Hillary Clinton is Officially the 'Comeback Gal'

Why are people always so quick to discount the Clintons? Only last week, the US news media was already talking about "Hillary Clinton dropping out of the Presidential race". Six days later Hillary Clinton has just won the New Hampshire primaries, a voting outcome that, in the grand scheme of things, is much more important than the Iowa Caucuses.

The New Hampshire outcome is not surprising as Senator Clinton's husband, President Bill Clinton, also lost Iowa in 1992 and then came second in New Hampshire. It was there he earned the nickname "The Comeback Kid". Obviously, he then went on to win the Democratic nomination for President. His wife is now on course to do the same and has already out stepped her husband by winning in New Hampshire. Pundits are already calling her the 'Comeback Gal".

Locked in a tight race with Senator Obama from the minute the election returns started to come in, Hillary won very big with women. She in fact ended up with a higher percentage of women voting for her than did Obama in Iowa. She also was popular with older voters, both men and women.

The Democrats had a record voter turnout in New Hampshire so, whichever way you look at it, having two such strong Democratic candidates was good for the primary. However, because of Senator Clinton's involvement in politics for more than 20 years, it's more than likely she will 'hang in there' longer than Obama.

With only 2 years experience in politics, the big mistake Obama made in New Hampshire was to step back and wait for the clock to run out. With polls showing him running 13% ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire before the vote, he sat back on his laurels and waited. Hillary, who understands how quickly things can change in politics, fought until the end and that fight won her the victory.