CNN is covering Hillary's speech live at AIPAC today.

[Carrieyazel]

She's talking now like she's the nominee?

Sen. Clinton is supposed to be out of the race now, right?

[CatsDogsBabies]

1. I don't think so

she is talking about Obama's commitment to Israel. I don't think any of her speech sounds like she thinks she is going to be president.

[Heather MC]

37. You spoke too soon she starting slamming him around

I don't think the next president should agree to talk to Hamas
We need a president who will be willing to handle theses challenges "from day one" <----Isn't that her campaign motto? SHE is still campaigning sadly

And she still didn't congratulate Obama, she is scum, how can she even be considered to be on the ticket or anywhere near 1600 Penn. AVE?

[BzaDem]

46. Um, Obama never said he would talk to Hamas.

He specifically rejected the idea.

So saying that the next president shouldn't agree to talk to Hamas isn't campaigning against Obama. In fact, McCain said he wanted to talk to Hamas back in 2006.

[K Gardner]

58. No, he didn't.. but its the talking point McCain is using against him. And she just repeated it.

[Heather MC]

64. Right after she made the comment about Hamas

she through our her famous line
"be ready from day one" that is her way of slamming Obama
she is still campaigning. It's beginning to get creepy

[still_one]

52. The difference between the two speeches demonstrate why she lost the election /nt

[Heather MC]

60. Agreed!

He has Class she's an (well you know)

[krawhitham]

2. MSNBC carrying it too

[Meshuga]

3. Hillary is being very graceful to Obama n/t

[Bread and Circus]

Really, that is very cool if true. I hope she keeps it up.

[K Gardner]

9. No, she really is not. It's what she's NOT saying that speaks volumes.

[still_one]

50. Contrast that to what Obama said. Night and Day. Obama laid out the issues

problem and what must be done

Clinton was mostly pandering

[Skip Intro]

70. ROFL. We've gone from slamming her every word to slamming things she DIDN'T say.

:crazy:

[K Gardner]

4. WTF is she doing??!! Not one WORD about Obama and the nomination..she keeps

saying "the next Democratic President".. like its gonna be HER !! OMG..

[tridim]

5. She was, now she's talking about Obama

But still not quite admitting that he won.

[breakaleg]

6. my 10 year old just heard her say that Obama will be a friend to Israel and he said

"at least she said something nice for now".

[Inuca]

15. Heard that

and to my ears that's her "concession phrase", at least for now. What does your 10 year old think :-)?

[Lucky 13]

7. puke

She needs to receive the same level of coverage as Edwards, Biden, Dodd, Richardon, Kucinich, Gravel, Huckabee, Romney, Guiliani, Thompson and anyone else that isn't our nominee.

Gobama

[Indiana_Dem]

8. She just commended Obama & that he will be a good friend to Israel!

Also that we need a Democratic president in the WH.

[MadBadger]

10. She just conceded.

She still hasnt said he's the nominee, but her line about Obama being a good friend to Israel was a concession.

[JimGinPA]

14. No, She Said "Senator Obama Will Be A Good Friend"...

She still thinks she's running.

[MadBadger]

16. Right before she said Obama will be a good friend to Israel, she said we need a dem in the WH

[MadBadger]

28. She also said "will be" not is a good friend.

[Inuca]

19. I siad to myslef the exact same words

when I heard it! The rest of the speech, what I heard of it, is still under the assumption that she is a candidate, but that particluar phrase was a clear add-on, and shows she is giving in to reality.

[LSK]

20. if its vague and you have to interpret it, its not a concession

[Inuca]

24. IN the context

it was clear that Obama, as PRESIDENT, would be a great friend of Israel. Of course it is not a formal concession (I wonder whether there will be one...), but it was quite striking.

[CatsDogsBabies]

21. I agree

I think it sounds like she conceded. She mentioned that she is senator of NY and has a large Jewish constituency. Just because she is addressing this groupdoesn't mean she thinks she is the nominee. She is a senator.

[iamthebandfanman]

11. actually shes being very humble

today. im very impressed by her speech so far. unity is beginning.

[K Gardner]

12. I guess we're interpreting differently.. she's talking like a Co-President.

[TornadoTN]

31. I appreciated her sentiment at first, but it's now turned into a campaign speech

And downright scary too.

[Heather MC]

51. She used her "be ready from day one" Stump speech tag

She's nuts!

[Irishonly]

13. It sounds like a campaign speech to me n/t

[LSK]

so is CSPAN3

[Doityourself]

17. The 2nd half of her speech is stellar..she actually dissed and tagged McCain as more Bush! go Hill!!

[K Gardner]

18. Did she just slam Obama by inference??

[mystieus]

26. she's definitely campaigning for something

[Doityourself]

32. I think I agree with you...

[TornadoTN]

29. I caught that too and have been trying to wrap my mind around it

Her comment on negotiation as a thinly veiled slam against Obama's approach.

Plus, her Iranian language is pure pander and downright scary.

[K Gardner]

34. Exactly: "We must NOT negotiate with Hamas".. a direct McCain TPM against Obama.

[Doityourself]

36. "You don't have ask where I stand, you know where I stand." Was that a slight or a snippy slam?

Not sure.

[TornadoTN]

44. Was that Clinton or McCain up there during the second half of that speech?

Seriously. You couldn't tell the difference based on the context.

[K Gardner]

48. I think the whole speech was a slam. Definitely those remarks were and her non

acknowledgement of Obama definitely was.

[LSK]

22. Iran's supreme leader issued a fatwa against Nuclear Weapons

I am so fucking sick and tired of this shit!!!

[LSK]

23. she doesnt back down from Kyl-Liebermann

[Freddie Stubbs]

54. His predecessor also issued one against Salman Rushdie, but that didn't seem to slow him down

[EFerrari]

61. Actually, it did. He cancelled a whole slew of speaking engagements

and had to go underground for a while, iirc.

[LSK]

63. and the NIE CONFIRMED that they stopped their Nuclear Weapons program

Why do you have blinders on?

[Doityourself]

25. She didn't say OBLITERATE..she said suffer consequences...nice change Hill

[otohara]

27. I Was Afraid to Watch - So I Didn't

I don't want to hear her trash the democratic nominee one more time - I will tune her out until she decides to play nice

[Doityourself]

30. The 1st half wasn't so good...the 2nd half much much better..she maybe running for VP now though?

[TornadoTN]

33. It doesn't sound like it - it's all about " I's and Me's" and contrasting herself with Obama now

She's all over the place.

[K Gardner]

35. This is simply bizarre.

[TornadoTN]

41. I honestly wish I could figure out what her intentions are at this point

She gave the minimum amount of lip-service needed to show some "class", yet she then turned her rhetoric into overdrive and started throwing out thinly veiled slams against Obama.

[Doityourself]

42. Bizzar-o!

[Doityourself]

38. Yeah...I guess that was the middle of the speech...lol

[tishaLA]

39. This story about Natan is very powerful

And she's telling it with a grace she sometimes lacked during the campaign.

[ShortnFiery]

45. Her stories have never came across as "genuine" ... I don't believe anything she says after Bosnia.

[CatsDogsBabies]

47. Yes - it was pretty notable that her delivery of this part of the speech

was so much better than her usual delivery

[ShortnFiery]

40. I swear that she's figuratively dangling a pair of big brass balls ... disgusting performance. n/t

[LSK]

43. unfortunately everyone has to pander to these people

:grr:

[ShortnFiery]

49. Not like THIS. I swear. I know "the look" ... HRC would mini-Nuke Iran on the LEAST PROVOCATION

Just so "the boys" would think highly of her. She's absolutely power hungry mad. :scared:

[TornadoTN]

53. No doubt about it

She gets so close to accepting Obama, and then turns into overdrive slamming his principled approach to foreign policy. To top it all off, she goes into prime warmongering mode.

Thankfully Obama is going to be our candidate.

[LSK]

57. yeah I know, she goes nuts with it, but I dont even like some of what Barack says

[ShortnFiery]

67. Yes, I agree. But we KNOW that Obama has "the temperament" to weigh the evidence and

not let his AMBITIONS get in the way of making "good judgments."

I don't trust HRC any more than Grampy McSame - POWER is everything to megalomanias. :scared:

[rodeodance]

68. you are silly to say. get a grip!

[LSK]

69. what happened to you?

:shrug:

[still_one]

56. Obama was very frank. He called for a two state solution. He called for an end

to the illegal settlements. He called for us to get out of Iraq, and for Iraq to take over. He called for a dialog in the region with ALL parties

Yes, a little pandering occurred, but not the way Senator Clinton did

[LSK]

59. yes but he still plays the Iran wants nukes card too much for my taste

[still_one]

62. True, but he also supports a dialog, which incidently was what the Baker/Hamilton

recommendation was, and which was soundly rejected by the bush administration

Obama also said that the policies of the last 8 years have done nothing to make Israel more secure or the region, in fact just the opposite, and a new course was necessary

[LSK]

66. Bush didnt even open the ISG Report

He probably used it to start his fireplace.

[TornadoTN]

65. Yes, but consider the forum

I don't like the pandering at all, but unfortunately it's the name of the game in politics. Obama does it far less than Hillary, so that's a plus.

But the Iranian issue does concern me as well to some small degree, but Hillary's first response is "wipe em' out".

[marlakay]

55. they covered obama first

Until she bows out they will cover her too.