Obligatory New Hampshire post

2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, National, Politics 1 Minute

Yeah, I’m glad that Hillary Clinton has been declared the winner of the New Hampshire primary. However, I stand by my earlier comment: NH is just not representative of the broader electorate.

But it sure is fun to see how far off the pollsters were 😉

EDIT: You can view the CNN exit poll here.

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11 thoughts on “Obligatory New Hampshire post”

  2. What an amazing week for American history. Last week, for the first time ever, a black man won a primary contest. This week, for the first time ever, a woman did the same thing.

    I kind of wish I was old enough to know if this is what it was like to see a man walk on the moon.

  4. I stayed up late enough to hear Terry McAuliffe attribute the win to Hillary Clinton’s “humanizing moment” (his words). Barf, barf, barf.

    This is a cheap trick that cannot be repeated. What’s next?

  6. Hillary has a lot of positives – she’s smart, thoughtful, and can throw a punch (and lord knows she can take one). But one of the negatives that keeps me from getting behind her is that yes, we’ll get back “that” crowd. They did some good things, to be sure, but they’re also the same Dems that let the last 8 years happen. It’s a big negative, in my book. However, I don’t think it’s a big negative in enough books to make a difference – it won’t even crisp her up, nevermind make her toast.

    And while I’m at it, I’ll even say it was nice to see her give the electoral finger to the punditry. The speed and effort that the Cool Kids put into burying her after Iowa was almost enough to make me pull for her yesterday.

  8. Those who are ignorant of History….

    “Jesse Jackson’s ’88 campaign won 13 primaries and caucuses and 29 percent of the total primary vote,” recalls Steve Cobble, a top strategist for the campaign who remains one of the ablest analysts of U.S. politics. “Jesse Jackson’s ’88 campaign also put more people into caucuses than any other campaign, won 1,218.5 total convention delegates — the highest total ever for a runner-up — and pulled in over 7 million votes overall. And Jackson’s ’88 convention delegation in Atlanta was easily the most diverse group of delegates ever to attend a national convention.”

    http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/261474

  11. Until they find the memo. Hillary Clinton is serious, strong, extremely intelligent, independent, and hard-working. Those are good traits, in a man or a woman. She doesn’t need to apologize for that, or to show her “human” side. The people who demand that she does are holding her to a different standard than the male candidates, as if those traits somehow contradict “humanity” in a woman. She should have had the courage to call them on it directly.

    No one has ever asked Rudy Guiliani or Fred Thompson why they’re not “likeable.” No one ever asked them “how they do it” or “who does your hair.” No one has created an avalanche of press coverage over the response, or given us breathless updates on the woman who dared to ask this supposedly groundbreaking question.

    To me, this is the gender equivalent of the “is he black enough” question that Obama faces, from many of the usual suspects. Exactly what is the right quantity of “black?” Exactly how “female” must Hillary Clinton be? Does she show it by crying, silliness, frivolity, or that little laugh? It really comes down to, is Hillary Clinton a “real woman?” Of course she is, and she should have the courage to be who she really is, no matter the consequences.

    These questions are being asked by people who, only a decade ago, listed “working moms” as a serious social problem, right alongside drug addiction, unemployment, poverty, and gangs. Their worldview is seriously skewed. They are wrong. There is no contradiction between professional accomplishments and being female. Those who think otherwise should be confronted directly, not reaffirmed in their sexist assumptions with a Butterfly McQueen moment.

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