Why am I having heard to believe that a policy wonk as wonky as Hillary Clinton has no opinion on the 1996 Telecommunications Act? I'm at Clinton's breakout session at Yearly Kos, and she was just asked about what she thought about a set of Clinton-era policies: Defense of Marriage Act, welfare reform, Don't Act Don't Tell, NAFTA, and the Telecom Act.
She had a detailed and well-crafted response to the first four, and then completely punted on the last. Her answer on the bill that wrought a complete shift in the way the federal government handles media and communications in this country, the one signed into law by her husband?
"You'll have to ask Al Gore. He's an expert, I'm not." Last time I checked, Gore's not running. She really has no cogent thinking on legislation that significant, or is she dodging in front of this crowd for a reason? I don't get it.
