Your colleague, Tim Grieve has already posted a blog that says this I a "poor me" moment for Hillary. I found it sincere. Having run for local office myself, I know that that the campaign trail is exhausting. I can only imagine what it is like at the presidential level. I don't understand why a blogger on a "liberal" magazine like Salon is putting out the message for the Republicans. Yes, I am a Hilary supporter, but I don't like it when other candidates are trashed without cause. Trecinda

She should definitely show some of those people. All those one legged soldiers. Dead Iraqi civilians. More gitmo pics.

You are right, she can't brag about her record. Patriot act, Iraq war, etc.

I don't think this shows any softer side -- I think it shows that she's bone tired -- exhausted (and understandably so.)

Looking at the video, she says "I have so many opportunities from this country..." but the NYT puff piece (Clinton talks of strain of campaign") changes that to...

“I have so many ideas for this country, I just don’t want to see us fall backwards,” she said, her eyes visibly wet

I'd love to have seen which staffer scrubbed that line, fixed the flub (I mean, Clinton could've meant to say she's enjoyed so many opportunities from this country; or she could have meant what the NYT decided to write, or whatever the press release indicated she said).

I'd have hoped the NYT would at least [bracket] what she [intended to] say. But thanks to Salon for posting the video, so I could see the words [myself.]

Could you please suggest a reputable magazine/blog that is shamelessly promoting Obama instead of Hillary? For all the articles that I've read on this site decrying media-bias and selective coverage, the Clinton cheering is getting to be a bit much.

When Obama raised almost as much as Clinton in '07 it was a surprize, but it wasn't going to matter in Iowa. When Obama won in Iowa, it wouldn't matter in NH. Worse, it wasn't a victory for Obama, it was a victory for the Democratic party. When polls started showing Obama leading in NH, it didn't matter because Clinton was still the favorite and he wouldn't be able to beat her in the rest of the primaries. Only days after finally acknowledging how magnetic and inspiring Obama is in person, you're busy gushing about how emotional Clinton can be. If only she'd be the politician you know she can be instead of the one she actually is.

I get it, the majority of your contributors are Clinton supporters, but could we get a bit more disclaimers, maybe even hire someone to cover this election who isn't backing Clinton?

Bias is inextricably linked to journalism, and Salon is better than most at acknowledging their bias. Still, its hard to get excited about Obama-maniae, when every article about his successes turns quickly to the question of how it's affecting Clinton. If you want to be cheerleaders for Clinton that's your choice, but take some advice from Glenn Greenwald and ask yourselves whether your goal is to be journalists or pundits.

Geoff, my last two posts (one of them a long cover story) were all about Obama.

So what, are Clinton supporters now encouraging a pity vote for Hillary? It's unfortunate that a few tears will now dominate the news for several hours. This means nothing. I don't think 'showing her softer side' will make a difference. And what are we to make of her comments surrounding the sob? It's something like "I really think I know what's right for this country, and it makes me sad that I might not be able to make it so as president." Sorry, Hillary, I don't think that's going to work.

I don't doubt her convictions or that she takes it personally. That's all been evident for some time. I just don't like her style, and I don't think Hillary understands the definition of 'change' that so many of us voters are yearning for.

Hillary may actually have some emotions, and possibly tear ducts. I can't believe this is front page, big font on all the major news websites. She's been running full-bore for over a week now, and her (and all the other candidates') toughness is obvious, and respectable. But she BARELY EMOTED! She didn't say anything terribly notable, though she did have the wherewithal to get in an Obama dig at the end.

We do get it Joan, you identify with Hillary. You "don't get the whole Obama thingie." Fine. I'd be more annoyed with you, if every other major news organization wasn't all over this Clinton has statistically significant increase in eye moisture story.

What is it that your heart goes out to, exactly? That she's not inevitable? That she sat out the politics thing while her husband went on to top dog -- because it wasn't politically feasible for her to do it instead of him, because of her gender? And now maybe it won't happen for her? She's not Bill. She has different talents, and campaigning isn't one of them -- not like it is for him, anyway.

All of the candidates are pushing themselves beyond reason right now. They're all feeling it, I assure you. They're just not all trying to get us to feel sorry for them.

The Dragon Lady sheds giant Crocodile Tears.

The tears seem to be about her. She seemed overwhelmed by frustration that she's being questioned or having to work for something she thinks she deserves. If her tears had been because she met a mother who couldn't feed her kids, a wounded soldier, someone without insurance, it would be a little more understandable, believable, etc. Not that I don't believe they were real, it is that I think they show fundumentally what is lacking in her candadacy...not vulnerability, but a view bigger than what is going on in the Clinton campaign.

At the end of her Vlog Joan Walsh suggests that if we only knew more about Sen. Clinton's experience-- "...see what she's done and not what she says."(Walsh)--we would appreciate her as the stronger primary candidate.

Since Iowa this has been the drumbeat of Clinton supporters....Obama talks pretty but Clinton has been there and accomplished a lot, EXPERIENCE!!

But no where does anyone spell out her political bona fides--she ain't Joe Biden.

She has been a senator since 2000 (total of eight years). Sen. Obama has been in office for three years plus eight years as a state senator (total of 11 years of political service). I'm not sure that the difference in elected offices merits the huge claims about a misunderstood Clintonian experience.

What abouther life before the senate???

Her official senate page tells us this about her life before the senate:

"Senator Clinton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 1947. She is the daughter of Dorothy Rodham and the late Hugh Rodham. Her father was a small businessman and her mother a homemaker. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. She is married to former President William Jefferson Clinton. They have one daughter, Chelsea.

Senator Clinton is the author of best selling books including her autobiography, Living History; It Takes A Village: and Other Lessons Children Teach Us; Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids’ Letters to the First Pets; and An Invitation to the White House as well as numerous articles."

If I turn to the more aggressively campaign oriented web site [www.hilaryclinton.com] I can learn more about her **35 Years of Experience** The seminal page is http://www.hillaryclinton.com/about/mom/ where I learn that she was an active lawyer dedicated to addressing in-justices on various social issues. All good.

BUT, I don't see where the above warrants a claim of Clinton = Experience unless one believes that age = experience. Sen. Clinton is older than Sen. Obama. Some might think that being the spouse of a president is important experience, I happen to think it irrelevant.

The irony is that the Clintons are the quintessential baby boomers, a generation that spent its formative years decrying the authority of age over the exuberance and vision of youth. No where has this become more sad and apparent than in Sen. Clinton's most recent request that we not be too hopeful about our future. I find it doubly sad that many of Sen/ Clinton's supporters have begun to make fun of the "kids" campaigning for Obama (feel a David Bowie lyric coming on, "and these children that you spit on....").

As for me.... I'm in between--40 years of age.