Saturday, February 9, 2008

Hillary’s Dilemma

It is being reported that Clinton may pull out of a MSNBC scheduled debate because of comments made by commentator David Shuster suggesting that the Clinton campaign had "pimped out" her daughter Chelsea by having her place phone calls to celebrities and Democratic Party "superdelegates" on her mother's behalf.
This follows the comment by Chris Matthews, another MCNBC anchor, that suggested her political career had been made possible by her husband's philandering.
Is pulling out of the debate the proper way to react? Everyone agrees the comments are tasteless.
Exit polls consistently show she wins the white female vote and loses the white male vote to Obama.
So what is the right strategy? My gut reaction is that a women and men may feel and react differently, which is an interesting dilemma for her.

1 comment:

daltonsbriefs said...

This is more of the same. Cold wench, then cries in New Hampshire.

Woe is me, don't have enough money, then "presto" raise $6 million online.

Now, all kinds of angst over the comment made about her daughter, while superdelegates are indeed being courted and Michigan and Florida are being assisted by the Clinton campaign in their efforts to have their delegates counted at the convention.

This convention will be dirty and mean. Barack might just want to get out now, because she's going to take him to the mat.