Letters to the Editor
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Kitt, re: your comment at 5:57
I agree with you about the condescension behind that "reasoning."
However, I do think it's possible that Hillary's expression of emotion did make a difference to late-deciders, and maybe even to some who changed their minds.
But it would have been because in that moment she exposed the press's cynicism for what it was, by saying that the election is not just a game, that it's about people's lives. You'd never know that from reading any of the coverage.
What else could any thinking, sentient person, comparing her heartfelt statement with the jaded press coverage, think? Or do? If they had still been undecided, perhaps they were still comparing Hillary with the other candidates, trying to decide where to stand in history. By itself, Hillary's emotional moment might not have meant much, but contrasted with the coverage, it did. I know I was moved by it, and I'm not even a primary Hillary supporter. But I'm still pleased that her wake overturned the press's dinghy.