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21:08 January 1st, 2008

Was it that pesky, vast right-wing conspiracy again?

Posted by: Ellen Wulfhorst
Tags: Front Row Washington

hillary-ames.jpgAMES, Iowa — Stumping across Iowa on New Year’s Day, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton seemed to be in a particularly good mood, pausing to jest about her microphone conking out in the middle of her campaign speech.

“I was in Muscatine yesterday in the middle of a blizzard,” she told the crowd. “And I was going on and on about something concerning President Bush and the microphone just died.

“I thought, I know they’re a little obsessed with me, but this is getting a little absurd,” said the New York senator, who as first lady once famously blamed “a vast right-wing conspiracy” for attacks on the administration of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

The crowd loved it, roaring with laughter.

– Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder

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