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Clinton: Not "Group Hug" Bipartisanship, But Shared Values
January 31, 2007

ABC News' Matthew Zavala Reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., offered a glimpse of what she learned from her recent trip to Iowa in a speech before the New America Foundation Wednesday in Washington, DC.  "What I hear from Americans is frustration, some discouragement, a sense that we are not living up to our potential," the 2008 presidential hopeful said.

Joining into the discussion about the need for politicians to work together to solve America's problems--something that her likely 2008 Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama, Ill., has been known to tout--Clinton said, "I don't think Americans are looking for some kind of group hug bipartisanship. I think they're looking for leaders and citizens who will reassert our shared basic American values..."

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