RE: "Nice try N.Y.T.'s but McCain and N.Y. Republicans are not a good litmus test and you know it."
Maybe a FEW NYers might fall for her charade here and there, but If HC the dyed-in-the-red socialist thinks that she can fool her way into taking any of the more moderate or conservative Southern/Western states from the Republican nominee in '08 she is BADLY mistaken.
People's memories are not as short as you'd think, 'ya know? Most of the 'Pubbies I know (and a few of the Democrats too) remember her extreme influence on the corrupt, disasterous administration of her husband and we sure as hell won't let her forget it.
As for my own homestate of Alabama (a perfect representative of the type of conservative bastion Hillary is aiming to steal away in '08), we went to Pres. Bush with 63% of the vote in 2004. Conservative 'Pubbies occupy 5 of the 7 congressional seats (with a Blue-dog Dem in one of the other spots), and the Democrat-controlled state legislature is rushing to ban gay marriage in Alabama as fast as it's head can spin (I don't agree with that, but it's a pretty good example of how conservative we really are down here). Does Mrs. Clinton have any idea how little chance there is that a radical leftist like her will appeall to Southerners, Westerners, or conservatives in general.
Alabama is a challenge for old shrillery if I ever saw one, and similar massive defeat awaits her in Mississippi, Louisiana, Utah, Texas, both Virginias, and even Florida.
Come and get it, Hil. We "red-staters" are waiting for you (he, he).