Clinton talks and talks in New Hampshire

[sniffa]

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Clinton spent the Saturday before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary talking…and talking…and talking.

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Clinton was so concerned with making sure everyone in Penacook had a chance to ask and listen that she implored the fire marshal to let the hundreds of people gathered in the halls and outside of Merrimack Valley High School into the gym. At one point Clinton personally escorted a mother and her baby to a seat on the riser behind her and she politely ordered her daughter Chelsea to move some barriers and make room for the influx.

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With everyone seated, Clinton essentially chucked her stump speech and dove into a lengthy question and answer session that lasted almost two hours. Over twenty questions later (without an audience microphone) a majority of attendees were still there. After Penacook, she boarded her campaign bus with four undecided voters for an hour-long ride to Durham and then spent almost another hour talking with young undecideds (and some parents) at the Bagelry, a local eatery.

While Clinton did take some questions and shake hands on ropelines during her Iowa campaign, the Democratic hopeful endured criticism in the final days before the caucuses for not answering more voters' inquiries more regularly. Her campaign refused to say today's profuse voter interaction was the result of a lesson learned in Iowa.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/05/clinton-talks-and-talks-in-new-hampshire/

[msongs]

1. she's damned if she doesn't, damned if she does nt

[still_one]

6. I have a different take, I think she learned from Iowa, and is trying to answer more directly

Of course I am not a Clinton supporter, but that is just my take

[aquart]

9. Whatever she does, that's BAD. Obama does the same, that's GOOD.

How dare she even learn from mistakes. Clearly they're saying she should continue doing what didn't work because it's somehow wrong to grow and improve? I mean, Bush never did. Heaven forfend we get a president who can make lightning adjustments to circumstances. Oh, that would be BAD.

Obama, of course, doesn't have to make any changes because he is perfect.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. She was excellent...the meankid press douchebags are trying to mak even

this excellent appearance into something unseemly. They are an intolerable lot of jackasses.

I almost hope Hillary wins the Presidency just to watch those press assholes choke on their own bile.

[Evergreen Emerald]

3. backwards and in high heels.

[David Dunham]

4. Her good policy knowledge is her strength; Obama's policy-light

[KennedyGuy]

5. I can see how it must seem tedious to those used to marshmallow fluff

[ElizabethDC]

7. Good for her.

Personally, I think she should have been answering a lot more questions all along. It's clear that she's perfectly capable of doing it and doing it well. I think perhaps the previous strategy was that she could move faster at each event if she just gave a stump speech and then got on with it.

[Sparkly]

8. It was a very good Q/A session.

You should have seen it.

[SoFlaJet]

10. I live in Florida

and think it's unfair that you have to live in Iowa, NH or South Carolina to be able to get the one on one access mto the candidates. We need to change this process in 2012 to some kind of draw out of a hat rotating deal, where people who DON'T live in predominantly white states (except for SC) get to pick who the nominee is. Don't give me that bull that Iowans and New Hampshire-ites pay more attention and therefore are more deserving. The system is broken we need to fix it especially on the democratic side. I could care less what the republic party does.

[BenDavid]

11. SHE ANSWERED QUESTIONS AS OBAMA DODGED EM'.

[sniffa]

12. YOU HAD ME AT CAPS LOCK

:thumbsup:

[Quixote1818]

13. Too little too late. nt

[CarbonDate]

14. Good.

Glad to see her giving voters access to her.

[madrchsod]

15. well that`s interesting

she must have decided to take charge of her campaign. if she keeps this up it will get really interesting.

[dsc]

16. damn that bitch

How dare she actually take questions from people for two whole hours. She could have been home getting her nails done or baking cookies. Two whole hours. That poor reporter. She or he must have been Jonesing for the next Brittany update.

[sandnsea]

17. Good, maybe she's learning

Anything that gets her connected to what people are really thinking can only be good for the party.