Analysis: Clinton Faces Likability Worry

AP ^ | December 18, 2007 | BETH FOUHY

[NCDragon]

CORALVILLE, Iowa — It was a blunt question for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the end of a long campaign day. A young man said he knew a lot of people who just didn't like her, and he wanted to know what she could do about it.

She agreed there are people who will never vote for her. "It breaks my heart, but that is true," she said, suggesting it's just part of the game when you stick to your principles. But with two weeks to go to the Iowa caucuses, her campaign is making a bigger effort to confront the nagging matter of her likability and electability.

In recent days, Clinton has begun showing off a softer side - inviting friends, New York constituents and family members to Iowa to speak for her and attest to her warmth, compassion and hearty laugh.

[Red Badger]

...it's just part of the game when you stick to your principles

What principles are those? She's the MOST UN-PRINCIPLED person in the race! There must be principles first before you can stick to them...........

[r9etb]

I've learned over the years to trust my 15-yo daughter's assessments of people's personalities. She's almost always right....

Of Hillary, her comment is "she's creepy and weird." That pretty much sums it up.

[alloysteel]

For what it’s worth, here is a little morality tale:

Al Gore, Bill and Hillary Clinton go to Heaven. God addresses Al first. “Al, what do you believe in?”

Al replies, “Well, I believe I won that election, but that it was your will that I did not serve. And I’ve come to understand that now.”

God thinks for a second and says, “Okay, very good. Come and sit at my left.” God then addresses Bill. “Bill, what do you believe in?”

Bill replies, “I believe in forgiveness. I’ve sinned, but I’ve never held a grudge against my fellow man, and I hope no grudges are held against me.”

God thinks for a second and says, “You are forgiven, my son. Come and sit at my right.” God then addresses Hillary. “Hillary, what do you believe in?”

“I believe you’re in my chair.”

The White House is just a stepping stone.

[Red Badger]

“I AM SICK AND TIRED.......................!”....

[Zuben Elgenubi]

[tx_eggman]

Rudder's pic and sierrahome's catch phrase sum her likability problems pretty succinctly...

[Maceman]

It was inappropriate, that cackle, and inappropriate laughter is a psychiatric symptom. You could look it up.

As my 4th grade teacher used to say when the kids in the back started laughing and then replied "nothing" when asked what was so funny: "They have places where they put people who laugh when nothing's funny."

[Redleg Duke]

Breaks her what?

[norwaypinesavage]

Hearty laugh? I guess the difference between a hearty laugh and a witch’s cackle is all in the eye of the beholder.

[evad]

LOL...that's it, perfect.

I'm keeping that one :)

[dbacks]

[That cackling and screeching voice of hers drives me right up the wall.]

I just had a colonoscopy. I can’t tell the difference.

[Ratblaster]

Heart??!!

[Shryke]

No - what is it?

[Issaquahking]

Dear Hitlery,


You are too stupid to be America's first female president. That you couldn't keep a leash on your husband in the white house, he was your selection for a husband (no one elses), and keep him in his pants, speaks volumes about how you may control others. Could someone get a comment from Vince Foster? Oh, we see how you handled him.

We see how you went along with Billy on selling us out to the Chinese, the Riady's, and anyone else recognizing you for the prostitute you are in your quest power. After screwing America, and you have the audacity to ask for Amreicans to vote for you? I suggest that you, the women born of the loins of a jackal, seek serious psychological help.

[Gritty]

[Ann Archy]

She would have to HAVE a heart in order for it to be broken.

[Ann Archy]

Hillary Clinton......America’s EX-WIFE!!!

[andy58-in-nh]

[DeLaine]

Whew. Don’t hold back. Say what you really mean will ya !!

[Brilliant]

Likeability is the least of her defects.