In an upset, New York Senator Hillary Clinton has won the New Hampshire Democratic primary with 39% of the vote. Illinois Senator Barack Obama, who led in the polls, had 36%.
Former Senator John Edwards, who was second in Iowa, came in third, with 17% and Bill Richardson won 5%.
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Well, I am pleased.
This keeps the race interesting.
Seeing a woman at the helm would be a beautiful thing, indeed.
Gloria Steinem had a fascinating Op-ed in the NYT yesterday–it’s currently the Times most popular article.
Her third paragraph is very compelling.
I was surprised that Obama seemed to be the shoe in for this primary: I’ve been saying for sometime that I think she is our next President.
If she pulls this out of the bag, a tight race with Obama will simply sharpen her political metal for the big one.
She and Bill really are the consummate political animals, for good or for ill.
Time will tell.
Truer words rarely have been said, IMO.
I read the Steinem piece yesterday. Actually, I read the beginning and skimmed the rest. It seemed to me it could have come from the 1970’s.
I, too, would love to see a woman president but I’m not sure it’s this woman. However I was mighty distressed yesterday by female voters telling reporters they don’t think the presidency is a job for a woman. But then a lot of June Cleaver throwbacks exist here. I am reminded of Wharton’s line in The Age of Innocence along the lines of, “How can you liberate someone who doesn’t know she’s not free?”
And Bill’s “fantasy land” performance yesterday had me thinking I really do not want the circus back in town.
South Carolina will be interesting.
Always good to see you, my friend, and to be privy to your always-well-reasoned thoughts.
Well the circus is precisely the problem, isn’t it.
The final paragraph of Steinem’s Op-ed is very telling, I assume I can’t post it here, but basically, she argues there is no sin in voting for a woman because she is woman–I’m assuming all other issues being more or less equal.
She used much the same argument I used, i.e., the one of history, in my blog entry. Which pleased me to no end, but I guess that means my feminism, such as it is, is merely a throwback to the ’70’s.
Not surprising.
As I have written elsewhere, I wonder if how much of the Hillary vitriol isn’t the mythos surrounding her; when I hear her speak, debate, most of the time I am impressed.
And I have read over and over by the insiders–including the like of David Brooks–that she is a very warm woman, and quite different than her public persona.
She is a political animal, and I can’t think of one Republican candidate with enough savvy to beat her, though we can only guess these things.
I also think that she does have extraordinary experience, having been next to Bill for 8 years, knows the international scene, knows the players, really has a good chunk of experience for this particular job, which nothing in the world, apart from running a multi-billion dollar empire, can prepare one for.
Thank you for your thoughts, and for being such a gracious hostess.
Always a pleasure to visit this very special place, mon amie.
One graf is fair use, so I’ll post it, with the peralink to the full piece:
This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It’s time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers. We have to be able to say: “I’m supporting her because she’ll be a great president and because she’s a woman.”
And the full piece is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/opinion/08steinem.html?ex=1357534800&en=9f6d8783ff1b15c9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
Speaking of the 70’s, I am so sad that gender is still an issue in this country.
Monday, when Hillary showed some emotion, I was angry about 2 things: 1) the sloppy wording of people on blogs and bulletin boards who described her as crying, when she was not and every bit of responsible reportage I read made that clear. I was also beyond angry at those suggesting she was faking it. Did Ed Muskie face that accusation when he really did break down and cry all those years ago? Hmph.
My apologies, mon amie, for not reading your blog today. I haven’t had time to read anyone’s, but will head over post haste.
For anyone who has not seen the emotional Hillary moment, which by all accounts gained her some votes, it’s here on my other blog:
http://politicalvideos.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/hillary-gets-emotional/
Dear Ellaella:
It’s Roz, I came over because I wanted to Thank You for your response to my Cutline Question and for saving the link to my card site.
However, I was enthralled by this topic and wanted to add my two cents worth.
Although I guess, I am still on the fence, I realized just how much I do care for Hillary when she almost lost. I was so excited when she pulled out the win…
Nonetheless, I am very impressed with her stayism as it could not be easy with all the attacks. The emotion she showed was in my opinion *just being human!*
However, I am not surprised that people doubted her sincerity. There seems to be a lot of that going on these days in every walk of life. Much to much for my own liking!
This is the fourth time I have seen the mention of Gloria Steinem’s article. I think it is a clue that I should go over and read it. Thanks for posting the link.
It would be interesting to see her and Bill in the White House again, but this time with reversed rolls.
Have a great day and thanks again.
Roz Fruchtman
Roz, welcome. Glad to have helped. Do update your browser; IE6 is notoriously bad with WordPress.
I agree she was being human. She must have been exhausted and I suspect the Iowa results really rattled her; she’s had a lifetime of overachieving and to stumble, especially when so many assumed she would stroll to the nomination, must have been upsetting, to say the least.
I hope you’ll come back often, if only for my Pesach Macaroons - easy, easy and delicious. And I’m looking forward to sending some your cards.
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment.
Hi Ellaella:
I’m still looking for a theme. This should not be so hard.
Cutline and Blue Zenfandel are fabulous themes, but I still worry about those viewing with 800 x 600. I am not sure what the percentages are viewing at that resolution these days, but I know there are still some. Had the themes been designed fluid, the choice would have been there and I would not have had to do anything special.
As well, there seem to be lots of things that do not work as expected without tweaks… it made me remember the days I wanted to forget when I first starting Blogging with MovableType and I did not know what I was doing. Those were not happy days!
You are right… It might be time to update my brower from IE6 to IE7. Another problem is you can’t have IE6 and IE7 on the same computer to test.
Your mention of Macaroons made me smile. I had five containers of them and took a bit of time photographing them. Anyone watching me through the window must have thought me nuts, to say the least.
Next month my site celebrates National Heart Month, Wear Red Day and Love in February, known as Valentines Day Judaic Style. It’s an interesting time - All Judaic Themed.
Have a great weekend.
Roz
Ooh, I’m looking forward to the Val Day cards!
Feel free to email me, Roz, about the technical issues. Have you considered FireFox? It’s very ungeeky of me to admit that I don’t like it but the reason is that it is too much like IE6. It took me about 20 minutes to get used to IE7. (and if you switch to 7 and miss the envelope for email, Microsoft support online has instructions for restoring it.)
Ellaella:
I actually do have FireFox installed.
I worry about those still using IE6! If it displays well in IE7 and does not display well in IE6, what then?
I wish I could figure out what everyone is designing for these days.
Still lots of sites display well in 800 x 600, so I can’t be all together nuts.
With all the hundreds or Wordpress themes, I would have to get hung up on two that do not display in 800 x 600.
Sorry to keep complaining, it seems to be that type of evening. I just want to get started and *I am being stubborn!* After all, Thursday is my birthday!
Roz
Everybody’s entitled to a kvetch, Roz. Do email me - look at the top of the sidebar where it says Pages and click on email. That’ll take you to my contact form. Maybe I should rename it Contact.
Happy Birthday!