The New York Times reports that Hillary Clinton is giving off signals that her campaign for President could be nearing an end. It’s tough to know whether that veil of tears is just Hillary using the crying gambit — as she did in New Hampshire — in the pages of her hometown newspaper. But as she acknowledges in the commentary, running for President is a marathon from which the fittest political athlete emerges victorious.

The Times write-up helps highlight a critical difference amoung Clinton and Obama which may explain why Obama is proving himself to be the fitter of the two Democratic candidates. With Clinton, it appears that the voter’s job is to help her to realize her ambitions by giving her money or votes. By contrast, Obama presents himself as the

vessel for achieving voter’s hopes. In short, with Hillary it’s about what voters can do for her. And for Obama, it’s about what he can do for voters.

The effect of these different approaches is that Clinton appears tired as she struggles to break an 11 state losing streak in the upcoming March 4th primaries. It’s as though she needs the voters to give her the strength to keep going and that evidence of inadequate support saps her strength. By contrast, Obama looks like he hasn’t really broken a sweat as he goes from victory to victory.

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Original post by Peter Cohan

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