Ernie Els Scoffs at Losers

What's in a name? Not much it seems for a U.S. presidential hopeful whose first name is Hillary.  "Let's see, which name will fly better in this context?" is a question Hillary asks herself daily.  Just like the accent, the names come and go.

On her U.S. Senate Web site, she is New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. But on her 2008 presidential campaign site, she is Hillary Clinton.

Does she have a preference? "No," campaign spokesman Phil Singer said on Friday.

It's not just an Internet thing. The candidate used Rodham on her official campaign forms, but the name is missing from her campaign bumper stickers, and she is often introduced as just Hillary Clinton.

After Hillary Rodham married Bill Clinton in 1975, she stuck with her maiden name, saying it was partly a gesture to be herself while remaining committed to her husband.

"Because I knew I had my own professional interests and did not want to create any confusion or conflict of interest with my husband's public career, it made perfect sense to me to continue using my own name," she wrote in her book "Living History."

After Bill Clinton lost his 1980 re-election bid as Arkansas governor, she wrote that supporters told her that some people were uncomfortable with her decision to use her maiden name and that it had had an impact on the voting.

She decided then to go by Hillary Rodham Clinton. It may well have helped. Her husband recaptured the governor's mansion in 1982.

Other democrat Presidential candidates have met and undecided to use one name to refer to Hillary:  FAT LEGGED LYING HO

Representatives for Obama and Edwards said, "Our polls showed that voters are confused as to who Hillary is and we decided to help them."