So according to all the media chatter, huge pluralities love Hillary Clinton, can't wait to vote for her in the primaries, and her inauguration a bit less than two years from now is all but assured.
Sorry, but I'm not buying it. The junior Senator leaves me cold on any number of fronts; issues, personality, record (Hillarycare, anyone?), and frankly, I'm beginning to resent all the manufactured hype. Talk to average Democrats, even here, on what The New York Times calls her 'home turf', and you'll not find much excitement, either. Where are all these people I'm always told can't wait to pull that lever?
If anything, there's distrust, apprehension about the electoral fallout (it's taken as a baseline given in most conversations that I've had that she'll lose; people are now worrying about the Congress), and frankly, a deep and growing irritation that she's shoving herself down our throats a year before the first caucus. People are talking, that's clear; but they're not talking about what a great idea it would be to send Hillary Rodham Clinton to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This in part, perhaps, because she doesn't really stand for much of anything but her own advancement, it seems. Sure, she wants to be President, that's no surprise; why, and what she'd do if elected, and how far you could trust her to implement the vision thing, nobody really knows.
If you're looking for Hillary's 'base', or 'home turf', look elsewhere. New York City ain't it.
After the jump: "Hillary" on SNL. Ha!
