At conservative convention, 'Hillary-haters' take the low road While Republican Party leaders including likely presidential nominee John McCain gave lofty speeches at last week's Conservative Political Action Conference, participants at the event hawked anti-Hillary Clinton merchandise that a CNN broadcast described as "the low road."
"She is the white hot focus of conservative scorn," reflects Joe Johns in the Sunday report. "And the more successful she is, the angrier they get and the easier it is to incite like-minded conservatives. And, oh, by the way, use her to raise money."
But while Johns highlights conservative scorn for Sen. Clinton, longtime supporter and campaign surrogate Lanny Davis argues that Republican ire for the former First Lady doesn't guarantee her defeat in the general election.
"Because the ideological right says they prefer Hillary doesn't mean that HIllary is not the stronger candidate," Davis argues. "It means they see an advantage to running against Hillary for their own fundraising."
At CPAC, conservative activists peddled Hillary the Movie tapes and t-shirts with messages that read "Same Old Socialism" and another that showed Clinton sitting beside Joseph Stalin who declares, "Keeping the dream alive."
This video is from CNN.com, broadcast February 10, 2008.
 
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