Free Republic

Sen. Hillary Clinton has been in politics long enough enough to know that polls can be misleading. So she told us yesterday that, despite a recent survey that indicated only 68% of men would be willing to vote for a female president, she thinks the time is right. "It depends on the woman," she said at the New York Women in Communications Matrix Awards luncheon yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria. Indeed, the New York legislator may very well be that woman on the 2008 Democratic ticket. Cristiane Amanpour agreed. "I feel Americans will be ready to empower a woman." And CBS'...

'Hanoi' Jane Fonda is rooting for Hillary Clinton to become president, Time magazine reports in this week's edition. "She 'hopes for a Hillary Clinton presidency,' but a decade of red-state living makes her doubt its likelihood," Time said, referring to Fonda's more recent Georgia roots. The radical actress used her political clout in last year's election to help John Kerry in his failed bid to win the White House - teaming up with "Vagina Monologues" playwright Eve Ensler to register women as part of their "Vaginas Vote" campaign.