The Delegates

tomcasey’s comment on last night’s Hillary liveblog, about the difficulty women have in effectively displaying power, brings to mind another argument that connects Hillary Clinton with Bette Davis in “Jezebel“.

Johann Hari made a similar analogy in an essay from back in March, in writing about the contrast between our need to view women, particularly Hillary, as vulnerable, and the “prehensile spirit” freely exhibited by Davis in 1938:

What were the two moments when Hillary - for a flickering second - was actually liked? It was when we found out her husband was cheating on her, and in New Hampshire, when she cried. When Hillary is strong, we loathe her. When she is weak, we warm.