Bill Clinton: "I think she needed to show she wasn’t afraid."

[DeepModem Mom]

The Politico: January 03, 2008
Bill, Hillary and expectations in Iowa

Former President Bill Clinton tried to lower expectations today for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, suggesting at a Starbucks here in Des Moines that Iowa was not make-or-break for her presidential campaign.

“I didn’t win a race until I got to Georgia,” Bill Clinton, in jeans and an overcoat, told a small group of reporters. “You just got to keep going. It is a long process.”

With the Iowa caucus just hours away, there’s little else to do but wait — and speculate. The comments from Bill Clinton are just one piece of a massive pre-spin operation being deployed by all the campaigns to manage expectations.

Clinton defended his wife’s decision to compete in Iowa, a question that has been raised with increasing frequency as Sen. Clinton finds herself in a volatile three-way fight with Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards. “I think she needed to show she wasn’t afraid,” Clinton said. “I am pleased she did.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0108/Bill_Hillary_and_expectations_in_Iowa.html

[sniffa]

1. i thought he was going to defend her hawk votes

misleading headline.

[geiger]

2. the campaign has been "lowering expectations" since the last debate

plus I get the feeling that the other candidates have really come to dislike her. She has been way too sure of herself. "Afraid" is not a word I would ever use to describe Mrs. Clinton. She is absolutely fearLESS; it's part of why a lot of people can't relate with her.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Isn't Being Fearless Good?

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[Beacool]

5. I like fearless in a president!!!

Who are the candidates that dislike her in your opinion? It sounds more like YOU are the one who dislikes her. :eyes:

[CyberPieHole]

8. Yeah, I'm sure that Edwards has grown to love Obama...

Yeah. Obama is just LOVABLE!:eyes:

[annie1]

10. i agree with the lowering expectations, and i think a couple candidates don't like her...

she's not a laid back playful person, and shuts out anyone she doesn't need (which i don't fault her for, and i don't think it's bad per se), and i think people can't relate as well, but not quite sure it's b/c she's fearless. she's really introverted or something.

[mod mom]

3. is Georgia where Jackson Stephens stepped in to help?

[rodeodance]

6. She started out by being dissed by the Hannity et al types and then many Dems chirped in--she is

brave and not afraid. I wish her well.

[FrenchieCat]

7. I agree......

Some wanted to believe that she was the media's candidate. I have never believed that for one minute. She'd make a damn good President, and if I can't get my wish for an Obama Presidency, I will certainly support a Clinton Presidency. :hi:

[monmouth]

9. Not sure it's a good thing for Bill to project her loss so early in the game...eom