Reply #40: A fair article [View All]

[marions ghost]

The crux of Hillary and her campaign's problems on the gender issue was--as the article points out--that they did not actively and publicly DEAL with it. Gender loyalty was used to gain support primarily from a female constituency in a divisive way, setting up expectations based on a sense of entitlement. They never expected Obama to be a contender. Big mistake among many mistakes they made.

Hillary supporters need to be happy with the strides for women that HRC HAS made. They need to realize that in a democracy the media and corporate-anointed "front-runner" should not ALWAYS win. Hillary had everything going for her and she blew it fair and square. Myopic, overly invested whining does NOTHING to help Hillary OR the cause of women at this point. It's futile and embarrassing.

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"Mr. Obama, who sought to minimize the role of race in his candidacy, led something of a national dialogue about it, but Mrs. Clinton, who made womanhood an explicit part of her run, seemed unwilling or unable to talk candidly about gender.

Mrs. Clinton, for example, declined a New York Times request earlier this year for an interview about the gender dynamics of the race; an aide said the topic would be impossible for her to address in a frank way.."