Reply #29: Hillary lost because she failed to recognize a change in the political climate... [View All]

She crafted her Senatorial career so that every vote contributed to a resolute national defense stance. This was designed to counter the perceived Democratic weakness in National Defense. The issues were not about national defense.

She refused to back down from her vote on the war to counter the regular Republican attack on any Democrat as a flip-flopper. Edwards saw early that only be admitting his mistake would he have a chance, and he beat her.

She ran a centrist campaign, as did her husband, to counter the regular Republican attack that any Democrat is a liberal. She did not realize that Democrats are no longer running from the liberal label.

She failed to recognize that all those under thirty voters were finally ready to come out. Obama fired the youth up in Iowa, and they came out for him.

She failed to recognize that just being a woman wasn't enough to get women to vote for her.

She failed to recognize how hungry the electorate is for change, and with her husband an last name no one saw her as a candidate that stood for change.

The political climate changed, and she lost...in Iowa. Now we will have to see how things come out in the reast of the US.