The "Lady" Clinton Problem

Last night, the pundits were talking about what Clinton needs to do to win outside the Latino core in Texas. They talked about things like how "the tears" helped in New Hampshire made her appear more ladylike and more "real", and those "types of things" would resonate with the voters.

Yesterday, I sent a note to Ed Rendell explaining HOW APPALLED I was that he gave an interview to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where he explained that there are whites who would not vote for an African-American.

I would send a similar note about bringing up Hillary's effective femininity, but I'm not sure to whom I'd address it.

Every time you raise the specter of "blacks" or "women" it truly denigrates these two human beings as CANDIDATES.

The media missed the best opportunity EVER last fall to teach the nation a giant civics lesson. There were 18 candidates, and instead of focusing on haircuts and rumours, they could have picked one topic a day and then explained each candidate's position. One night on immigration, one night on Iraq and nation-building, one night on the economy. They blew it. And candidates with good ideas fell by the wayside.

Now, they have an even better opportunity to compare and contrast the candidates, and instead wish to play the audience to see whether as a country we are more racist, or more misogynistic. I'm hoping we are not that stupid.