DG,
I don't think that Senator Clinton's gender is the issue. It's that she has been fingered as a finger-in-the-wind political opportunist who for some reason can't articulate her vision for a better America with an ounce of warmth, sincerity or conviction.
Her "concession speech" last night was nearly as abominable as her holiday ad in which she passed out "bills" in effigy. John and Jane Q Public aren't interested in seeing a candidate for high office regurgitate policy statements or the black letter text of bills.
The other intangible that works against her is the cadence and pitch of her speaking voice, as well as that laugh, all of which are beyond annoying. It pained me to hear Sean Hannity suggest that she needs a "personality transplant" which of course received a generous round of chuckles from the Fox News oligarchs.
I think she adds most value in the Senate chamber. Obama as President working in tandem with Clinton and Biden in the Senate is a win-win. The one thing we can not afford as a nation is another unpopular divisive President even if it’s it due to no fault of his or her own.
It bears repeating that politics is about compromise.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
Updated On: 1/4/08 at 10:53 AM