The Dean of Georgia Politics and Journalism seems to have it down pat once again.
Bill Shipp writes:
Conventional wisdom holds that the polls were all wrong about Barack Obama having a whopping lead over Hillary Clinton going into New Hampshire.
Conventional wisdom errs. The polls were right when they were taken. The real mistake regarding Hillary was committed by her rivals John Edwards and Barack Obama. Presidential politics ain't boxing. O&E hit Hillary much too hard. They overplayed their hands in the extreme as they took turns pounding her. Shame on you, boys.
You must have missed class the day they taught axiom No. 6 of presidential politics. "Hell hath no fury like a scorned bloc of women voters." You also missed your reading assignments: "Just Because You Are a Misogynist, You Don't Have to Act Like One in Public" and "The Myth That Women Secretly Love Being Insulted by Guys with Expensive Haircuts."
Give Obama the booby prize for stupidity at the Saturday debate before the New Hampshire primary. Hillary started to pick up momentum the moment a male panelist blithely asked why so many voters don't like Hillary and Obama quipped that she was "likable enough." Heh-heh-heh.
"That hurt my feelings," Hillary said later. It apparently hurt a lot of other female feelings, too. Hillary choking up over the presidential campaign also may have gained her some sympathy, but the overall meanness toward her in the debate had far greater effect.
O&E should have watched the films of the 2000 New York Senate debate before they assailed Hillary in the final New Hampshire match-up.
Remember what happened? Her challenger, then-Congressman Rick Lazio, aggressively approached Hillary on stage to demand she disavow "soft money" in the race. Lazio came on like a New York Giants tackle. His bullying even turned off hardened New Yorkers and propelled Hillary into the Senate.
Conventional wisdom holds that the polls were all wrong about Barack Obama having a whopping lead over Hillary Clinton going into New Hampshire.
Conventional wisdom errs. The polls were right when they were taken. The real mistake regarding Hillary was committed by her rivals John Edwards and Barack Obama. Presidential politics ain't boxing. O&E hit Hillary much too hard. They overplayed their hands in the extreme as they took turns pounding her. Shame on you, boys.
You must have missed class the day they taught axiom No. 6 of presidential politics. "Hell hath no fury like a scorned bloc of women voters." You also missed your reading assignments: "Just Because You Are a Misogynist, You Don't Have to Act Like One in Public" and "The Myth That Women Secretly Love Being Insulted by Guys with Expensive Haircuts."
Give Obama the booby prize for stupidity at the Saturday debate before the New Hampshire primary. Hillary started to pick up momentum the moment a male panelist blithely asked why so many voters don't like Hillary and Obama quipped that she was "likable enough." Heh-heh-heh.
"That hurt my feelings," Hillary said later. It apparently hurt a lot of other female feelings, too. Hillary choking up over the presidential campaign also may have gained her some sympathy, but the overall meanness toward her in the debate had far greater effect.
O&E should have watched the films of the 2000 New York Senate debate before they assailed Hillary in the final New Hampshire match-up.
Remember what happened? Her challenger, then-Congressman Rick Lazio, aggressively approached Hillary on stage to demand she disavow "soft money" in the race. Lazio came on like a New York Giants tackle. His bullying even turned off hardened New Yorkers and propelled Hillary into the Senate.
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