The understated importance of creditability. (from dailykos) - with link

[flor de jasmim]

by Vera Lofaro
Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 07:30:29 AM PDT
When Hillary Clinton was called out by, most especially John Edwards, for not giving straight answers in the debates, it hurt her. When she used typical Clintonian tactics of taking both sides of an issue, it damaged her. Not just with the illegal immigration question, but with all questions.
When Hillary is asked about releasing her tax returns, or documents from the Clinton Library she hedges and appears not honest. These tactics employed exclusively by both Clintons are the primary reasons for the division in the Democratic party.

Vera Lofaro's diary :: ::
I am sure much has been written about the whole Geraldine Ferraro episode. I have been gone for a couple of days so perhaps this has been diaried before. However, I feel the need to inject my two cents, for what it is worth.
So many of us woman want to trust Hillary, we see her as the first opportunity to finally have a competent woman in the White House. Fair or not, we also feel we can not trust Hillary, or anything that comes from the Clinton campaign.

continue... at http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/13/93349/7798/271/475703