Could Clinton Lose Because of Women?

RealClearPolitics ^ | December 14, 2007 | Reid Wilson

[Aristotelian]

From virtually the beginning of her campaign, New York Senator Hillary Clinton has made every effort to maximize her advantages among women voters. It seems a natural constituency for the first woman to climb to the top of a presidential field. Polls throughout the campaign have showed Clinton earning the support of far more women than men, giving Democrats hope that, in a general election, she would enlarge the party's traditional gender gap and cruise to the White House with stronger backing from women than any other candidate in history.

But now, as polls show her once-strong lead in Iowa slipping, the once-inevitable Democratic nominee looks human again, vulnerable to defeat from Illinois Senator Barack Obama. If Obama pulls off the once unthinkable scenario of beating Clinton, a post-mortem analysis will show it is women, once seen as Clinton's key to a guaranteed victory, who caused her defeat.

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Women play an inordinately strong role in the Democratic primary field. Statistics provided by the Iowa Democratic Party show women made up 54% of caucus-goers in 2004, while some pollsters think the number could be closer to 60% this year.

[Aristotelian]

Poetic justice!!!! Hillary has ridden her husband's coattails her entire life. She's no real women's liber, no self-made woman. She's a groupie. And other women see right through her. Oh, to see her up-ended by her own gender!

[claudiustg]

Hillary will lose because Mitt Romney will wrap her up and send her home!

[AdvisorB]

[TexGuy]

Women can be vicious to one another. My teenage daughters see it all the time. They rank right below Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot and “Vlad the Impaler” on the cruelty scale.

[jws3sticks]

Here's a great video from YouTube from another posting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXPnMflGkvI

Please take a few moments to view this great transition of an Iowa voter.

[Calpernia]

>>>>Polls throughout the campaign have showed Clinton earning the support of far more women than men

Mental illness is statistically more predominant with woman than men.

[Vaquero]

Hillary will lose because Mitt Romney will wrap her up and send her home!

You must be proud pushing one useless liberal over another

[TexGuy]

Please take a few moments to view this great transition of an Iowa voter.

That Iowa voter is why the Iowa Caucasus are truly worthless as far as I'm concerned. She believes she is thinking person, but doesn't have a working single brain cell.

[Vigilanteman]

I have to confess that I live dangerously working around a lot of Lieberal women. When the topic of Hillary comes up, I mention two things:

1. George Bush says she is well-qualified to be president.
   
2. However, her abrasive and autocratic style might mean if she is elected, she would be so polarizing that it might be another generation (30 years plus) before the country ever takes a chance on another woman CIC. Hence, she would actually set back the cause of women.

You should see their faces when I make either or both of above points.

[Vigilanteman]

She believes she is thinking person, but doesn't have a working single brain cell.

And how is this different from the average Democrat voter? You've just destroyed your own argument and shown why the Iowa Caucasus are, indeed, important.

[Red_Devil 232]

I heard that some Oprah fans are not happy with her backing Hussein.

[wardaddy]

interesting....many women don’t like her...and some women don’t like women for POTUS period....

just listening

[xtinct]

While I, a woman, would love to see a woman be elected as president of the United States, I would never vote for Hillary Clinton.

I prefer an honest woman whose achievements are her own.

And, quite frankly, I know there are many, many women who are honest as well as competent and high achievers.

So, put one up, and she's got my vote.

I've been an Independent since 1990 so show me the ideal woman and she may get my vote.

[JFC]

I came to the conclusion yesterday ... that she is not going to win. She is haughty, mean, hateful, snotty, fake and way too arrogant... to win. WOMEN hate other women like that. Men are way too smart to even think of letting Hillary win. They despise her. She will not win!

[hoe_cake]

I hope your conclusion is correct, that she will not win.

There are a lot of valid points being made on this thread. Reading everyone’s opinions make me more hopeful every day that Clinton will be beat.

[Just mythoughts]

I think that is why Oprah is on the campaign trail, the women vote.... Hillry is destined to be the nominee and Obama needs a bit of experience ...bit of orchestrated fire and brimstone blaming the Republicans of course. He will make the personification of her being a saint giving a hand out to make all wrongs of this nation right. He can sit beside her as her right hand man.

[SMARTY]

‘He can sit beside her as her right hand man.’

I see it all in glorious black and white!

[JFC]

IMHO, it comes down to likeablitiy. Hillary has never in her pitiful life been likeable. I stay in a hotel with Secret Service when Bush was campaigning in New Mexico. There were 40 some SS there and I talked to many of them in the lobby area, I asked them about the Clintons. They were very careful how they answered, but it was clear... they did not respect Hillary or Kerry in any fashion.

I had thought Hillary would win, but I am seeing that she just is not a nice person and it comes out. People want change, they don’t want more of the same. Dims will go for the first black with Obamma... GOP will have either Romney or Rudy to vote for. IMHO, the black vote will win.

[kabar]

Correct. Many women despise her because she allowed her husband to humiliate her publicly still stayed with him. They do see through this sham marriage, which is really just a business deal.

[Paradox]

For every woman who sorta likes Hillary, I know one that LOATHES the woman. This whole thing that she was gonna simply walk away with the womans vote was a fantasy. As I see it, the more politically astute, and therefore more likely to vote, the less they liked Hillary. And its not just conservatives and Republicans, the left wing blogosphere is full of Hillary hatred.

[hoe_cake]

During a tour of the White House, one of the guards was fairly frank with me about his dislike for Hillary Clinton. I was surprised that he was so outspoken.

when you say the black vote will win, are you suggesting Obama will win the election?

[Aristotelian]

You are soooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddd!!!!

[cpdiii]

And, quite frankly, I know there are many, many women who are honest as well as competent and high achievers. So, put one up, and she's got my vote.

Unfortunately Maggie Thatcher can not run for President :(

[donna]

And, quite frankly, I know there are many, many women who are honest as well as competent and high achievers.

I can't think of one woman that would make a good president.

[JFC]

I do think Obama will win. He has the mo- right now and I think instead of it being the first women, it is going to be the first black president.

I will not vote for him ( I only vote GOP) but I live in very very conservative West Texas and I have seem many Obama bumper stickers, and have been shocked, but it is all about him being fresh and new, like the focus group said yesterday, they don’t want more of the same.

[Graybeard58]

Hillary will lose because Mitt Romney will wrap her up and send her home!

Neither will be the nominee of their party.

[Teacher317]

Margaret Thatcher?

[RockinRight]

Hillary will lose because Mitt Romney Fred Thompson will wrap her up and send her home!

[MuttTheHoople]

Is this Mrs. Bill Clinton setting herself up as “The Comeback Kid, Part II”? Things look bad for Mrs. Clinton, but Rush Limbaugh has said before that this would be the perfect time to show how Mrs. Clinton can come back from adversity and wow the Sycophant MSM into believing Mrs. Clinton has the same magic her Husband has.

[unixfox]

I've been an Independent since 1990 so show me the ideal woman and she may get my vote.

Hell, for that matter show me the ideal man and he will get my vote.

[HarleyLady27]

This pig is going to get rid of by the people of the United States of America. We are sick of the Klintons, and they need to get out of politics, out of America and go away, far away and leave us alone......

[indylindy]

On Sunday, the Hildebeast is set to whirr across Iowa in the “Hillacopter”.

Looks like the good citizens of Iowa are in for a double snowjob over the weekend.

[SE Mom]

As a woman- I have no problem with having a woman president- if she’s like Maggie Thatcher :)

[Piquaboy]

I hope she whirr’s right into a snowbank.

[hoe_cake]

“...the Hildebeast is set to whirr across Iowa in the “Hillacopter”.

When I See An Elephant Fly

I seen a peanut stand
And heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked it’s eye
But I been done seen about everything
When I see a elephant fly

(music from the Disney movie Dumbo)

[indylindy]

ROTFL! The Dumbo copter.

[indylindy]

I know there is a Winter Storm coming that way.

Maybe the winds will take her off to Oz, where she belongs.

[COBOL2Java]

The cognitive dissonance they would exhibit from such information must be amazing to behold.

[COBOL2Java]

Is this Mrs. Bill Clinton setting herself up as “The Comeback Kid, Part II”? Things look bad for Mrs. Clinton, but Rush Limbaugh has said before that this would be the perfect time to show how Mrs. Clinton can come back from adversity and wow the Sycophant MSM into believing Mrs. Clinton has the same magic her Husband has.

Rush: "Until the house falls on Hillary (reference to the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of OZ" for those of you in Rio Linda), I won't rest."

[Sig Sauer P220]

I came to the conclusion yesterday ... that she is not going to win. She is haughty, mean, hateful, snotty, fake and way too arrogant... to win. WOMEN hate other women like that. Men are way too smart to even think of letting Hillary win. They despise her. She will not win!

You my Freeper friend are forgetting one thing. The pact in blood that herself and Slick made with the devil. Third party candidate Ross Perot allowed Slick to win. This time it will be third party candidate Rue,,,er,,,Ron Paul who will usher in the Hillary coronation. The devil is working behind the scenes again, to see that it happens.

[karnage]

Charlie Wilson, where are you?

[Piquaboy]

Either that or the Hillocopter trip across Iowa she is suppose to take will end up with it icing up and crashing into a snow drift.