Hillary’s fine line
By Ellen Goodman | Friday, January 11, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…It was New Hampshire women who came to Hillary’s rescue after the near-death experience of Iowa. The 57 percent of Democratic voters who were women chose Clinton over Barack Obama by 12 points. And she won with women over 65 by a stunning 30-point margin.
I never saw it coming. In dozens of interviews over the last days, I found women who were still waffling, still wavering, undecided. In a long buffet line at a Democratic Party dinner in Milford, a 66-year-old woman told me she was torn between her heart and her head. If Obama had won the heart of this long-term-care insurance saleswoman, Hillary was in trouble.
What happened? The story line is as divided – dare I say polarized? – as every other Hillary narrative. One line credits the strength she showed in the last debate and in her endless question-and-answer appearances. Another credits the ‘humanizing’ moments, when she responded emotionally, especially to a woman who asked: ‘How do you do it?’…”…BS
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