Pundits and bloggers think so. In the wake of Hillary’s devastating loss in Iowa and her dwindling support in New Hampshire, it seems the Clinton dynasty isn’t drawing the crowds and enthusiasm it once did reports the New York Times. And Hillary? She’s just downright dull. In today’s Politico, Roger Simon describes startlingly different Obama and Clinton campaign events in New Hampshire:
Yikes. C’mon, Hillary–women are supposed to be the fairer, more engaging sex! Clinton continues to run on her so-called experience, which isn’t winning over voters like she had hoped. Not only do voters find her “experience” campaign dull, but they like her less for it (video at Hot Air). Captain Ed agrees: “Obama sells hope better than Hillary sells competence, it’s not because people value hope over competence but because they value Obama over Hillary. She simply doesn’t inspire people, at least not in a positive sense.” And AOL blogger David Knowles describes Hillary’s stump speeches as “soul-draining oratory.” Still, WEEKLY STANDARD contributing editor John Podhoretz says that she should continue to campaign on experience–because that’s all she has against Obama. But he also describes his nightmare: “Hillary Clinton becomes president, and talks incessantly, as she just did, about ’emergency weatherization’ tax credits.” And in today’s New York Daily News, Robert Shrum makes the point that “Hillary seems to be making an argument about herself, not the future or the voters. No wonder she is losing to a young senator who comes across as the leader of a revolution in our politics.” Hillary should know this number-one rule about social interaction: Talking about yourself is boring. You make more friends by talking about others. Barack Obama seems to get it.
