Sanders and Hillary; New Hampshire results and conclusions

Sanders and Hillary:  New Hampshire results and conclusions

A Blogpost  post by Steven R. Berryman

The intelligentsia and cognoscenti in America want coherent analysis, and they WANT IT NOW.  Just how did the all powerful (think OZ) Hill Clinton, with all of the paid support, and backers owing favors, lose to the follically challenged Bernie Sanders?

Paul Waldman, writing in todays Washington Post claims some "doughnut hole" of missing dialogue in Hills communication dialogue with the voting public.  Well, to be fair, New Hampshire allows Independents to vote in partisan primary elections, so it is possible that no conclusions are drawable today.

But, if they were:   Waldman claims that Hill has no coherent story to tell about why SHE, and she alone can not only paint todays ephemeral national problems, but that also she is the only one to solve them.  No story, no national dialogue is his point.

Upon viewing the recent debate, I will say that the issue is far simpler than that.  Style loses over substance.  And the style was poorly orchestrated to boot.  Had I been one of Hill Clintons orchestrators - presumably whispering into her earpiece during pregnant pauses in the debate - upon its conclusion I would have been tempted to resign, commit hari kari, or pretend I was in Switzerland during ze varr.   

The Hill style during this recent debate was punctuated by body  language that could ONLY have come out of learned sessions with experts.  Hill:   you must be in full smile, aglow in your happiness at least several seconds before the camera pans over to you for a response, or new question. 

Problem:  The BIG Smile was broadcast full beam in the aftermath of such comments as:  "too bad so many babies had to die in Somalia, or "about that dead Ambassador problem..." In other words, fake body language, although coached, was grossly inappropriate to the continuity of the discourse in "debate."  It was a discontinuum!

Also, Ms Not Bills Wife, really could not leave her platitudes and generalizations behind.  Specificity died a sad and protracted death!  WE WILL WIN FOR THE PEOPLE.  WE WILL MAKE NEW JOBS, etc.   All totally lacking any substance to make the beautiful noises whole.  

At least kudos to the moderators involved for NOT becoming part of the debate, in a way that say Gwen Ifill had during Republican debates past on other networks...

So I say in conclusion:   Great job New Hampshire folk for picking your favorite Dem out of the box.  Also, that Billionaire choice was pretty defiant as well....

Free thinkers you are.