With the Bush administration now in its final years, all eyes are turning to the 2008 political season -- especially those of Democratic voters, who are casting about for a galvanizing leader to help them win back the White House.

And in that role, argues longtime political strategist Susan Estrich, no candidate even approaches the power and promise of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the senator from New York. She is, by far, not only the most popular Democratic leader in the country, but also one of its most popular and admired politicians, period. Both a passionate spokesperson for progressive values and a strong advocate for our troops overseas, she has used her time in the Senate to establish herself successfully as a genuine political powerhouse. There is no candidate whose election would bring such vitality and lasting change into the White House. And she offers Americans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to break the world's most prominent glass ceiling and elect a female president of the United States.

In an atmosphere where conservative Hillary-bashing is still as virulent as ever, Estrich demonstrates all the reasons that this principled leader still blows away any other potential contender in the early polls for 2008. And, with arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed, America and the world would be changed forever and for the better.

Susan Estrich's book, "The Case for Hillary Clinton," was published in 2005, with the paperback edition coming out in 2006. Estrich makes the case that Senator Clinton will not only run for president but is the most qualified of the candidates at that time and has a real chance of winning the election. Well, Susan Estrich was correct: Senator Clinton did run for president, she was the most qualified of the declared and assumed candidates of the time, and she did have a real chance of winning the nomination (and possibly the election) for president. The author presents her case in a clear, concise way, using each chapter as an argument for the Senator, based on her political experience in the White House and in the Senate, and as a deflection of the stated attacks by her detractors. The author handles both pros and cons with efficiency.

As important, though, is the meaning of what a Senator Clinton presidency would do for both men and women in the country. While women have come a long way in this country, everyday examples show how much farther women have to go to achieve equality. A woman as president, as the author maintains, would go a long way in increasing the equality of both men and women in the United States.

The book is well-written, informative and makes its case. The author included the best and most relevant information available for the book, and presents a most readable book on the subject.

That being said, until the beginning of this year, Hillary Clinton was certainly the front-runner for the presidential nomination of the Democrat Party. As we know, she has not clinched enough delegates to receive the nomination. "Most qualified," in this case, was not enough. What happens in the future remains to be seen, but as Susan Estrich shows in her book, a future with Senator Clinton in power can be significantly brighter than one without her in office.

GREAT CD! LETS HOPE THIS COMES TRUE! SHE WILL TURN THIS COUNTRY AROIUND & FIX WHAT W HAS DONE!!

Please. This book is chock-full of selective memorials, parsing, and nostalgia. This book is also seriously flawed in its single-minded approach to courting women. I hope Susan doesn't think women owe Hillary anything, because she sure sounds like they do. What a blunderously simplistic proposal to women. Also, what an insanely preposterous title: "The Case For Hillary." This title suggests that there is going to be some empirical arguement; not some soft, parse-the-negatives, rewrite of the facts. This book can be so easily retorted, I am shocked this lawyer even put it forth. Shocked also that it has recieved decent ratings. They might just be the publishers or the Clinton Camp. Ignorance abound, its tough to say.

Make no mistake about it, Susan Estrich is, has always been, and will always be a DC insider, parsing the fouls of candidates and favored politicians. She will admit the ethical issues with regard to Hillary Clinton, then, in the same breath, talk about how the Clinton's have been done wrong. It is understandable, then, that she feels this way about Hillary: They both attended Wellsley (albeit, a few years a part), are friends, and are both highly ambitious women. Aside from the fact that Susan Estrich is a feminist, she has also been a long time confidant of Hillary's. There goes objectivity.

Now, as a lawyer, it is shocking that Susan Estrich argued such a petty and bad case for Hillary. Where she did succeed was in emotion. She made her arguements best via her passions for Hill. This is a great courtroom-drama technique, but is wholly irrelevent to building a real case.

For a real look into Hill's head, I suggest: "Her Way", by Jeff Gerth; or, "A Woman In Charge", by Carl Bernstein.

Go with the middle, stop relying on Hillary's friends and enemies for insight.

Susan, if you read this, we gotta talk.

This book does an excellent job of placing Hillary Clinton on equal footing with any rival she would come up against in the 2008 campaign. It helped me understand her strengths and intelligence more completely, and humanized her relationship with her husband. Although written before Mrs. Clinton officially announced her candidacy, it gives great insight into the type of campaign she would run in 2008. My one regret is that Mr. Barack was not known to Ms. Estrich as a possible contender as she wrote this book because she gives brief but insightful snippits about Mrs. Clinton's other rivals. I think political science majors would find the book interesting because Ms. Estrich speaks personally about other presidential campaigns and includes a lot of historical data. I recommend this book to all who desire to maintain an open mind about Mrs. Clinton.

When I did read this book almost two years ago, I thought her argument sounds rather reasonable, except that Rice is a very unlikely Republican candidate for the presidency in her list. However, when we approach the election year, not only Rice, but also most of other Republican candidates that she listed in this book appeared to be un-electable. Most importantly, Barack Obama who was not listed in this book became the most popular and progressive presidential candidate among the Democrats. In other words, in this book, she compared Hillary with any other un-electable Republican and Democrats candidates, and failed to compare her with the most electable candidate Obama, in an attempt to make a rather unfair case for Hillary. In reality, she should have written a more fair case for Obama, instead of Hillary. In my opinion, Hillary is too conservative to change the US politics. We need a young fresh Bob Kennedy-type candidate to slash the dark "Bush" policy for good. Above all, Obama would be the best Democrats candidate for beating the old Republican front-runner John McCaine.

The outcome of Pennsylvania primary (April 22, 2008) will tell us whether this author had a deep insight in this issue or not. If Obama wins this primary, this book would no longer be worth reading. Instead you had better read "Dream from My Father" by Obama, a honest story about young days of our future (and the first non-white) US president.