January 9, 2008

One of the nicer things about  Hillary Clinton's win in New Hampshire last night was the extent to which it put paid to all the blathering nonsense put out by the media pundits (of all stripes) who up till the election were basically declared her candidacy dead.   It was certainly gratifying to watch the spinners and pundits twist this way and that trying to re-spin the previous spins.

Well, maybe now they've learned their lesson:      Voters decide elections, not pundits,  nor media spinners nor cable news blowhards.  

Another load of media nonsense  put down, was the myth that somehow or another Bill Clinton, was "hurting" Hillary's candidacy.  Yeah.  Some hurt.  Turns out Bill Clinton was doing what he does best,  politicking.

The pundits and spinners are beside themselves trying to figure out how Hillary won the New Hampshire primary, but the answer's not complicated, Mrs Clinton had the support of New Hampshire women voters.   Women know what it is like to be pushed around be men; they know how exhausting it is just to raise a family these days to work at low-paying jobs and try to find affordable health care for thier families.   They know this and what did they see in New Hampshire, a great club of media bully-boys  beating up on an exhausted Hillary Clinton, every chance they could. 

Women voters many of them of slender means, saw what was happening to Mrs Clinton, didn't like it much, identified with her and voted accordingly.