How can any Democrat against our involvemnt in Iraq support Hillary?

[still_one]

http://www.hillary.org/forums/Hillary_Clinton_Forum_1144.html

At least Edwards has come out and said he made a mistake.

Though progressive on most issues, her stance on Iraq is troubling at the least:

Here is an exceprt from Wikipedia on her positiong in 2005 on Iraq:

"In February 2005 she stated that much of Iraq was functioning well, elections in Iraq had succeeded, and that the insurgency there was failing.<34> In July 2005 she co-introduced legislation to increase the size of the regular United States Army by 80,000 soldiers.<35> By late 2005, with domestic debate intensifying over whether and when the U.S. should remove its forces from Iraq, Clinton stated that immediate withdrawal would be "a big mistake", leading to Iraq becoming "a failed state", but that the Bush administration's open-ended commitment to stay in Iraq was also misguided, as it gives Iraqis "an open-ended invitation not to take care of themselves."<36> This centrist and somewhat vague stance caused frustration among the Democratic party's anti-war activists,<37> who have even occasionally protested outside Clinton fundraisers.<38> On June 13, 2006, Clinton was heckled as she restated her long-standing position against setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S forces from Iraq, while speaking in front of activists at the Take Back America conference in Washington. Though she was applauded while speaking on domestic issues and criticizing President Bush's handling of the war, boos, hisses and chants were heard when she spoke against a timetable.<39>

Senator Clinton also became a national advocate for retaining and improving health and other benefits for veterans. By the end of 2005, her standing among the military community was much higher than it had been during her days as First Lady.<40>"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton

[natrat]

1. i'll tell you how-shes got 20 million to pay people to support her

[skipos]

2. And name recognition. Most voters don't dig deep enough

to find out about candidates (like Clark), and to see who really represents them.

[Selatius]

3. Hillary Clinton has awesome name recognition power.

That alone makes her formidable.

[Greyhound]

4. For some people, the team is more important than the person?

ETA: except of course, for the paid employees of the various campaigns that haunt the boards.

[redqueen]

5. Name recognition / cult of personality / people who

weren't paying too close attention during her husband's terms.

Also, trendiness... It's a woman! Weeee! A woman in the WH! Ain't it excitin?