Crying as a political tactic

[Xenocrates]

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3160315.ece

This is an interesting article all-round but it's the bits about crying as a tactic that brought a tear to my eye.

It [almost crying] grabbed the spotlight back off Obama and helped to produce an astonishing 57-43 female-male split in the turnout. And the women came out for the woman [HRC].

We know, because it has been shown by research, that voters make their choice on the basis of an emotional connection, not a rational policy.

And from another report:

Bill Clinton too credited the brief glimpse of his wife's vulnerable side for her unexpected win. "People saw who she was," he said.

So, what can Obama do (apart from somehow not being black * ) to counter HRC's semi-blub? US politics is like 'magic the gathering'! The Republicans play the weeping ghoul (6,4 immune to spirit attacks) against the democrats obsidan golem (2,7 first strike, loses one health point per round).

* Another report in the Times:

A quick look through recent political history finds only a few occasions on which such a stark divergence [between poll leads and votes] has occurred. In 1982, Tom Bradley, a Democrat, seemed to have a commanding lead in the opinion polls in the final days of the campaign for California governor. But on the day he lost to the Republican George Deukmejian. In 1989, Douglas Wilder won the Virginia governor’s race narrowly despite holding an average nine-point lead in the final polls. And in 1990, Harvey Gantt was beaten by the Republican Jesse Helms in a North Carolina Senate race in the same kind of upset.

What all those surprising losers had in common was that they were black.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3160275.ece

 

[warpus]

He can be manly. Maybe punch her in the face?

 

[Xenocrates]

He can be manly. Maybe punch her in the face?

Man that was quick; my page hadn't even refreshed. And you're right, that ought to do it.

 

[Godwynn]

He can be manly. Maybe punch her in the face?

That's what a real man would do.

Show her who's boss.

 

[warpus]

Wait, then she'd start crying.

What if he started breakdancing?

 

[JollyRoger]

Too bad she isn't running against John Boehner. He would be a formidable opponent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4

 

[Bamspeedy]

Like I said in another thread, she might get sympathy from this one outburst, but if she keeps doing it, it will backfire big-time.

In 1989, Douglas Wilder won the Virginia governor’s race narrowly despite holding an average nine-point lead in the final polls.

Wilder was losing the race until 2 days before the election, he should be happy he actually won.

However, he came up short again in the general election, this time losing a very close election to Democrat L. Douglas Wilder, the first African-American ever elected governor of a U.S. state. Coleman was leading in the polls until two days before the election, when a strong statement against abortion caused his popularity with female voters to drop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Coleman

If there is some conspiracy then Wilder should have lost, no? Who wins is all that matters, not the margin of the victory.

What all those surprising losers had in common was that they were black.

So since one you listed was actually a winner, all you have is two cases and this one NH vote for Obama (which is only about 1% of the total election). Not enough data to make any significant claims.

 

[Tabasco Sauce]

 

[Godwynn]

Too bad she isn't running against John Boehner. He would be a formidable opponent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1UABBe1v4

Did someone just expose his ties to the student loan industry?

 

[JollyRoger]

So, what can Obama do (apart from somehow not being black * ) to counter HRC's semi-blub?

Obama was polling at 37% at got 37% of the vote. No Wilder effect. People were afraid to admit that they would vote for Hillary, so she underpolled.

 

[JollyRoger]

Did someone just expose his ties to the student loan industry?

I think someone just told him he has to play nice with Nancy Pelosi.