Why did Hillary lose?
Why did Hillary lose?
It cracks us up that this seems to be the question on everyone’s mind this week. While we think that Senator Obama won the race more than Hillary lost the race, we do think there are a number of reasons that voters just did not connect with Hillary throughout the race.
One of the big reasons we think voters didn’t connect with Hillary was her never-ending litany of excuses for why she was losing the Democratic race to Senator Obama. As noted in a great article written by Michael McAuliff yesterday, Hillary was constantly whining during the entire primary process and constantly making excuses for why she was losing the race.
We think that the last thing that many voters wanted to hear during the race were excuses and complaints from someone who 99% of Americans think have a better life than they do. In a time when the economy is not so great at best and the Clintons just released tax returns showing that they made tens of millions of dollars in recent years, people just had a hard time empathizing with Hillary. Instead of feeling her pain, voters saw her as someone who was constantly blaming others for her shortcomings.
At the end of the day, her complaints and excuses drove many voters who may have originally been Hillary supporters to Senator Obama’s team.
Click on the graphic below to read Mr. McAuliff’s article and let us know what you think in the comments below.
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Comment by Wiley04 | June 6, 2008