Arianna Huffington recounts the following from a hush hush meeting of Dems as told to her by sources:
[T]his past weekend [Bill Clinton] was the surprise speaker at an under-the-radar gathering of Democratic heavy hitters -- including deep-pocket donors like George Soros -- in Austin, Texas. The event was a meeting of the Democracy Alliance, the Rob Stein-led group that is helping build and fund a progressive infrastructure to match the GOP's well-oiled political machine.
Sources present at the off-the-record meeting tell me that during a Q & A session following Bill Clinton's speech, someone asked the former president about Hillary's support of the war.
Clinton became incensed and unleashed the kind of fury that former Clinton staffers tell me they are very familiar with.
Apparently Clinton directed his anger first at the questioner (indeed, the question itself as if it were impertinent and inappropriate), then at the whole crowd, which was startled at his vehemence.
Hit a nerve, Mr. President? He clearly recognizes that this is an Achilles heel for Hillary. And there are small but telling indications that Hillary is feeling the heat too. During an energy policy speech on Tuesday, Hillary kinda, sorta, in a weasely way inched "toward calling for a reduction in the America military presence in Iraq."
According to a New York Times blog (for some reason, typing those words together makes me smile), Hillary said that "we have to wait until an Iraqi government is in place" that "had the legitimacy to take responsibility for the security of the Iraqi people... And once we get to that point, then I think you can make other decisions. But I don't think we're there quite yet, but we should be there soon." Still sounds like Bush's "as they stand up, we'll stand down" spiel but with the added vague hope that it could happen "soon." Like when the insurgency hits its last throes?
So, to all future groups thinking of bringing in the former president to speak, take note: Leave Hillary's position on Iraq off the discussion menu.
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