Sorting Hat was Re: HBP Clues

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 108038

>  Angie wonders:> 
> The question for me would be why, then, did the Sorting Hat 
consider placing Harry in SLytherin and why did it tell Harry he 
would have done well in Slytherin (if he was the true heir of 
Gryffindor)?
> 
>  
> *Kimberly's comment*
> Because Harry also possesses some of the Slytherin qualities.    
Voldemort passed them on to Harry inadvertently when he tried to 
kill Harry.   

Potioncat:
Harry also came into some Slytherin qualities naturally.  He shares 
with his father a certain disregard for rules and a desire to 
achieve.