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January 1, 2009
Beat 360° 1/1/09
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Secretary of State-elect Hillary Clinton celebrates the beginning of 2009 during the ceremony to lower the Times Square New Year's Eve ball in Times Square on December 31, 2008 in New York City.

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michele franklin   January 1st, 2009 5:39 pm ET

I will get you my pretty, and your little dog too.

Lorie Ann, Buellton, California   January 1st, 2009 5:42 pm ET

Breaking news..Hillary Clinton freezes in mid sentence. She's resting comfortably after being defrosted at an undisclosed location..

Lorie Ann, Buellton, Calif.

valstephanson   January 1st, 2009 5:45 pm ET

You like me....you really, really like me !!!!

patricia   January 1st, 2009 5:49 pm ET

(To Obama) "I'll get you my pretty...and your new little dog, too!"

Cindy   January 1st, 2009 5:51 pm ET

Israel and Hamas...I'm coming for you my pretties! Ha Ha Ha

Cindy...Ga.

Curtis Dennis, Bronx NY   January 1st, 2009 5:53 pm ET

Condoleeza Rice... I'll get you, my pretty... Hehehehehe

Cindy   January 1st, 2009 5:53 pm ET

Happy New Year right back atcha!

Cindy...Ga

Cindy   January 1st, 2009 5:58 pm ET

SOS is about to be before my name and fixing the worlds problems is gonna be my claim to fame!

Cindy..Ga.

Chris, Grants Pass, Oregon   January 1st, 2009 5:58 pm ET

I told you I'd find a way to get back in the White House in '09 one way or another!

Erik Magraken, Victoria BC, Canada   January 1st, 2009 5:59 pm ET

Realizing her Senate seat may soon be given away, the alter ego awakens deciding to protect what's rightfully Hillary's... 'My Precious'

Chris, Grants Pass, Oregon   January 1st, 2009 6:03 pm ET

Oh no, my face is frozen and I look like the Joker!

JIM O'DONNELL - The Villages,FL   January 1st, 2009 6:06 pm ET

Did you say that Barack is having second thoughts about being President?????

Trisha Larsen   January 1st, 2009 6:12 pm ET

I'll get you Lewinski and your little dog too.

Brandon Montgomery   January 1st, 2009 6:13 pm ET

Brandon from Murray, Kentucky

Hillary Clinton is surprised on here resent trip to alaska, reportedly she pointed towards Sarah Palin and laughs, "Youre right, I can see Russia from here!"

Jonathan Bray   January 1st, 2009 6:13 pm ET

HA! See Barack? You could have never pulled off a rally this big.

James J. Fassler Mill Valley,Ca.   January 1st, 2009 6:13 pm ET

I just saved a bundle of money on my car insurance !!!

Brandon Montgomery   January 1st, 2009 6:13 pm ET

Misspelled recent wow...no child left behind worked for me.

Cindy Panackia   January 1st, 2009 6:16 pm ET

I am the good witch–Happy New Year!!!

Cindy
Rivervew, Mi

JIM O'DONNELL - The Villages,FL   January 1st, 2009 6:20 pm ET

Bill, we're moving back to the White House. Blagojevich just appointed me President of the United States!!!!!!!!!!!!!

George   January 1st, 2009 6:21 pm ET

Yes!!! You Can!

Neil   January 1st, 2009 6:22 pm ET

"If you thought this year was bad..."

Betty Ann, Nacogdoches,TX   January 1st, 2009 6:23 pm ET

'What state are you in tonight? I'm in secretary of! tee he he"

Terri from Atlanta   January 1st, 2009 6:25 pm ET

I have so much POWER! It's delicious.

Mark Toronto Canada   January 1st, 2009 6:32 pm ET

I'm going to be the new Secretary of State and your not!

Pamina   January 1st, 2009 6:34 pm ET

Hee hee, he may have won the election, but I control when 2009 may begin!!

Ed - Sidney, OH   January 1st, 2009 6:35 pm ET

"Happy New Year" my pretties.

rustiallen   January 1st, 2009 6:35 pm ET

"I'll get you my pretty!"....

Russell Collins
Old Bridge, NJ

*Sorry about the double T's Anderson...LOL....

Ed - Sidney, OH   January 1st, 2009 6:36 pm ET

LOOK!....... It's Anderson and Kathy on the jumbo tron, kissing!

Nicole Scurfield   January 1st, 2009 6:37 pm ET

Hillary- Gotcha!! Thought I would disappear after the election didn't ya?

Nicole Scurfield
Monroe, LA

Rebecca from Waterbury CT   January 1st, 2009 6:38 pm ET

What you're a Republican, I'll get you and your little dog two too!!!!

sarah,doha   January 1st, 2009 6:38 pm ET

i did it I'm a celebrity too !!

Sarah
Doha Qatar

Nicole Scurfield   January 1st, 2009 6:41 pm ET

Hillary- Yeah buddy, I'm three sheets to the wind and you've got me on camera!

Nicole Scurfield
Monroe, LA

Andy Huffman (Pike Road, Alabama)   January 1st, 2009 6:42 pm ET

He-he-he. I'll get you Sarah Palin and your little dog too. There can only be one top woman in politics and that's me!

Leyda Austin, TX   January 1st, 2009 6:42 pm ET

Checkmate

Ed - Sidney, OH   January 1st, 2009 6:42 pm ET

It's colder then a witches...............well, you know the saying.

Judith   January 1st, 2009 6:43 pm ET

Tee Hee Hee! "I'll have what she's having!"

Slidell,La.

Leyda Austin, TX   January 1st, 2009 6:43 pm ET

"Bill, Checkmate"

Janine from PA.   January 1st, 2009 6:44 pm ET

My hands are frozen in this position, help!

Ed - Sidney, OH   January 1st, 2009 6:44 pm ET

Bill actually did it !...........He stuck his tongue to a metal pole.

Janine from PA.   January 1st, 2009 6:45 pm ET

It will be a happy new year for you and you and you as well as for me!!

Janine from PA.   January 1st, 2009 6:45 pm ET

I'm practicing pushing the plunger

Aaron -Columbus, OH   January 1st, 2009 6:46 pm ET

"What now Obama?"

Greg, Austin Tx   January 1st, 2009 6:47 pm ET

And this is how I fired back at those Bosnian snipers as we sprinted all the way from the tarmac to the limo.

david d   January 1st, 2009 6:49 pm ET

2016... here I come!

Rebecca Ft. Myers, Florida   January 1st, 2009 6:50 pm ET

Hello there my pretties

Chris   January 1st, 2009 6:51 pm ET

Hey America.......I'm in New York at Times Square......what do you think of my screen shot of the Joker for another Batman movie?

Catawungus   January 1st, 2009 6:52 pm ET

Cat, San Jose, California

"Let's all drive tiny cars."

Parker Janecek, Lake Havasu City, Arizona   January 1st, 2009 6:53 pm ET

Breaking News. Secretary of State-elect frozen over from freezing temperatures of New Years Time Square. Science shows that even the Clintons are susceptible to mortal calamity.

Candice Johnson   January 1st, 2009 6:56 pm ET

Here's Johnny!!

david d   January 1st, 2009 6:56 pm ET

War, the economy, the mess... did you really believe I was running for the nomination for 2008? Gotcha.

Candice Johnson New York, Ny   January 1st, 2009 6:56 pm ET

Here’s Johnny!!

Ronda, State College PA   January 1st, 2009 6:57 pm ET

Ah!!! Good one Kathy Griffin!!!!

Janine from PA.   January 1st, 2009 6:57 pm ET

Don, give me Anderson's hat, I'm freezing!!!

david d   January 1st, 2009 6:59 pm ET

Secretary of State, naw. You bloggers google me under "President of the World" for now.

Briana, Ohio   January 1st, 2009 7:01 pm ET

Ha Ha Ha! I got you! I am going to be the secretary of state ha ha ha!

Ronda, State College PA   January 1st, 2009 7:02 pm ET

Is that Anderson blushing again? Way to go Kathy!

david d   January 1st, 2009 7:04 pm ET

My new TRIPP? Let's see... Bejiing next, Paris in the springtime, then the Brussels conference, onto the London/Wales/Scotland caslle circuit, the Australian symphony symposium, oh, you betcha.

Judith   January 1st, 2009 7:04 pm ET

Oh, it's only the fireworks! At first I thought it was sniper fire again!

Slidell,La.

Richard   January 1st, 2009 7:05 pm ET

in the voice of the witch from the wizard of oz:
hee hee my little pretty you havn't seen anything yet!!!

Lourdes Font Middletown , New York   January 1st, 2009 7:07 pm ET

Sarah, I am selling my seat, how much you will pay me? Need money to pay for campaign.

Martha(from NashvilleTN)   January 1st, 2009 7:07 pm ET

GEE it's cold out here,and I'm also so excited to begoing back to DC as Sec of State

John from South Bend   January 1st, 2009 7:07 pm ET

Hey! Do I see another candidate for my senate seat?

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 1st, 2009 7:08 pm ET

Hey Palin look who's leading the way for 2009,EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!!

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 1st, 2009 7:10 pm ET

and you thought you had seen the last of me! WRONG! You ain't seen nothing YET......

Judith   January 1st, 2009 7:11 pm ET

Look Bill, I think it's Monica..waving something.. wait..it looks like..it is! A big cigar!

Slidell,La.

david d   January 1st, 2009 7:11 pm ET

New York with all the "men in blue"? I do feel like CAGNEY. No, not the female cop on the TV show "Cagney and Lacey" from NYC...just jimmy it...I'm like "TOP OF THE WORLD, MA!" Cagney.

david d   January 1st, 2009 7:13 pm ET

Hey, who's laughin' now!

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 1st, 2009 7:13 pm ET

"LOOK, it's Sarah Palin break dancing.... WITH JOE THE PLUMBER!!!!!"

JT   January 1st, 2009 7:16 pm ET

I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!

Judy Zeller   January 1st, 2009 7:17 pm ET

Heh Heh Heh...we're finally back in the driver's seat.
Judy Zeller
Seattle, Wa.

Ronda, State College PA   January 1st, 2009 7:17 pm ET

Look it’s the Jonus Brothers!!!

Greg S. in Chicago   January 1st, 2009 7:17 pm ET

"Surprise! I'm the one playing Cat Woman in the next Batman movie!"

Judith   January 1st, 2009 7:18 pm ET

Like my gloves? I borrowed them from Dr.Strangelove!

Slidell,La.

Cheryl - Fonthill, Ontario CAN   January 1st, 2009 7:19 pm ET

"Secretary of State now, President next! hehehehe!"

Pamela Greene Guin, Alabama   January 1st, 2009 7:19 pm ET

Is that blue color you have from being cold or are you blue with envy?

Greg S. in Chicago   January 1st, 2009 7:19 pm ET

"Watch out Russia! I'm pressing the button."

Cheryl - Fonthill, Ontario CAN   January 1st, 2009 7:20 pm ET

"In your face Sarah Palin!"

Greg S. in Chicago   January 1st, 2009 7:21 pm ET

Hilary, crooning the ABBA song, "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man at Midnight)"

Jean   January 1st, 2009 7:23 pm ET

I got your back BOO!

Jean, Canada

Kathy Nicholson   January 1st, 2009 7:24 pm ET

Getting closer to 2012!

Kathy Nicholson
Acme, Pa

Mark (Lititz, PA)   January 1st, 2009 7:24 pm ET

No, I'm not laughing because I'm the Secretary of State-elect ...this smile really is frozen on my face!

Greg S. in Chicago   January 1st, 2009 7:25 pm ET

Hillary, sneaking up behind Kathy Griffin to steal the Emmys from her bag....

Annie, Indianapolis   January 1st, 2009 7:26 pm ET

Ha Ha Barack! Guess I will be the one answering the 3 am call at the White House!

Emily   January 1st, 2009 7:27 pm ET

The new face of Uncle Sam....
Big Momma Hillary wants YOU (to vote for me in 2012!)

Kathy Nicholson Acme, Pa   January 1st, 2009 7:27 pm ET

Ha, Ha! You thought that button made the ball drop!

Vivien from Germany   January 1st, 2009 7:29 pm ET

Yeah, guys, 09 is coming: going to be SECRETARY OF STATE!!!! I told ya sooo!

Olivia Schellenberg- Sudbury, Massachusetts   January 1st, 2009 7:30 pm ET

I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!

Jon - Melbourne, FL   January 1st, 2009 7:30 pm ET

I swear, just like Bill, I did NOT inhale!

Vivien from Germany   January 1st, 2009 7:33 pm ET

Success!!! Now I'll give more interviews than Sarah Palin ever did!!!

Rikki, Fargo, ND   January 1st, 2009 7:34 pm ET

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton learns the harsh reality of the cliche, "If you keep making that face its going to freeze that way!"

Annie T   January 1st, 2009 7:36 pm ET

Missed me with that shoe too, Sarah

Terri Whyte - Oakville, Canada   January 1st, 2009 7:36 pm ET

I know you ( Man am I ever drunk ) you were were .... I know you

Carlos Costa   January 1st, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Ha and you thought indictment would get us Clintons out! Happy Newbama year

Kitchener, Onatrio, Canada

Maria Isabel   January 1st, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Dancing is good, but the two is much better!

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil

Sheila Sims...Yellville, Ar.   January 1st, 2009 7:37 pm ET

Whoa...is that the Joker's mom from the "Dark Knight"...?

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil   January 1st, 2009 7:45 pm ET

Omens: in 2009, everything will end in dance?
Or not?

Maria Isabel, RJ, Brazil

Judy Zeller   January 1st, 2009 7:46 pm ET

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat....If I have to fight my way in and out of tough situations...I'm ready to do so!
Judy Zeller
Seattle, Wa.

Bob, Lafayette, In   January 1st, 2009 7:47 pm ET

Look-out Heath, Jack and especially Cesar Romero! Hillary auditions as The Joker in the next Batman installment!

Karen Irby   January 1st, 2009 7:47 pm ET

i'm going to secretary of state....NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH

Greg S. in Chicago   January 1st, 2009 7:49 pm ET

Hillary Clinton was enticed to drop the ball by being told it would land on Carolyn Kennedy's head.

terry baumgardner   January 1st, 2009 7:49 pm ET

"first secretary of state, then the white house– then the WORLD",

Megan Dresslar- Shoreline, WA   January 1st, 2009 7:49 pm ET

You got it!!! I will be your friend say Happy New Year!

Mike   January 1st, 2009 7:52 pm ET

Hey Bill, look at the sniper fire! Gotcha!!
It's just fireworks.

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