Hillary says "You campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose". But I say

[Colobo]

Hillary, have you ever heard of prose poetry? :)

[Lint Head]

1. Screw the poetry. Put the criminals in the White House in Jail now!

:dem:

[Lucinda]

3. I dunno. That would be poetic justice. :)

[Lucinda]

2. Yes...but something thats used for "heightened imagery or emotional effect"

is still calculated creation. Sounds pretty looks pretty, but mostly show. :)

[Colobo]

6. No- some of the greatest essays on Latin American identity and politics

have been prose poetry. I don't know if the same applies to American and British lit.

Octavio Paz's "The Labryinth of Solitude" re-defined Mexico as a nation. Pure prose poetry.

[Lucinda]

8. That's from his work as an essayist., not his poetry or his plays.

[ellacott]

4. Paul Begala was on The Stephanie Miller show this morning

Saying basically the same thing. He kept saying(over and over) how Obama is a wonderful person and is very good at poetry. I guess they'll try this line out and see if it has legs.

[Bread and Circus]

5. That's exactly how I feel about Obama...

He's really awesome at firing up big crowd's w/ the feel good thing but one on one in interviews he is sharp, logical, well-spoken, and confident to a tee.

Hillary just seems frantic.

[TwilightZone]

7. That's basically Politics 101.

Campaigning and governing are two very different things.

[Lucinda]

9. Yup.

[Larry in KC]

10. Was she against Maya Angelou speaking at Bill's inauguration?

[Lucinda]

13. Doubt it. Ms. Angelou has endorsed Hillary.

[DrFunkenstein]

11. And Some Legislate in Expletives

Perhaps if she had not been such a hawk, to use a tired metaphor, perhaps her campaign would have had wings in Iowa.

[K Gardner]

12. You can't govern at all unless you have a majority of the American people behind you... exhibit A...

(apologies to Frenchi Cat for stealing part of her OP & pic on same subject)

"And, you know, so the truth is actually words do inspire. Words do help people get involved. Words do help members of Congress get into power so that they can be part of a coalition to deliver health care reform, to deliver a bold energy policy. Don't discount that power, because when the American people are determined that something is going to happen, then it happens. And if they are disaffected and cynical and fearful and told that it can't be done, then it doesn't. I'm running for president because I want to tell them, yes, we can. And that's why I think they're responding in such large numbers." - Senator Barack Obama