Why Hillary Won In New Hampshire

To know why Hillary won in New Hampshire, you need only speak to a politically savvy Democratic woman. The Curmudgeon's stepmother clearly fits that bill, and her comments, validated by Mrs. Curmudgeon, tell the story.

"First of all, the people that caused Hillary to win were (besides Hillary and Bill, who worked their butts off) Rush Limbaugh, Fox News Pundits, Chris Matthews and Keith Oberman.

Bill Reilly's rush to get an interview with Obama pointed up the
ridiculousness of this infatuation with the newness of Obama as Reilly made a
total boor of himself. Matthews, Limbaugh, and even ultra liberal
Oberman, for different reasons, excoriated Hillary day after day, pounding nails
in where ever they could -- from hair do and bags under her eyes to tears of
exhaustion.

One now has to question polls that asked if people liked Obama more than
they did Hillary, setting her up for that question to which she answered, "It
hurts my feelings" when asked how she felt about it. This answer, and her
continual step by step actions through the slog they have been throwing at her,
humanized her in ways she couldn't do herself. It made it clear that those
kind of men would prefer any man to a woman.

Then, Gloria Steinheim's marvelous op-ed in the NY Times was over the top -- asking if a woman had only two years as a US Senator, and a few terms in a state legislature if she would ever have been considered a viable presidential candidate.
Asking whether these pundits that call Obama "fresh" and his speeches
"inspiring" wouldn't instead call them "emotional" if they had come from a
woman. It pointed out quite clearly what women have been feeling
since Iowa.

Darn it, enough is enough. Obama may be a phenomenon. But a
woman getting this far is also one. Hill won because the NH women
were furious at the pundits and the men who criticize her. If
men pull back and stop jeering at her, then we can have a civilized race.
If not -- well, there ARE more women then men."

There you have it. The women have spoken, now listen up!