Quote of the Day

Peggy Noonan said it about Mrs. Clinton:

Her whole life right now is a reverse Sally Field. She's looking out at an audience of colleagues and saying, "You don't like me, you really don't like me!"

The quote is from Ms. Noonan's most recent column. Check it out!

We should all be thankful that Ms. Noonan isn't Mrs. Clinton's speech writer because this is what Ms. Noonan would have her say:

Look, let's be frank. A lot of politics is spin, for reasons we can all write books about. I'm as guilty as anyone else. But right now I'm in the fight of my life, and right now I'm not winning. I'm up against an opponent who's classy and accomplished and who has captured the public imagination. I've had some trouble doing that. I'm not one of those people you think of when you hear a phrase like 'the romance of history.' But I think I bring some things to the table that I haven't quite managed to explain. I think I've got a case to be made that I haven't quite succeeded in making. And I'm going to ask you for one more try. Will you listen? And if I convince you, will you help me? Because I need your help.

If there's anything the opponants of Mrs. Clinton would hate to see, it's a classy and heartfelt plea such as this because it just might work. But would she or could she pull it off?

George Burns once said,

The secret of acting is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Therein lies her problem...she hasn't gotten the sincerity thing down quite yet.