues, less confident of her positions — might well have canceled the interview right then and there.”
Scaife said he found more areas of agreement with Clinton than disagreement with her, especially on the Iraq war and domestic policy matters. Does all this mean he is ready to recommend that our Democratic readers choose Clinton in the April 22 Pennsylvania primary?
No — not yet anyway. But in all fairness, Scaife and the Tribune said they want to hear Sen. Barack Obama’s answers to some of the same questions posed to Clinton before making a decision.
However, Scaife says it does mean he has a very different impression of Clinton today than prior to their meeting — and it is a very favorable one indeed.
This is one reporter’s opinion. We welcome yours.
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