Hillary's Estrogen-Based Support Explained

... and it conveniently ties in with the media treatment she's getting!

» Newsweek: Push Us Around at Your Peril (Deidre Depke)

So is the press really ganging up on her?

If Hillary Clinton hopes to be president, the answer had better be yes. Voters young and old--particularly women--have rallied to her side when what they see as the drumbeat of anti-Clinton rhetoric beats loudest. After her humiliating loss in Iowa, female voters in New Hampshire rushed in to save Clinton's candidacy. Hillary's support among women jumped from 30 percent in the caucuses to 46 percent in the Granite State.

The pattern repeated itself in Ohio and Texas. After a losing streak in 11 states, much of the press had given her up for dead. On Monday, editors around the nation began querying their Clinton embeds: where and when will the withdrawal speech take place? Then women rallied again, with 67 percent of Ohio's white females and 63 percent of Latina women in Texas casting a ballot for Clinton.

These voters were energized by relentless campaigning by Clinton and a cycle of bad news for Obama--not just what they saw as the negative coverage. But it was a bit by "Saturday Night Live" guest host Tina Fey and Clinton impersonator Amy Poehler that helped send the sisterhood to the polls, armed and outraged.

The quoted support level among Latina women strikes me as peculiar - Clinton won in the 70s in the Valley and other Hispanic precincts. But that aside, the cultural effect meshes with the anecdotal evidence I've seen. Of course, I should also point out that it's not just chicks that it has an effect on. There's at least a few other Clintonista males out there who recall the similar treatment that Bubba got from the MSM back in the day. Mess with our girl and you run the risk of us putting her over the top in yet another major (blue) state with multiple media markets and urban centers.

Consider that a threat and a promise ;-)