Mark Twain once said, "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Hillary Clinton is hearing similar eulogies from folks like Dick Morris, the Drudge Report, Joe Trippi , but her own husband?
Dampening expectations is a time honored political maneuver that is brilliant when it works, as it did for Bill Clinton in 1992 in New Hampshire. Clearly the HRC campaign would love for Clinton to be the Comeback-Not-a-Kid, but the voters in New Hampshire hold the key.
Meanwhile Obama is soaring and Clinton is sinking in the latest polls. John Edwards is holding steady, rising, and falling depending on which poll you look at.
Finally, how is the candidate herself holding up? As reported in the NY Times, she told a supporter in New Hampshire today, "I have so many ideas for this country, I just don’t want to see us fall backwards,” she said, her eyes visibly wet, as a row of news photographers began snapping away to capture the moment. “It’s about our country, it’s about our kids’ futures.”
“Some of us are right some of us are wrong,” she continued, firming up a bit — and sounding, some reporters felt, either angry or resentful about Senator Barack Obama. “Some of us are ready, and some of us are not. Some of us know what we’ll do on day one and some of us don’t.”
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