Rude

Hillary is apparently rude. She let her campaign "cabinet" fight and do whatever they wanted to do such as cutting each other down and fighting and did not care. I think, by the way the book discusses, she actually enjoyed watching them disagree. She let them speak to each other in any way they wanted. They would bicker over small things and these arguments would explode. Oh la! And...Bill would just sit to the side, too.

The major issue of what I read today was harnessing Iowa...that wonderful state next door. Iowa was not such a huge fan of Hillary. The best part is...she didn't care. She had problems with the state. She viewed it as one of those "Who would visit there?" type places. I cannot say that I wouldn't do that either, though. The only place I want to go is Pella to see the Tulip Festival. They have he most tulips outside of Holland in the world. Martha Stewart probably has more in her yard, but that is not the point. So, Hillary did not really care about Iowa even though they carry so much of the vote when it comes to anything. It is one of those four really important states including South Carolina. But, with a push for Bill and the rest of her campaign, she came around. The best part is that she said something pretty negative about the state and it leaked into The New York Times. She had to pay for that. She wasn't intending on really spending the money to woo the state, but she ended up having to place some face time and money into it. She ended up having to spend all of July 4th and the surrounding days around the state speaking to its people at Town Halls, State Fairs and parades. Bill spent time traveling around the state giving the same 6 minute speech in different towns on Hillary's behalf.

Her team was not too happy about having Bill pulled into all of this. Despite his presidency, they saw him as being a factor that could bring her down. They new he would spend too much time talking about himself versus her. But, he did well in Iowa. They managed to escape feeling pretty good. I believe it did pay off in the Primaries for her.

Obama looked like a Gap compared to Hillary. His campaign was selling t-shirts, pins, bumper stickers and other items. There is a great quote about Hillary in this part. She said she needed to do stuff like that but one of her campaigners said "Do we need to set up a shop and sell it out of backyards?" They were upset about his gain in finances from all of the college students. He was making money through the public and through regular people. So much of his money was not even from private donations. Hillary was being crushed.

Today, a little bit of my soul died. I worked at Gap. It makes me crazy and that is all I have to say. I did workout again today. It was the first time in a week. I met up with Brandon at Bally and had a great workout. After, I met up with my new roommate Bridget, our friend Tim and Jeff all in Bucktown. They are all within 3/5 of a mile from each other right now. We all hung out for a while. It was great! I am looking forward to having Bridget around!

Well, tomorrow is grad school!

Sleep well!