Politico: Clinton fights tears: "It's not easy"

[Perky]

Clinton fights tears: "It's not easy"


Exhausted and facing the prospect of losing the second test of her primary campaign, HIllary Clinton's voice broke and she fought back tears at the close of a sedate event in a Portsmouth coffee shop.

She expressed the sheer difficulty of heading out to the trail each day -- "It's not easy," she said -- and suggested she faced "pretty difficult odds."

And with audible frustration and disbelief, she drew the contrast between her experience and Senator Barack Obama's that suggests that her campaign's current message -- the question of who is ready -- matches her profound sense that she alone is ready for the job.

"Some of us know what are going to do on day one, and some of us haven’t thought that through enough," she said.

The question was inoccuous:

"As a woman I know it’s hard to get out of the house and get ready," asked Marianne Pernold, a local freelance photographer. "Who does your hair?"

Clinton began by talking about her hair -- she has some help -- but moved to talk more generally about the campaign.

"It’s not easy, it’s not easy, and I couldn’t do it if i just didn’t passionately belive it was the right thing to do," she said.

"I have so many oppporuntities for this country. I don’t want to se us all fall back," she said, her voice breaking in the last phrase.

"This is very personal for me," she said to supportive applause from the small gathering, at which she'd been discussing policy around a table for an hour. "It’s not just political, it's not just public -- I see what's happening. We have to reverse it."

"Some people think elections are a game -- it’s about who’s up and who's down," she said. "It's about our country's future, it's about our kids' future - it's really about all of us together."

"And some of us put oursevles out there and do this against some pretty difficult odds, and we do it each one of us because we care about our country," she said.

"Some of us are right and some of us are wrong. Some of us are ready and some of us are not. Some of us know what are going to do on day one, and some of us haven’t thought that through enough," she said.

"When we look at the array of problems that we have, and the potential for it really spinning out of control -- this is one of the most important elections America's ever faced," she concluded.

The questioner, Pernold, said she'd come to the event "smitten" by Obama, but that she's now torn. "Showing that emotion -- I really find it refreshing," she said.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[KittyWampus]

1. Ah, right on cue! Some DU'er suggested Hillary tear up. Was it Cali?

[Adelante]

5. Mtnsnake!! That devil nt

[hedgehog]

9. I think those are honest tears. You have to be pretty focused to run for President,

and I am certain the last few days have ben shocking for Hillary. That said, the Presidency isn't awarded on the basis of feeling sorry for people.

[ElizabethDC]

19. I think she's tired and concerned and frustrated

I really don't think she's doing it for pity, I think her passion just comes through easier when she gets tired and lets her guard down.

[KennedyGuy]

27. Oh don't be absurd

the only real emotion is coming from Obama

[progressivebydesign]

103. You're sarcastic, right?

As a "kennedyguy" assuming that's a political screename, I'm shocked you wouldn't support the person RFK, Jr. has endorsed.

[Adelante]

52. I think so, too

I know I would be.

[Mojorabbit]

21. I do feel bad for her

She must be exhausted.

[iconocrastic]

83. Ready to throw ashtrays

Vases, water glasses, picture frames, dogs, cats, kitchen sink ......

[SammyWinstonJack]

128. No. it's awarded on who one would want too have a beer with.

:evilgrin: Is it time for Edwards to muster up some tears?

He been running for 36 hours straight hasn't he?

And it's personal for him too.

He is largely ignored by the Corporate Owned News except when they want too smear him.

Is it time for him to tear up? Would that get him some sympathy from the CON?

[BringBigDogBack]

90. Hahahaha

First thing I thought of as well! Looks like she listened!

:7

[Egnever]

126. Wish i could find that post to see what else his advice was

Cause he called this one.

[Yael]

2. Oh please

If you are reduced to tears on state #2, then you aren't ready.

How many personalities does this make anyway?

[Bullet1987]

3. Damn near crying is not going to gain her any sympathy

It's actually the worse thing she can do. If THAT was caught on tape...that would be a Dean Scream.

[hedda_foil]

78. No doubt it was caught on tape.

Just because Hillary's down in the polls doesn't mean the media stops covering her appearances and this was a round table in a public place.

[iconocrastic]

85. No douby it was contrived and staged

But she'll not win an Academy award

[fenriswolf]

4. cue the tiny violen playing the saddest song for HRC.

[Renew Deal]

Here you go

:nopity:

[stray cat]

These guy have got to be totally fried with the lack of sleep

[Perky]

14. I completetly agree and I am an Obama supporter.

I think taht is true for both Obama and Clinto...I thought neither was on the top of their game at the last debate.

[elixir]

67. I agree. I think fatigue and frustration is going to be a big problem..

and this being #2 state doesn't really help. Thisis the big push..These two, Obama and Clinton, are fighting the real battle here - what happens on super tuesday may be a foregone conclusion if Obama takes SC.

[ElizabethDC]

25. Yep. I know when I don't sleep I get emotional much more easily.

I can't imagine what any of the candidates are feeling right now.

[indimuse]

82. I'm exhausted...just perusing DU!

my range in a day...:banghead::crazy::argh::crazy::hangover::wtf::puke::bounce::crazy:

[tridim]

26. I want to know how they avoid getting sick

Shaking thousands of hands and not sleeping is not good for the immune system.

[Alexander]

124. They don't. Politicians often get sick while campaigning.

Nixon did in 1960, Dukakis did in 1988, and Rudy got sick just the other week.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Oh jeez...

:popcorn:

[The Night Owl]

7. Subtext: Hillary Clinton is a weak woman.

Subtext: Hillary Clinton is a weak woman. If opposition from her own party can make her fall apart emotionally, then how can she be Commander-In-Chief?

Politico.com is a right wing site. The question you should be asking yourself is... Why does Politico.com want you to think that Hillary Clinton is a weak woman?

Hint: We are being played by the right.

[Bullet1987]

29. Why do Clinton supporters feel

the need to call everything right-wing that they don't agree with?

[KennedyGuy]

37. why is politico a right wing place

only when it criticizes Obama?

[paulk]

politico is a right wing site

is there something wrong with pointing that out?

[Bullet1987]

45. No...

there's something wrong with EVERYTHING being right-wing that criticizes Clinton. Politico isn't right-wing when it's negative to Obama.

[The Night Owl]

Politico.com is a right wing site regardless of who it criticizes. {EOM}

[jenmito]

59. A week or so ago politico claimed Obama stopped taking questions for his last 8 appearances.

That was a lie.

[Renew Deal]

94. It's used as a credible source all the time.

Especially for Ben Smith. I think Armbinder is on there too.

[The Night Owl]

42. About Politico.com...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Politico

Frederick J. Ryan Jr., former Assistant to U.S. President Ronald Reagan<2>, and currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation, is president and CEO of The Politico.<3>

The Politico has also been accused by some, especially those in the left-wing blogosphere, of a right-wing or pro-Republican bias. <12> According to Media Matters for America, The Drudge Report linked to The Politico 45 times in The Politico's first 58 days.<13>

About Ben Smith...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200703230001

You are being played.

[rodeodance]

86. thanks

[Elidor]

84. Do you dispute the story?

Frankly, Clinton showing any real emotion at all is big news. As the story reports, one of the people in attendance is so gobsmacked to realize there's an actual human being underneath the shellacked campaign veneer that they're reconsidering their vote.

Would the same story be more true from a left-wing source?

[The Night Owl]

89. I don't dispute that Clinton showed emotion, but I strongly dispute Ben Smith's characterization...

I don't dispute that Clinton showed emotion, but I strongly dispute Ben Smith's characterization of that emotion as being the result of frustration and disbelief.

[hughee99]

127. Seriously?

By my count, Hillary is on the campaign trail for the 11th time for a statewide or national office (including this one), including 2 previous presidential campaigns and 2 senatorial campaigns. She still gets very emotional when thinking of the pressures that go with this, to the point that she tears up while discussing it, and your suggesting it's wrong for me to question her strength because a RW website asked the question first? Sorry don't buy it, nor am I being played. Campaigning should be "old hat" for her as she may have as much or MORE experience in this area (campaigning statewide or nationally) than any major candidate in the last 50 years. If she STILL has not learned to deal difficulties of it, and you believe her emotions are genuine, I think it's completely right for anyone to question her strength. Of course, I suspect that she has long since learned to handle these difficulties, so for me, it's not a question of her strength but of her credibility.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. No worrry about Obama showing any emotion. He stays

right in the middle.

[itsrobert]

10. It is hard. Bill knows the toll it's taking on her.

I think Bill might ask her to drop out for her health.

[Imagevision]

11. geez, where's Bill...?

[ElizabethDC]

12. I think this just shows how passionate she is

I think she honestly believes that she's the best person to lead the country at this time, and that she's concerned about the country's future. I am, too, so this really resonates with me. I think it's hard for her to show her emotions, but when she's tired and feeling run down, it's no surprise that they seep through.

[Colobo]

22. She's a good woman. I believe this is Obama's time

but Hillary does believe what she says and has to be pretty frustrated of how things are going for her right now.

[ElizabethDC]

48. I don't believe it's anyone's "time"

I believe we need to elect a president who fights hard and works hard, not someone who has somehow been ordained by fate to lead us.

[Colobo]

51. Liz, let's see what happens in NH tomorrow.

Then in Nevada, then in South Carolina... that should tell us whose time this is...

[ElizabethDC]

58. Like I said, I don't believe in this predestined stuff

and that applies regardless of who wins.

[progressivebydesign]

113. It's not Obama's "time". what has he done exactly to deserve this "time"

beyond any other candidate? Oh yeah.. he's a rock star. I forgot.

[jgraz]

13. Damn. Shades of Pat Schroeder

Quick -- somebody find her a war resolution to vote for!

[CTyankee]

88. I thought the same thing when I saw this story! A woman can't cry, she just can't.

It's rule #1 for women running for office. If she's the Dem candidate, the pugs will run the tape of her crying til kingdom come...

[jgraz]

106. Wanna guess who's having the worst, most head-asploding reaction to this?

I'm gonna go with Hillary and her advisors.

[Anouka]

146. Bush was clowned for saying, 'it's hard work' at the 2004 debates

Bush was rightly clowned for it, because he was complaining and making excuses in his use of 'it's hard work'. If it's such 'hard work' and it's so tiring you complain about it -- at a debate, no less -- then look for another line of work.

Image is everything. Cry into your pillow at home, but slap a smile on and say 'couldn't be better' in public.

[LostinVA]

95. I thought that, too -- and Shroeder was a first-class Dem politican

[BeyondGeography]

15. It's clear she has no respect for the guy who's beating her...or why

"with audible frustration and disbelief..."

[Colobo]

33. "But it's MY turn!"

:)

[KennedyGuy]

44. yah..I agree with Obama supporters

women are weak..belong in the kitchen..

[Colobo]

49. What the hell is wrong with you? The only one coming up with that is you.

[KennedyGuy]

54. But women are WEAK..

look at Clinton..haven't you been reading?

[sniffa]

55. what is it?

:shrug:

[Alexander]

125. And I agree with Hillary supporters.

Gotta keep them nigras down.

:sarcasm:

I can come up with bullshit just as easily as you can.

[BeyondGeography]

50. Really...what's she crying about?

She's been First Lady, she's actually Senator from New York, has a great daughter, $35 million in the bank. A great life with much to live for by any rational measurement. So she thinks now she might not get to be president, too. This is supposed to be moving?

[Colobo]

53. She's crying because she is losing.

[maddiejoan]

57. Oh please

Obama's whole campaign is about it being his turn.

"Urgency of Now"

sheeeeesh.

[JackORoses]

152. not his turn, OUR turn... something a Hillarite cannot understand

Barack Obama is in this for America, not for personal Glory

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. "I have so many opportunities for this country."

what the HELL does that mean in english?

[Eurobabe]

17. This is what has always bugged me about Clinton

I don't know whether this is a ploy, or she is really dysfunctional enough to take this personally. It remains unclear.

[KennedyGuy]

18. She's too soft..no wait..she's too hard..

no wait..
What a load of crap..
make up your minds already

[Yael]

24. Which Hillary are you asking about?

[zulchzulu]

20. So it's from the "Likeability" Tour to the "Poo Wittle Me" Tour

Ah yes, women just get too emotional to handle it. That's what Hillary is implying...

This could be her Muskie Moment.

[Yael]

32. This is an encore.

The first one took place in Philly when "the boys were picking on her".

Just trotting out the kitchen sink at this point.

[progressivebydesign]

105. are all Obama supporters assholes? n/t

[Occam Bandage]

23. mtnsnake, you are a genius. And

yes, I know that was satirical.

[Deep13]

28. "As a woman I know it's hard to get out of the house and get ready,"

asked Marianne Pernold, a local freelance photographer. "Who does your hair?"
:mad:
Cuz, yah, know, girls have a hard time doing stuff cuz they're worried about their hair. No, HRC is definitely not be hurt by sexist.

Has any interviewer asked Obama to sing a rap song or flash some gang signs? Jesus Christ.

She is not looking for sympathy. She is trying to look like a flesh & blood person.

[rodeodance]

30. It has to be so hard to everyday to listen to the cruel things people say about her. she knows

what people say. She is human for christs sake.

[rodeodance]

34. and btw--i believe she is sincere

[Yael]

39. She has been stumping that she is the only candidate that can take

the pressure. The only one who is vetted. The only one who can take "anything" they throw at her.

Sincere or not, it doesn't play well at all for the office she is running for.

[rodeodance]

62. There is limit for all of us--and for her.

[Yael]

74. It is only the second state. What does the think the GOP has in store -- a red carpet?

Edit to add -- I have nothing against her personally. Please know that.

I DO have serious issues about her being our candidate however. I want a WIN this year, and I don't think she can deliver it.

I have concerns about how she would handle opposition, be it foreign or domestic as I don't seem to trend toward authoritarian types and the "obey me" meme. Things like this don't calm those fears one iota.

[progressivebydesign]

109. She has had to put with unprecendented personal attacks for 12 years+

Since Mr. Richard Scaife Melon-head starting attacking them back in Arkansas. She has been called a "pig in a pantsuit" she and her daughter have been called ugly, she has been villified from day one. Blows me away to see that your post is one of only a handful that gets it.. I used to be proud to be on DU, but it's just gotten so ugly.
'

[KennedyGuy]

31. Obama gets hoarse..a ploy for sympathy?

[babylonsister]

46. Hahahahaha! Not even close. nt

[Renew Deal]

35. She's not the first to cry in NH

<snip>
CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT: After that, Muskie became the favorite to win the 1972 Democratic Presidential nomination. But being the front-runner for over a year proved difficult. During the New Hampshire primary, Muskie choked with anger and seemed to cry because of a couple of nasty articles in the "Manchester Union Leader." One article proved to be a hoax. The other attacked Muskie's wife. Muskie then attacked publisher William Loeb.

EDMUND S. MUSKIE: (February 1972) By attacking me, by attacking my wife, he has proved himself to be a gutless coward. And maybe I said all I should on it. It's fortunate for him he's not on this platform beside me. A good woman--

CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT: The episode came to symbolize the collapse of Muskie's Presidential campaign because of the perception that he was weak. Muskie then went back to the Senate and headed the powerful Budget Committee until President Carter tapped him to be Secretary of State in 1980.
<snip>
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/muskie_3-26.html

[Colobo]

43. Hillary's Muskie moment.

[Alexander]

132. Hillary and Muskie didn't cry. But perception is what matters.

Muskie's "crying" was snowflakes melting on his face, giving the appearance of tears.

I saw the clip of Hillary "crying". Her voice was shaking slightly but that's it. Nothing big.

Unfortunately people will spin the hell out of this and the clip of Hillary "crying" might overshadow the dozens of perfectly good reasons not to vote for her.

[PATRICK]

36. Every pol have ever

has looked terrible and upset under lesser circumstances. No one has ever fooled anyone about losing or being in trouble. But...

Rule #1: Don't cry in New Hampshire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or appear to, or make excuses. You could have cried over soldiers or the uninsured, but to even appear to so now, at your own fate, has been programmed for immediate media funeral taps for any campaign.

No one has come in with more unearned disadvantages. The advantages don't count nearly so much except to get one's hat in the ring.

Damn the GOP. A little more just anger is OK with me, a little more sorrow for the other victims of the criminals. There are a billion real tears to be shed and the MSM smiles, pontificates or pouts 24/7.

[karynnj]

75. Good points

If it were over the fate of others, it would be seen as compassionate. There are many politicians with tears in their eyes over young people lost in war - I think Bill Clinton was sometimes emotional - like at OKC. Reagan was when the Challenger was lost.

[Sparkly]

38. Get ready for "She's too emotional"

along with "phony" and "self-pitying."

(Soon followed by "too cold, calculating, and shrill" again.)

Where's mtnsnake?

[spooky3]

40. give her a damn break

I know I could never keep up with the exhausting schedules that the candidates keep.

Lucky for us there are good people willing to do it for all of us. I hope all of them will take a day off after Tuesday and rest.

[zulchzulu]

41. "Who does your hair?"

It seemed like that was a campaign "issue" for Edwards...here, not so much.

:shrug:

[Desertrose]

47. I feel for her....

I think she has wanted this for a long time and the ups & down of campaigning would be hell. No doubt she has mega pressure on her to succeed...it has to be rough.

[jenmito]

56. If campaigning brings her nearly to tears, how is she going to deal with the problems the

country faces? Not good for a wannabe-tough-leader.

[The Night Owl]

64. Your reaction to the Politico article about Hillary Clinton being close to tears...

...is exactly the reaction the article was intended to evoke and I predicted it...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3978664&mesg_id=3978690

[jenmito]

133. And?

IF the story's true, that's the reaction we SHOULD get.

[The Night Owl]

141. Why do you interpret Hillary Clinton's display of emotion as being evidence of her...

...cracking up or being unable to deal with pressure?

[jenmito]

143. I'd feel the same way if it was a male.

[LostinVA]

71. Do you not see how sexist that is???

And EXACTLY what you were being baited by the RIGHT WING source to say.

[The Night Owl]

76. Yep. And, The fact that people here are uncritically believing Ben Smith's characterization of...

Yep. And, The fact that people here are uncritically believing Ben Smith's characterization of Hillary Clinton's appearance at the coffee shop in Portsmouth is depressing.

Meet Ben Smith...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200703230001

[LostinVA]

91. I know who Ben Smith is -- you're 100% right

What would Limbaugh's first-person account of the Dean "scream" have been, for example?

Ugh.

[jenmito]

134. SEXIST??? No. TRUE? Yes. The fact she's a woman has NOTHING to do with it.

That's YOUR interpretation.

[LostinVA]

136. It is sexist -- we don't need an emotional woman in the WH

You said it, not me.

And, you're believing a RIGHT WING SOURCE that YOU disbelieved last week when it spun stuff about Obama.

[jenmito]

139. Wrong. We don't need ANYONE who cries during a campaign stop in the WH.

ASSume much? I saw the video now.

[The Night Owl]

144. Hillary cried? In a few posts, you've gone from claiming that Hillary Clinton was...

... close to tears to claiming that she cried.

Assume much?

[jenmito]

149. She teared up. Happy? The rest of my comment stands.

[progressivebydesign]

115. Wow.. it's always the Obama supporters on the attack here.

Why is that? Why are the hillary and edwards supporters the nice ones?

[jenmito]

135. That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard here so far.

The Hillary supporters specifically are the most rabid here.

[LostinVA]

137. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

[jenmito]

140. You must be one of those HAHAHAHAHAHillary supporters.

:hi:

[cmaff05]

60. Does anybody really believe this is forced?

I don't. I believe she is just an emotional person. Campaigning in this fashion would take a toll on anybody. There is only a certain threshold somebody can take before they break down. I'm not Hillary's biggest fan, but give her a break.

[dailykoff]

68. "staged" might be a kinder term.

And yes.

[Larry in KC]

151. Staged. Yes. An act, yes.

I'm sorry, but I'm not exaggerating when I tell you that what it immediately reminded me of was O.J. Simpson grimacing and pretending to strain because that darn glove JUST DIDN'T FIT. I realize that comparison is fraught with danger, because she didn't murder anyone, but that was my first and unbidden reaction on seeing the clip.

It's just not that hard to produce a lowered voice and teary eyes, and it fit in just a little too well with a campaign strategy that many people have seen coming. It's... personal! with her. She cares so MUCH about being president.

It is a risky gambit, because there are so many ready to see it as crying that signals weakness, rather than caring, heartfelt misty eyes. But, you know, her camp might think it's almost time that they're going to have to take such gambles to survive.

[maddiejoan]

61. So

When Edwards --teary eyed at the debate --thumped his chest, and said "This is personal to me"

That's different?

[rodeodance]

63. I, for one, never said it was.

[Perky]

65. Yes because there is a difference between passion and weariness

[maddiejoan]

72. you call it weariness

I call it passion.

[Cameron27]

69. Of course

he's a big strong man who cares, Hillary's a weak emotional woman who can't take it. Edwards gets loud and angry, Clinton gets shrill and out of control. :mad:

[maddiejoan]

73. precisely

[CTyankee]

98. Unfortunately, it is. A woman candidate can't do it. A man can.

It sucks that it's this way and it's sexist and wrong. Having said that, I must also add that her timing with this is not good. HRC's "not showing emotion" has been ballyhooed all over the media in the last 24 hours or so. And now, for the first time, Hillary is fighting tears visibly? It just looks suspect to lots of people. Maybe if she had done this before it would be more acceptable. Right now, not so much...

[Kashka-Kat]

66. If more of our so called leaders felt their emotions instead of acting out symbolically

we'd all be a lot better off. Good for her, let her be human

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

70. "It's hard work."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NZ38wu5Fp6w

[Beacool]

77. Some of you act as if Hillary is not a human being!!!

Imagine how exhausted she and the other candidates must be. I wouldn't think any less of any of them if they had one moment of weakness. What will it take for the media and from some people to realize that she's as human as anybody else and that she has her low moments as we all do???

It disgusts me how she's treated differently than anyone else. If she's all about policy then she's called cold and calculating, but if she shows true emotion even once then she's a crybaby.

My heart goes out to her, I wish I could give her a hug and tell her not to give up. This is just the beginning and there are many states out there to be counted.

[JTFrog]

130. JUST LEAVE HILLARY ALONE!

SHE'S A HUMAN TOO!!!

[DrFunkenstein]

79. Maybe She Was Thinking of All The People That Died Because She Didn't

Stand up to Bush when it counted. Perhaps the human results of all those political calculations, all the families that lost their sons and daughters and sisters and brothers and mothers and fathers because she was afraid to look politically "weak" in the run up to her Presidential bid.

Doesn't she have a whole campaign agenda to show her softer side? I think her polls indicated that she needed to bring in more women from older age brackets by demonstrating some warmth and vulnerability.

Personally, I don't care about her persona so much as her voting record. I hope people don't get lost in the theatrics and forget that we are talking about policies and decisions that affect millions of lives in the most dear ways imaginable.

[rox63]

80. All the candidates are probably stressed and exhausted right now

But part of being president is being able to maintain grace under pressure. When they are in public, they need to ba able to put the tears and emotion and fatigue aside. All of the candidates have to be "on" when they make their campaign appearances. Otherwise, people will wonder how they'll manage under the stress of being president.

[DrFunkenstein]

97. Bill Clinton Cried All The Time, Just Not When He Was Behind in the Polls

I stand by my earlier statement about Hillary Clinton's IWR vote. If she cried because what she had authorized, I would have thought her vulnerable and human. To cry because she is worn down as a losing candidate, I think other things.

She hasn't even apologized.

[LostinVA]

138. Jesus Christ, she has apologized

[NOVA_Dem]

81. Link to Video:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4097366

[Colobo]

87. She looks like a defeated candidate.

[NOVA_Dem]

93. When she said...

"I have so many opportunities for this country" it plays right into the republican script of "Queen Hillary" giving blessings to the little people.

[Sparkly]

96. lol

Yeah, she should use the royal "We" instead...

She can't even say "I" anymore? Toooo much. :rofl:

[NOVA_Dem]

99. How about talking about the opportunities we have together in this country?

You know people tend to say "we" when they are speaking to people in a group.

[Sparkly]

102. She does. Here she was asked a personal question about "how she does it."

Do you work this hard to parse everything all the candidates say? If so, it must be a full-time job. With overtime.

[NOVA_Dem]

107. If "Obambi" can do this after one contest...she needs to get the f@#$ off the field.

She lost one contest so far and she crying about how we as voters are too stupid and enthralled by pretty words to realize all the wonderful things she can do for us.

She would get chewed up in a general election.

[Sparkly]

114. Why should any of them "get the f*** off the field?"

And that is NOT what she said. As I'm sure you know.

[Sparkly]

92. Now that I've seen it

that could practically be a campaign commercial!

Not a thing wrong with it; not a thing to be ashamed of.

[Mojorabbit]

120. I agree with you

she is my last pick but this is the most real I have seen her. I like it and it ticks her up a notch in my eyes. I don't think it makes her look weak at all.

[Renew Deal]

101. Hmmmm

Positive: Good to see there's a human underneath the droid.
Negative: She's weak and tired. Not suitable for president.

This is going to be like the debate moment from the other night. It's going to depend on how you look at things.

[Yael]

145. Oh please.

"its personal for me, not political"

Taking a page out of John Edwards playbook is all this is.

Any sympathy I may have had for her in this gruelling race just went out the window. This was nothing but a freaking act. Watch the video...

[Sulawesi]

100. I support Obama...I watched the video...

The first half I was moved. It is heartfelt, and honest. About half way through, she regained her composure and talked about being "ready from day one" and I just had to turn it off. That is not passion or drive, it is being tired and frustrated.

[progressivebydesign]

104. thank you for being honest.. and human.. and non-cynical. n/t

[Sulawesi]

110. I sympathize, it is tough enough to do this and be ahead, but to be rejected.

very hard

[ElizabethDC]

108. I think she realized that she was getting too emotional and tried to reel it back in

by relying on her themes. Which I think are very much related to what she was talking about when she got teary.

[Sulawesi]

117. yes...

[rodeodance]

112. 'It is heartfelt, and honest.'---i will stay with this throughout.

[Sulawesi]

116. It was, but born of frustration not premeditated passion or tactics

[Colobo]

122. Exactly.

[windbreeze]

111. reduced to tears....?

IF true, not a good thing...perception by men...is that women are too weak to hold the position, will she go ahead and prove it?....

I didn't say it wasn't hard...but I would have thought, she'd have a better understanding of how hard it was, than anyone else in the race....wb

[TwilightGardener]

118. Aw geez, we'll give you the Presidency, you can have it, don't cry...

:eyes:

[Colobo]

121. LOL!

[The Night Owl]

119. Right on time... Fox News is reporting that the pressure is getting to Hillary Clinton...

Right on time... Fox News is reporting that the pressure is getting to Hillary Clinton and is questioning her ability to be Commander-In-Chief.

[Renew Deal]

123. I bet there will be papers saying "Hillary Cracks", "Theres no crying in politics" Hillary Meltdown"

Tomorrow.

[DrFunkenstein]

129. You Can Bet The NYC Tabloids Will Have A Nice Big Pic

Rupert Murdoch be damned.

[Renew Deal]

131. I live in NY

So that's what I was thinking.

[Carrieyazel]

142. Maybe Hillary hopes Obama will lose if he's the nominee.

That'll give her some revenge.

[The Backlash Cometh]

147. Hillary, wake up and smell the coffee. The closer you are to special interest

groups tied to corporations and/or committed to continuing this fight in the Middle East, the more unlikely you are to winning the next important election. People are tired, they are weary and they are not seeing a rosy future giving into the same groups which have bestowed this misery upon our country within the last eight years.

[Phoonzang]

148. I don't support her but really...

...for months the media has been portraying Hillary as a soul-less, cackling Ice Queen, but the minute she shows any genuine (I guess) human emotion all the coverage is about "OMG IS HILLARY TOO EMOTIONAL TO BE TEH PRESIDENT??!!!". I find it to be a disturbing double standard.

[jeffrey_X]

150. "It's hard work." -George Bush

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