One word for you, baby--WOMEN. Iron THAT!
They said it couldn't be done....Obama's momentum was just too strong. He was the second coming. He was "the one." Obama believed it too, looking a little smug at times...never mind that less than 1 percent of the US population had voted. The people of New Hampshire had other ideas.
Hillary Clinton did what the pollsters, the pundits, her own staff, probably Bill Clinton, not to mention everyone else, didn't believe would happen. She somehow turned a much written about and fawned over double digit Obamarama into a victory for herself that left all the TV pundits sucking their own breath back into their pie holes.
They said she was through ...but it looks like she hasn't even begun to fight. It was shrewd that she was alone up there giving her victory speech...no Madeline Albright, no Bill Clinton, no remnants from her husband's presidency. Smart move Hillary, it should be only about you. I hope you've learned this much.
Hillary Clinton rose above the fray...despite their sexist, vicious, biased, good old boy bullcrap day after day, night after night, week after week for what seems like an eternity.
Last night, Hillary Clinton led Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson all night long. The numbers never switched. She never gave up the lead.
Even with neo-con Fox News trying to make judgments before the polls closed, maybe subtly trying to stampede the herd in another direction. Their Major Garrett actually made reference to 'Hillary's emotional outburst'...yes, he used the word 'outburst'...now, we all have seen that teary moment and it certainly wasn't an outburst.
I was one who didn't think Hillary Clinton would win New Hampshire. I didn't like it the night before when her husband gave a hoarse speech bashing Obama, calling him "a kid" and saying he had been untruthful about his stance on Iraq. I thought it gave her even more negatives. The speeches should be about what Hillary stands for, not slanging matches. But then...she won didn't she? So maybe I shouldn't question the Master Politician.
This all puts me in a quandary because I'm still hoping that John Edwards gets a toehold somewhere. I really do think he's the most 'electable.' But the feminist in me celebrates the progress Hillary has made. And if things keep going her way and she gets the nomination...well, even though I think she's too Republican Lite, I might be working to get her elected.
She's waaaay better than any of those guys in the Republican Clown Car. Except maybe John McCain....another come-back kid. But he's too old and war-hawkish and not pro-choice.
And there *was* something so real, so human, about her little emotional moment....which showed a side of her, her love of country, that we hadn't seen before.
It IS tougher for a woman. Like Ginger Rogers said about dancing with Fred Astaire--"I have to do everything he does, except I do it backwards and in high heels."
