Hostages at Clinton Headquarters
by BenthamiteDecember 2nd, 2007 at 7:26 AM
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This story is naturally interesting for a couple of reasons. First, people were kidnapped at Senator Clinton's campaign headquarters. For a significant amount of time as this story was breaking, the public was left to wonder what exactly was happening: Was Clinton kidnapped? Was this some type of retaliation? Second, after the hostages were released and the suspect taken into custody, Clinton was able to meet the victims and offer her condolences. Her doing that is representative of her potential behavior as president and very similar to what votes expect a president to do. I think that the event at large will result in Clinton gaining more public support that if it had not happened. Essentially, she was given the opportunity to respond to a crisis and comment on it. If another candidate attempted to jump into to the affair for attention, it would be awkward since it was Clinton's office that was involved and the details of the event don't specifically involve a 2008 campaign issue. So, in terms of positive media exposure, it would be very difficult for another candidate to top this random act of... well, I'm not exactly sure what to call it. |
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Show Oldest FirstI can't say I agree. I don't believe it will have a net effect either way. For one she's a polarizing candidate and short of walking on water, isn't going to change. Secondly, she responded to the event as anyone would have expected someone in her position to do. Lastly, since this rush for the white house started so early -- we aren't even in the election year yet, even if it did have a positive effect, it's doubtful it'll have an residual value given the amount of time remaining.
The last part about the rush for the white house starting so early is really a topic on it's own. The American public has little to no attention span for politics and starting this early is not only going to burn out the candidates themselves but the public as well.
Oh, and to note (back to the original subject) - her planting a mole at the last republican debate was far more damaging to her than the hostage situation/her response was positive. Added together, I'd say she walks away in the red.
Senator Clinton's campaign headquarters was in the news
because an unhappy citizen tried to hold them hostage,
disrupted their work and had a weapon. The actual news
of this event swept everyone off their feet and got the
attention of all of us. It does not matter in the long
run exactly what happened because people forget rather
quickly nowadays, but it showed us how Clinton actually
responded. She revealed herself as a representative of her position, presidential candidate and acted very similar to what we might expect. It gave her the press
and a chance to show us how she handles a situation.
The moment belongs to Senator Clinton as she received a
lot of sympathy form everyone. This will be a positive
boost of moral in her camp because she met with people who were involved and comforted them, (stroke the fire)
for more votes. It will help her in the long run to win
more support.
stableman