Adam Nagourney and Patrick Healy's article in today's NYT "Different Rules When a Rival is a Woman" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/politics/05memo.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Reminds me that the primaries are about getting on the ballot, so its bash the top runner.
I would love to hear candidates actually discuss their own policies, and how nominating them/electing them would make a difference.
p.s. Have you noticed that it is other women who are accusing Clinton of playing the gender card? What does that say and mean?
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Monday, November 5, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007
The Politics of Pile-on Hillary
What do you all think of the "pile-on" Hillary--from the Republicans to the Democrats?
I posted about the debate Tuesday night on my blog (blogging-for-america.blogspot.com).
The boys are playing the gender card against her.
Lisa Belkin wrote about the double standard and mixed messages that women get in the workplace in "The Feminine Critique" this past Thursday in the NYT. Here is the website for that article : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/fashion/01WORK.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1194096081-U9RjHhUDw0B2xmri2yuTQA
Hillary, though, is maximizing this--her statement yesterday says that her rivals : "aren't piling on because I'm a woman. I think they're piling on because I'm winning."
followed by "I anticipate it's going to get even hotter, and if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen - and I'm very much at home in the kitchen."
Her statement was perfect--she framed the pile-on to her advantage. Remember in her race against Lazio for the NY Senate seat, she won votes when Lazio tried to undermine her and acted 'ungentlemenly.' He drove votes to Hillary! She won not only because of her campaign but because not only did he run an unorganized campaign, most of the money he raised was from out-of-state, and those people do not vote in state. He forgot the most basic rule of any campaign: votes matter!
I posted about the debate Tuesday night on my blog (blogging-for-america.blogspot.com).
The boys are playing the gender card against her.
Lisa Belkin wrote about the double standard and mixed messages that women get in the workplace in "The Feminine Critique" this past Thursday in the NYT. Here is the website for that article : http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/fashion/01WORK.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1194096081-U9RjHhUDw0B2xmri2yuTQA
Hillary, though, is maximizing this--her statement yesterday says that her rivals : "aren't piling on because I'm a woman. I think they're piling on because I'm winning."
followed by "I anticipate it's going to get even hotter, and if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen - and I'm very much at home in the kitchen."
Her statement was perfect--she framed the pile-on to her advantage. Remember in her race against Lazio for the NY Senate seat, she won votes when Lazio tried to undermine her and acted 'ungentlemenly.' He drove votes to Hillary! She won not only because of her campaign but because not only did he run an unorganized campaign, most of the money he raised was from out-of-state, and those people do not vote in state. He forgot the most basic rule of any campaign: votes matter!
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