Comments on: The news that wasn’t

By: doug

doug — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:18:57 +0000

I think the best explanation, which may still only be a partial one, that I’ve heard so far for the difference between the polls and the votes is this: in the face of Obamamania, people were embarrassed to admit they were voting for Clinton. (That may apply a fortiori to women who were being quizzed by pollsters in front of their husbands)

By: Christopher Heard

Christopher Heard — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:53:38 +0000

Most mornings, I listen to an audio digest of the NYT during my morning commute. Today, I laughed when the Times reporter attributed Hillary’s win in New Hampshire to “women who abandoned her in Iowa.” If any of the women who abandoned Hillary in Iowa voted for her in New Hampshire, then the caucus/primary system is really broken.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:57:10 +0000

Great comparison from Tom Baldwin, even if it should have been on a comment page rather than a news article. But the “Queen” of Narnia fought on, and so will Hillary. We will see if the half-African “lion” Obama can fight as well as Aslan.

By: mark goodacre

mark goodacre — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:08:58 +0000

Interesting post, Doug. They discussed that quotation on Woman’s Hour today and David Aaronovitch (I think it was) made the interesting point that Hillary Clinton’s gender is used against her here in an unacceptable way; using Obama’s race against him in this way would not be tolerated. Apparently sexism is acceptable.