Hell Freezes Over...[ Hillary Clinton on O'Rielly ]

[guitarist]

A two for one deal. You can be irritated and annoyed by two grating personalities!

Interview just started (Pacific Time Zone) in multiple parts, to continue...

[Webster J. Duck]

I'd hit it.

[guitarist]

Okay, well, I saw it. It was more boring than I expected. (and the bar was pretty low) Politician, Talk Show Host. Not a whole lot new about that. What else is on?

[Lux Interior]

I didn't see it (fox is illegal in Europe ), but I imagine Bill was saddled with a million restrictions to get her on.

[RgrF]

Ms. Clinton is Republican light, she's as natural a fit there as Mr. McCain.

[the_poochies]

As long as Billy Boy didn't ask her about falafel, I'm sure everything will go smoothly.

[karsen]

It was a good move by Clinton. It gave her the opportunity to win to some moderate swing votes. Anytime you can broaden your voter base it's a good thing. I thought she did well and made a strong argument for her stand on healthcare.

McCain has an interview with O'Rielly soon – next week I think. Obama would be wise to schedule an interview with O'Rielly too.

[mattkime]

>>It gave her the opportunity to win to some moderate swing votes

It scares me to think that O'Reilly would have the power to influence anyone.

[karsen]

[quote mattkime]>>It gave her the opportunity to win to some moderate swing votes

It scares me to think that O'Reilly would have the power to influence anyone.
O'Rielly has nothing to do with it, he's only the vessel for the message. Clinton, herself, has the opportunity to influence voters who may not otherwise be exposed to her.

I'd rather watch someone with an opposing viewpoint interview a candidate than someone like-minded who only asks fluff questions.

[guitarist]

One observation I'd seen is that it represents a changed strategy for Clinton's campaign; several months ago when she was appealing to the progressive/liberal base, Clinton refused invitations to be interviewed by any program or host at FNC. Now that Cinton's campaign is in survival mode and needs a stronger appeal to swing voters and Reagan Democrats, Clinton's campaign lifted the ban and Hillary agreed to appear on FNC.

I don't know if being interviewed by any particular host, on any particular network, actually gets real votes. But it does deliver a wider audience. Interesting that some Democratic candidates and supporters view FNC as toxic, undesirable, or make the assumption that only right wingers watch Fox programming, when it's been demonstrated that FNC's audience is mixed evenly between right and left.

Or as one news analyst quipped "with Fox News, Rupert Murdoch discovered an untapped niche audience. Half the country".