Writers are a fussy lot, endlessly editing and revising if not on paper (or digitally) than in their heads. On further review, here are a few things I left out of my Sunday (4/8) Out on a Limb column about Sen. Hillary Clinton. The first: I enjoyed my conversation with her. She was gracious, thoughtful and given to laughter (which may have had something to do with my interviewing style).
Here were things I could have added but chose not to:
!) More pointed analysis by political talk show host Arnie Arnesen who has no shortage of informed opinions about, well, most everything.
2) Latest poll and fund-raising numbers -- interesting but not entirely relevant because I was more concerned about the meta-historical aspects of her campaign.
3) She is a policy wonk to beat them all -- especially when it comes to child protection which she first became involved with while at at Yale Law School
4) Could have mentioned Bill Clinton White House headlines: failed health care plan, travel office investigation, the tragic suicide of White House aide Vince Foster which became a vulgar right-wing conspriacy campaign, Whitewater, Rose Law Firm (Arkansas), and cattle futures and et al.
5) By all accounts she has markedly improved her campaign style and ease with voters.
6) Her passionately idealistic graduation speech at Wellesley in 1969 -- many of her critics wonder why that passion and idealism has been replaced by cold political calculation. Of course, it's a critique her supporters reject.
7) Having her husband -- a former popular (and battle toughened) president -- as her main advisor.
8) Speaking of history -- Hillary Clinton is the most admired and reviled First Lady since Eleanor Roosevelt.
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