I don’t know what it is about Senator Hillary Clinton, but I’m still not sure that she can with the Democratic Nomination or much less the Presidency not just from Barack Obama, but from anybody.
At this point in the race, both she and Barack Obama have collected almost the same amount of money from donors – about $25M. Granted she has a lot more experience that Mr. Obama does considering she was wife to 2-term president Bill Clinton during which she had the most responsibility of any first lady in History. On top of that she is a 2nd term senator coming out of New York. But is all this enough.
Being Bill Clinton’s wife and weathering her husband’s multitude of sex scandals with dignity not only didn’t seem to help her much, but in fact hurt her. Much across the United States and even internationally, Hillary Clinton is seen as cold, calculating and maybe a little plastic. I guess at the heart of it all is why would a woman stay with such a man were it not for their individual political aspirations? And the question may be even more pertinent today.
Without a doubt, Mrs. Clinton did try to soften her character a bit, but has it helped or do people still see her as the same person she’s always been. Of course in her many years in the political spotlight she has managed to win over a few fans and at least a few people walk around with Hillary Clinton tshirts.
Of course these criticisms could very well be unfounded as not everyone who has feelings or gets hurt wears their heart of their sleeve or cry in public as hubby Bill has. Conversely, not everyone who cries in public or who displays emotions other than serious is warm.
This race however might very well be reduced to a cult of personality. Barack Obama’s versus Hillary Clinton’s. And with things not being electrifying on the Republican side of things, this may go a long way towards determining who comes out on top.
Obama has been described as the un-Hillary by New York Post writer Dick Morris (the anti-Hillary if you will), and probably justifiable so. He seems warm, spontaneous and does not exhibit the rehearsed, almost premeditated character that Hillary Clinton seems to not be able to shake.
Undoubtedly she had doubters going in to the Senate race for the first time, but look at how she turned that around. With still some time to go before the Democratic National Convention, will Hillary be able to warm up a little, if not to her voters then to herself?
