On the front page of yesterday's Tribune, there was an article talking about what may have set Hillary Clinton more over the top than her conteders.
The first reason they addressed was her "rare display of emotion" on Monday. The paper called this the "Reverse Muskie Movement," commenting on Edmund Muskie who ran in 1972, won both the Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses, but because of his "display of emotion," did not go on to win the party nomination. Another reason is that she recieved about half of the woman's votes, where in Iowa, Obama recieved the majority of those votes.
So why all of a sudden did this happen? Since her display of emotion, which was no display at all, people have found Clinton much more personable. This artcile says that more people would rather have a personable President, because it would show that they actually care about what they are doing.
I think that this is not really the case. If someone wanted to succeed at their job, it is sure a lot useful to show that they care by showing some emotion. But, I think being President is in an entire different league. Not saying that it was terrible that she "choked up" on Monday, but just saying that many people would pull that off as being a more of a weak than personable measure, which is how I took it.
So, does it have to do with being so enthralled in her work, or was this "rare display of emotion" just a choke up?
1 comment:
I think that it was that "display" of emotion that really boosted her when it came to voting time. When I first looked at your picture the first thing that popped into my mind was "AH!! Thats terrifying!" She really does look like a robot there. In my opinion, that "choking up" was completely fake and she knew that if she did that then people would get to see her softer side. With youtube's populatity these days anyone can record a video, post it on the web, and have millions upon millions of people watching it. i say good for Hilary for finally realizing that you need to do something out of character once in a while to get attention.
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