I could see myself supporting the young, idealist Hillary:

She seems like a sincere person who really wants to help people.

Her present self feels like a caricature of her young self.  You still see glimpses sometimes, but I think the real Hillary is almost gone now.  Too many self-inflicted battle scars.

Great piece Higgs.

Pony-tail not letting Bob finish the one important question says it all.

It's like that with all of the candidates now, this late in the game (and in their lives.) Now it just becomes style over substance (even more than usual) with none of the candidates wanting to barf on their collective shoes. These sheltered existences do not allow for the tough questions to be asked by guys like Bob. The net result is what we're seeing now; tired horses trotting to the finish line under momentum. I'll be glad when the whole thing's over.

I'm afraid to do the before and after thing with Obama. Maybe I'm wrong, but he looks like he's aged 5 years in the last 8 months. Dude looks tired.

(I wonder, looking at that pic that Mike posted, if anyone has asked Hillary if she inhaled back on the idealistic days. They both used to look like people I got stoned with.)

The giant hair is exactly what I'm talking about (but to be fair, mine was gianter ten years ago--I did try to grow it out once, couldn't stand it).

Judging by that picture, my wife looks more like a (cuter) young Hillary than I do a young Bill.  Hmm, it must mean something.

Kenn: yup, the process pretty well assures that anyone who sticks around gets the soul ground right the fuck out of them, which of course tends to favor the soulless, the sellouts, and the perpetually deluded.  God bless America, giving us, yet again, the leadership we deserve.