Cold Feelings May Save Us

I continue to believe (in part because I must) that no amount of money will ever cure the voters of an innate aversion to Hillary Clinton actually runnning for President. Once people get to know her and her opponents, she will sink.

Of Course, that was the theory with Kerry too.

From WaPo via Raw Story :

Beyond the Poll Numbers, Voter Doubts About Clinton
By Lois Romano Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, July 13, 2006;

Anna Shelley, a mother of three from Utah, says she is ready for a female president, and she is sure that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has what it takes.

But Shelley, a Democrat, is not sure she could ever pull a lever for Clinton. Her reservations are vague but unmistakable: Something about Clinton leaves her cold.

"I want to see her as a human being -- I can read a newspaper and see her agenda," said Shelley, 27, whose husband did a tour in Iraq and who is appreciative of Clinton's support of the military.

"I think she's a little hard," she said. "She may be strong, but at the same time, if you're driven sometimes you're perceived as not having sympathy. And perception is reality for most of us."

It is a reality that Clinton's advisers are confronting as they seek to position the former first lady for a possible 2008 presidential run. They expect that any campaign would begin after this fall's election, in which Clinton, a Democrat, is running for a second Senate term from New York.

Never has a politician stepped onto a presidential stage before an audience of voters who already have so many strong and personal opinions about her, or amid arguments that revolve around the intangibles of personality and the ways people react to it.

The Heartfelt Whole Is Here.