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Having recently moved from the extremely Republican state of Idaho, I can tell you that many Republicans will do anything they can to keep a Clinton out of the White House. There is an extreme hatred toward the name Clinton, the same kind of (in my opinion) unjustified hatred that I now see from some Clinton supporters. I am surprised that to give their candidate the possibility of being the 2012 nominee they would let this country suffer through 4 more years of failed Bush policy. I initially liked Hillary. I thought she was an intelligent person and would probably make a good president. But watching her campaign I have lost much respect for her. She played dirty politics - praising McCain at the same time bashing Obama - her 3am commercial - her pushing for Florida and Michigan votes to count even though all the candidates agreed they would not. It seems she wanted to win at any cost, and still does. I would not be surprised now to see her run as an independent, regardless of what she has said to the contrary.

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