Re: New Hampshire

For some reason, I'm really happy Clinton won New Hampshire.

It's not because I want her to win the generals. Not only don't I think she'd be a better leader than Obama; I'm not sure she's as electable. It's not unlikely that McCain would flatten her, though it's true the other Repubs probably wouldn't make much of a dent. It's not because I watched a video of her tearing up and felt a pang of feminine sympathy for her; yeah, she felt genuine for the first time in awhile, but it's the exception that proves the rule. It's not because her husband is a charmer who sets every Bush-hating heart waxing nostalgic; the last thing this country needs is to return to the partisan mud-slinging festival that was the Clinton Presidency.

It's because I don't want to see her broken. She's a woman who has lived under a constant barrage of attacks, mostly for no good reason. The fence-sitting politician she has become is a direct result of the merciless hatred she has combated for fifteen years. I like both candidates and I hate to see another Democrat get ridiculed by the press the way Clinton would have been had her emotional moment preceded sound defeat instead of victory. I want Clinton to go home from this race feeling like she was well-received and respected, not humiliated. I will still choose Obama in February, but I'm happy he won't be getting a free ride. And no matter who is left standing, I'll proudly get behind him or her.