Foreign Policy

Hillary’s Putin Problem

By Jonathan V. Last
Published March 20, 2014 12:35pm ET
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Hillary’s Putin Problem
It would be ironic if Hillary Clinton had a second presidential campaign torpedoed because of another politician’s foreign policy. People don’t much remember it now, but before Hope ‘n’ Change Mania swept the country, Sen. Barack Obama shot to the lead in Iowa based almost entirely on drawing contrasts with Sen. Hillary Clinton concerning Iraq. […]

It would be ironic if Hillary Clinton had a second presidential campaign torpedoed because of another politician’s foreign policy.

People don’t much remember it now, but before Hope ‘n’ Change Mania swept the country, Sen. Barack Obama shot to the lead in Iowa based almost entirely on drawing contrasts with Sen. Hillary Clinton concerning Iraq. Go re-read the speech he gave at Iowa’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Des Moines, shortly before he took off in the polls in November of 2007. Here’s the key passage:

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