I think the woman advantage came from the piling on after the debate, not the crying

[Proud2BAmurkin]

I think it came from the criticism of her for showing anger at the debate, not the crying.

[Bonobo]

1. THAT is the most insightful thing I ever read from you. Agreed.

[SharonAnn]

21. For me, I finally decided to support Sen. Clinton after the piling on.

I was sampling the various contenders, listening to them and reading about them.

Then, when the "piling on" started I realized it was just the same old sexism that I've put up with all my life. I'm tired of it and I'm not going to let an extremely capable woman, who's better prepared then either of the top two male candidates, soldier on without my support. She's got it!

I sent her $100 after Obama said she was "likable - enough" and another $100 after Edwards talked about the president needing "resolve."

i sure hope they stop this kind of thing or I'll go broke.

[Bonobo]

22. I understand your feelings. Can you send me $100?

[Olney Blue]

2. Yes, the piling on bothered me. Not the emotion.

[stray cat]

3. I agree - as a woman it angered me eventhough I support Edwards

[progressivebydesign]

4. How about it came from her doing WELL in the debates...? n/t

[Proud2BAmurkin]

10. Agree with that but part of that was being given opportunity to beat back a pile on

That happened in an early debate too. PIle on = Clinton win

[Lucinda]

14. Thats my view as well. We heard a lot of people were talking about it the next day.

[goldcanyonaz]

5. My husband thought Clinton kicked ass in that debate.

[still_one]

6. glad it wasn't on substance, because her Kyle/Lieberman vote tells you where she really stands /nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. I think New Hampshire women connect with Hillary better than Iowa women

but that's just me.

[SayitAintSo]

8. I agree - not a Hil fan and that angered me....

The misogyny is running high without much checking. How you balance that to the fear/avoidance of racism will be an interesting analysis in the end.

[liberalmuse]

9. It was the "crying" and the implied inevitibility of an Obama Presidency.

Even I thought she was a bit harsh at first during the last debates, but she mellowed 1/4 of the way through it and gained her composure. Then she gets choked up after what has to be a grueling campaign and a really dramatic defeat, and people are absolutely disgusting the way they are slamming her. I saw her as a human being, and that's hard to see, especially with a woman who is fighting her way to the top in a man's world. I think some of us might have had a little epiphany this past week. Hillary isn't even as half as bad as the fucking asswipes trying to hold her down.

[hayu_lol]

12. Nice post liberalmuse, coming out of Iowa with the three of them so close,

the appearance of the tag-team, 2 against 1, did the job. The attacks following that changed the equation. After Iowa, either Edwards or Hillary had to go.

Still early, the primaries are still alive, and voter interest in this election is climbing which is good for the entire country.

After 8 years of the MSM slams against our people, it is nice to see them get slammed with their own words. No matter the emerging winner in this contest, America has won one.

Maybe our country isn't as dead as the pundits have claimed.

[Jane Austin]

11. I agree with you, because anyone who looked at that video could see

that she didn't "lose it".

She made her points emphatically, but so did Edwards, who was actually more emphatic.

And the next day the MSM hammered her to pieces over how "angry" she was, and tried to liken it to the (so-called) Dean Scream.

So once again, the corporate media carries something to an extreme, and normal people push back.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. I think the debate coverage was the turning point also

Both seeing how well Hillary performed and watching how she was attacked for that performance. And of course that just set up the coverage of her emotional moment for a pro-Hillary backlash to intensify. First she got savaged for showing controlled anger, then she got savaged for letting a softer side show. She was damned when she did and then damned when she didn't. It was so fucking obvious to a whole lot of people how the deck was being stacked against her as a woman in both cases - but the cummulative effect was really powerful.

[Sparkly]

18. I agree, and I still think it didn't help Obama that he and Edwards looked like

the popular kids, talking about why people like them more than they like her. That was unfortunate, especially with the two of them side by side ...

[JohnnyLib2]

15. I agree, too.

Thoughtful people--men or women--could have seen her as "commanding,"
"forceful," "authoritative," etc. The noise that followed was insulting to the intelligence, IMO.

[MasonJar]

16. Many women are excited about Hillary's candidacy. We do not

need any incentive to vote for her. Some voters just approve of Hillary as their candidate of choice.

[goldcanyonaz]

17. She won that debate in my opinion. Couldn't believe all those on here that said she tanked.

She rockes!

[demo dutch]

19. Yes, surely women identified!

[bunnies]

20. No. In NH...

All I heard about from voters was the crying. Poor Hillary. I just got off the phone with my mother in law... shes in absolute hysterics.

This is such a sad day for so many genuine people. Whatever. On with the game.