Comments on: Tears in New Hampshire: Ed Muskie and Hillary Clinton

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:33:12 +0000

What happened to my comment on Hillary's tears being fake and Muski not going into talking points?

By: Election Stocks » Is there Crying in Politics?

Election Stocks » Is there Crying in Politics? — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:39:16 +0000

[...] For those of us of sufficient age, it brought back the Edmund Muskie New Hampshire incident of 1972. Senator Muskie’s wife had been subjected to some harsh criticism, and he was defending her outside on a cold day in New Hampshire. A bit of tearing was portrayed as a potential Commander-in-Chief crying in the face of attacks. Some attributed the ensuing McGovern primary success to this moment. We were not surprised to see that we were not the only ones to notice the contrast. (See here and here.) [...]

By: Hillary Clinton » Blog Archive » Tears in New Hampshire: Ed Muskie and Hillary Clinton

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:15:14 +0000

[...] Andrew Sullivan wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe once seemingly invincible campaign of the junior senator from New York, Hillary Clinton, has hit a major wall in Iowa. His name is Barack Obama. Iowa caucus-goers told the Democratic elites, “Not so fast” and gave the junior senator … [...]

By: Presidential election 2008 |Republicans Vs. Democrats » Tears in New Hampshire: Ed Muskie and Hillary Clinton

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:31:39 +0000

[...] Vince Leibowitz wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHarking back to the conventional wisdom of 1972, he claimed that Clinton’s show of emotion demonstrated that she wasn’t fit to be president, evidently too soft to handle adversity. The voters of New Hampshire, particularly many female … Read the rest of this great post here Posted by [...]