QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 11:14 A.M. ET:  I don't usually quote Maureen Dowd, of The New York Times, but occasionally she nails it.  She does so today, with her column on Hillary Clinton's entry into the 2016 presidential sweeps.  You can just feel the knife going into Clinton's back. 

As the old maxim goes, if you can fake humility, you’ve got it made. But seeing Rahm and Hillary do it in the same season might be too much to take.

President Obama has said: “If she’s her wonderful self, I’m sure she’s going to do great.” But which self is that?

Instead of a chilly, scripted, entitled policy wonk, as in 2008, Hillary plans to be a warm, spontaneous, scrappy fighter for average Americans. Instead of a woman campaigning like a man, as in 2008, she will try to stir crowds with the idea of being the first woman president. Instead of haughtily blowing off the press, as in 2008, she will make an effort to play nice.

It’s a do-or-die remodeling, like when you put a new stainless steel kitchen in a house that doesn’t sell.

In 1992, Clinton strategists wrote a memo aiming to recast Hillary in a skeptical public’s mind as a warm, loving mother. They even suggested an event where Bill and Chelsea would surprise Hillary on Mother’s Day.

Now, after 25 years on the national stage, Hillary is still hitting the reset button on her image, this time projecting herself as a warm, loving grandmother.

COMMENT:  And that is the point.  After eight years of a president we really can't claim we know, a president who abruptly changed his policies after the 2014 elections, do we really want another fraud in the White House?

Do we really want another "first," regardless of quality or integrity?

Are we really ready for Hillary?

I hope we aren't.  The country is in trouble, and we need character in the White House, someone we can trust.  Many people who voted for Ronald Reagan didn't agree with him on some issues, but they trusted him.  He'd shown he was a man of principle, not someone who changed with the tides.  He never "reinvented" himself.  There was never a need for a "new Reagan."  The fact that there's a need for a "new Hillary" should disqualify her from an office that has been abused since 2009, and must now be restored.

April 12, 2015