" Democrats in Philadelphia extolled Hillary Rodham Clinton as a tireless war horse with a lifetime of hard experience who also happens to be fresh and modern and historic ."

" The contradictions shows how hard it is to sell a candidate who has been a national figure for 25 years when the public wants change ."

" The truth is that Mrs. Clinton accepted the nomination Thursday night as the most predictable Democrat in generations " .

" Democrats have tended to nominate relative unknowns with strategically ambiguous goals ....... like Barack Obama in 2008
who ran on Hope and Change and revealed his true ambitions in the White House " .

By contrast Mrs. Clinton has been clear . She wants to serve as Mr. Obama`s political and policy heir as she and he now admit ".
" A defacto third Obama term will mean the status quo only more of it . "

" Also changeless will be Mrs. Clinton`s political and private character . Voters have seen enough of this national figure since 1992 to understand that she cuts ethical corners and then stonewalls and dissembles when discovered . "

" This is why some 68% of the country believes that she is not honest or trustworthy . "