I don't think that's accurate. As Nick said, it gave her some exposure (and therefore popularity), but liberal and moderate women love her. She is very smart, very capable, and very determined. She is the best female national candidate we've ever seen in this country. If women want to back a woman candidate, she is the one. Personally, I just don't like her policies or her marginal ethics.
As for who she is appealing to, the old Clinton vote is a big chunk of her base, but she is counting on the African-American vote in the South, and Obama is going to drain that vote from her, and the Left is still pissed at her for supporting the war, so she may lose a big chunk of that vote. What will be interesting to see is how long more than two candidates stay in the race. If we go through several primaries with four or five candidates still in, they may all split the anti-Hillary vote, leaving her to win on the strength of the old Clinton base. If it comes down to Hillary, Obama, and maybe Richardson (my favorite among the Dems), who knows what happens. On 1/23/07, G wrote: > > Do you guys think it's an oversimplification to say that Hillary's > popularity is owed primarily to her last name? Democrats (and more > importantly, independents) who loved Bill and wish he could serve a 3rd > term, would be voting for the next best thing? Maybe hoping/expecting her > to > preside in the image and style of her husband? > > It seems to me that Hillary's chances depend less on "the issues", and > more > on whether she can capture and maintain the "Clinton vote" to the extent > that it can overcome the inherent limitation of trying to make history as > the first woman president. > > Am I way off on this? > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
