How Should HIllary Clinton Dress? However She Goddamn Pleases The Guardian

...She just needs to be perfectly groomed at all times, but not look high-maintenance; she must wear gorgeous clothes, but they must not cost any money; she should look relatable but never “mumsy”; she must be feminine but not girly; she needs to look tough, but not like a bitch; she has to have perfect hair but spend no money on it; also her hair must not be too long (witchy) or too short (Jimmy Krankie); she must never have plastic surgery, but nor can she look old; she must think about her appearance at all times and simultaneously never think about such a frivolous issue; she has to look reassuringly presidential, which means looking like past male presidents, but she must never look masculine; she can’t wear dresses (too girly), but she also can’t wear trousers (too butch); she can’t wear makeup, but she must also always look as good as if she was wearing makeup; she should dress age-appropriate, but she must also never look like a 68-year-old woman; she should celebrate being a woman, but she also must not remind any men of their mother/ex-wife/any woman in their life who once made them feel sad.

But where, you ask, does one find such a magical outfit? Easy! You just buy it at the shop next door to the etiquette school that teaches female politicians how to have a speaking voice that is both strong and decisive, but also feminine and soft; how to be smart, but never ambitious; serious but not humourless; driven but not bossy; focused but not boring; tough but not a bitch; not too pretty but also not too ugly. After those lessons, they can then pop next door to the Female Politician Mentoring School, where they are taught that they should care about women’s issues, but never speak about them; they should never be the boss of any man (because then she’s a bitch boss), but also not the subordinate of any man (because then it looks like she slept her way into the job). Most of all, that they need 10 times more experience than any male politician to prove their worthiness, but also not be tainted by any actual political past. Some say that the contradictory expectations placed on female politicians suggests some people would rather they didn’t exist at all, but I say that’s nonsense. After all, look how easy-peasy it is!

Bernie Sanders's Democratic Party Reforms Focus on Things That Would've Helped Bernie Sanders Win Washington Post

The self-serving list of Sanders demands around reforms in the Democratic party do not include the elimination of caucuses, the truly undemocratic voting events that penalize countless voters from participating. Based on results in two states, Nebraska and Washington, it was determined -- by a landslide in Washington -- that the primary vote varies dramatically from the caucus results. Yet ending caucuses is not on Bernie's demand list.

Such a self-serving list of demands should not be taken seriously, because it's totally undemocratic. ~ Anne

Bernie Sanders and the Terms of Surrender New York Times

Nate Cohn and Toni Monkovic chat up Bernie's list of demands. As always thinking heads offer texture and relevant facts to the conversation.

Cohn raises the reality I've been thinking about: the longer Bernie waits to endorse Hillary, the less important his endorsement is. Life moves on; Trump is being an ass; Hillary is rising in the polls.

I personally reconciled with two of Sanders' more prominent supporters, although I know one will potentially be arrested in Philadelphia. Still, she will support Hillary in November, and although I was pressing them as feminists to address a topic impacting a recent Bernie decision. I backed down there on my own, choosing unity over making my point.

We will never persuade Bernie's most ardent supporters to vote for Hillary. And I can't imagine what positive messages Bernie would say about Hillary. Bernie can knock Trump with believability, but he has no loyalty to Hillary or the Democratic party. Warren, does. Hillary Clinton is a pretty good chess player, too. ~ Anne

"The primary season is over. Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic nominee. Yet the question of Bernie Sanders, and just what he will do next — and what he expects — remains unresolved.

Toni You recently tweeted: “A fun thought experiment: Imagine Sanders winning but Clinton refusing to endorse unless he adopted her views, etc.”

Sanders will speak to his supporters via videoconference tonight at 8:30 p.m. Eastern from Burlington, Vt. He still hasn’t endorsed her, and he’s still pushing hard for his policies. But what kind of leverage does he have?

Nate I think it’s an interesting kind of leverage. The Clinton camp would certainly like his full-throated endorsement. On the other hand, the longer he holds off endorsing, the less valuable it becomes and the more he risks marginalizing himself as the conversation moves on to the general election."

Hillary Clinton Headlines June 15, 2016

Is Donald Trump's Endgame the Launch of Trump News Vanity Fair

Hillary Clinton's VP pick: There's really only one choice CNBC

Pro Sanders Union Gets Behind Hillary Huffington Post

Battleground boss: Clinton leads Trump across swing-state map Politico

Trump's Twitter army Politico

Clinton to begin battleground ad blitz Politico

Ralston Reports: Small turnout creates big ripples Reno Gazette-Journal

Hillary Clinton Thinks Women Should Be Included in the Draft Huffington Post

More Than Likable Enough Slate

Hillary Clinton absolutely cannot express negative emotion in public. If she speaks loudly or gets angry or cries, she risks being seen as bitchy, crazy, dangerous. (When she raised her voice during the 2013 Benghazi Senate committee hearings, the cover of the New York Post blared “NO WONDER BILL’S AFRAID.”) But if Hillary avoids emotions—if she speaks strictly in calm, logical, detached terms—then she is cold, robotic, calculating.

You’d think the solution might be to put on a happy face, to admit to emotions only when they are positive. But it turns out that people hate it when Hillary Clinton smiles or laughs in public. Hillary Clinton’s laugh gets played in attack ads; it has routinely been called “a cackle” (like a witch, right? Because she’s old, and female, like a witch); frozen stills of Hillary laughing are routinely used to make her look “crazy” in conservative media.

She can’t be sad or angry, she can’t be happy or amused, and she can’t refrain from expressing any of those emotions. There is no way out of this one. There is no right way for her to act.

Will Trump Help Hillary?

The Clintons at Donald Trump's most recent wedding

How Donald Trump May Be Helping Hillary Clinton Bloomberg Politics

Steve McMahon, a Democratic strategist, called Trump's attack "misogynistic" and predicted it will rally women to Clinton's side.

"It reminds the women who love her so much of the kinds of things that professional and successful women have to go through every day. So it solidifies and strengthens her core female vote, which is fantastic for her," McMahon said. "She's no stranger to [these attacks]. And no one handles it more adroitly than Hillary Clinton does. We saw it in 2008, we saw it in 2000 when she ran against Rick Lazio, and we're seeing it today. It's a reminder that she's at her best and strongest when she's under attack."

Hillary Clinton Headlines Dec. 24, 2015

Sanders fails to convert data breach into new support Politico

CNN Poll: Post-debate, voters move to Clinton CNN

Clinton campaign sweats out data breach damage Politico

Hillary Clinton's Line of Attack (on terrorism) Slate

Preliminary ABC Democratic debate numbers: Not bad Politico