Mikael if Hillary is indeed the "most likely democrat nominee" (and I agree she is) THAT justifies EVEN TOUGHER questions for her (as well as the republican nominee) because she is running for PRESIDENT of the US not some local dog catcher job. If the press doesn't have a DUTY to ask tough questions of people likely to become President then why the hell do we have a free press anyway???

As for Fred Thompson's alleged "pass" I note that this week he has been questioned FAR MORE on his pot smoking advisor than Hillary has on her "national archives stealing of documents" advisor Sandy Berger. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that STEALING DOCUMENTS from the National Archives is somewhat more serious than smoking a joint!!! Hell, Berger STILL hasn't told us ALL of the documents that he stole or taken the lie detector that he AGREED TO as part of his plea bargain. And yet Hillary has not been challenged on this by EVEN ONE MEMBER of the drive-by's.

I agree that the republicans aren't any better for the most part although I DO find Hillary to be MORE of a threat because she is socialism fast and the repubs are socialism slow.

As for the "hatred" of Ms Clinton why is it "hatred" for me to oppose a candidate who is opposed to EVERYTHING I hold dear?

If candidate X supported big gov't, higher taxes, gun- control, partial birth abortion, gay marriage, appeasement as foreign policy, affirmative action, hate crime law, amnesty for illegals etc I would oppose candidate X. Furthermore, I have been quite vocal in opposing REPUBLICANS when they run afoul of my ideals. Immigration is just the latest example. Some others include the notion that free trade is always good, that our sovereignty should be subject to international law, that we should nominate someone with virtually NO EXPERIENCE (Harriet Myers) to the Supreme Court etc.

You know if offered the chance to have a beer with George W or Bill Clinton, I'd pick Clinton (despite the fact that politically speaking I disagreed with him more than Bush) because he'd probably be a funner guy to have a beer with.

In short I opposed candidates because THEY oppose my values. THAT is not hatred! It 's called good citizenship!!!