Hillary talks to Diane Sawyer about her emotions, running as a woman,

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Topic subject Hillary talks to Diane Sawyer about her emotions, running as a woman, Obama getting a free ride
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3985197, Hillary talks to Diane Sawyer about her emotions, running as a woman, Obama getting a free ride
Posted by Herman Munster on Mon Jan-07-08 08:43 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Vote2008/story?id=4099840&page=1

Sawyer began the interview by asking, "Senator, everyone is talking about the coffee shop where you welled up with emotion. What was that about?"

Clinton said it wasn't an unusual moment, insisting, "I care about what is going on in peoples lives. That's how I got involved in this kind of work. That's what I think a president should be concerned about. And there's a lot of concern and worry and just people hoping and praying that their problems are gonna be solved."

Sawyer also addressed gender issues with Clinton, asking whether it's different when a woman -- particularly a presidential candidate or president -- shows that kind of emotion.

"Well, men do it all the time," Clinton told Sawyer, "and we've had that going back at least since Ronald Reagan, I guess, and certainly since then."


"Now as a woman," she continued, "I know I've got to be always presenting a sort of organized front. And nobody's ever said that isn't one of my strong suits. I'm also a person, to some people's surprise. And what gets me up in the morning is not the next speech I'm going to make, and not the interview I'm going to do, it's whether I'm going to be helping somebody and whether I'm going to solve a problem for somebody.

Clinton, who routinely touts 35 years in the public arena, expressed little surprise at the reaction to "the moment."

"Oh, Diane, I don't know why. I feel like if I breathe deeply it's going to be a lead story and that's just something that goes with the territory."


In the wake of this morning's event, former Senator John Edwards jumped on the chance to express his readiness to face the strenuous demands of the presidency.

Clinton also took the opportunity to fire back at her rivals for the Democratic nomination.

"They can say whatever they want to say, they will anyway but you know they've both been given a free ride this campaign. And if that's what Democrats want to see continue, well then that's the choice of the voters in this election, but I think I'm the best prepared to be the president and commander in chief and I think I'm the best candidate to actually win for the Democrats."