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Sen. Clinton made the rounds of all five Sunday talk shows and apparently played the pundits like a fiddle. They said she was tough, strong, serious, smart, disciplined, and so forth. This could be a turning point in the campaign: Hillary has landed.

Todd Beeton:

[T]he progressive movement took one lesson from Gore and Kerry's losses: that to win, Democrats need to forsake the down the middle politics that have led us to losses in the past and instead stand up clearly and strongly for progressive values...[but] Clinton appears to be banking on a slightly different lesson: that in fact running down the middle is a winning strategy as long as you convince people that your positions are sincere and come from a place of strength, not weakness, a feat Clinton appears to be accomplishing, if the reactions to her Sunday talk show appearances are any indication.

It has to be more than that, though. Bush was perceived as being sincere and strong, not weak. So is Giuliani. All things being equal, Clinton has to also convince people that she has the judgment, experience, and stature to step into the job on day one.