The Tale Of The Tears
Tom Bevan over at the Real Clear Politics Blog has a very sharp observation on Hillary Clinton's latest crying jag. I was pretty well disgusted by it , a lot of others are amused, attributing it toClinton seeing her poll results. Bevan, I think, nails it with his observation:
Furthermore, it's a bit of a contradiction for Clinton to be constantly misting up and getting verklempt while simultaneously deploying the argument that she's tougher than Barack Obama and can handle whatever the Republicans come at her with in the general election.
Meanwhile, Obama seems to be holding up just fine, thank you very much. And not just because the winds are blowing his direction at the moment. This summer when the polls had him 20 points down and the folks around him began to panic, Obama stayed incredibly cool. After a shocking, even disappointing loss in New Hampshire followed by a hard fought defeat in Nevada, Obama kept his emotions in check, a feat made even more remarkable given that he was under daily attack by the former President as well.
Bevan points out that if a primary is good for anything at all, it is to give us a sense of how the candidate copes under pressure. In that respect, Obama has acquitted himself quite a lot better than Clinton has to date. The Clintons have used every dirty trick they could and Obama has shrugged them off.
Clinton is leaking. Says a lot, really.
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By Mockinbird, Monday, 4 February , 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Hillary is a wonderful campaigner, but she sucks as a legislator. She sucks as a person. She would really suck as a Chief Executive.
By plantlady, Monday, 4 February , 2008 @ 6:01 pm
I am old enough to remember that when Geraldine Ferraro cried, it pretty much destroyed her campaign. (”Weak female” and all that….) What a difference a few decades make.
By Maggie, Monday, 4 February , 2008 @ 6:25 pm
HEY! HILLARY!!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rKr8QzjixJ4