Can Hillary humanize herself?

The answer to the question is yes. This is something entirely within the power of the campaign. As I said in a previous post, attacking a female candidate's personal life is bad form and all the other candidates will stay far away from it. Hillaryland also knows which side of its bread is buttered--humanize her or die. It should be their number one priority.

The Times of London has this today:

Clinton has been coming up with some teasing one-liners, telling trade unionists “I’m your girl” and laughing on daytime television about the differences between her and her male rivals: “Well, look how much longer it takes me to get ready.” It is a disarming tactic, which her rivals are finding difficult to counter without appearing unchivalrous.

Hillaryland does have a lot of work to do, though. Caitlin Flanagan writes this in The Atlantic:

Hillary did try to be warm and chatty. The subject of panty hose, I seem to recall, was discussed in the banter preceding her formal address. But something freakish in her voice or inflection--you know what I mean--made me want to flee. Hillary can't talk about panty hose. It's cringe-inducing to watch her try to talk about any of the subjects that normally would cement a bond between women, because there's nothing more uncomfortable than witnessing someone straining to be natural.

Oh boy. This was the problem of the last two Democratic nominees dispatched by George W. Bush. Who would you rather have a beer with?--the answer was always Bush. It's a big problem if your candidate has trouble faking it.

I've talked about likability before and concluded that Hillary's likability might not be as big a problem as people think. Especially if the nominee is Giuliani or Romney. But if it's Huckabee? Huckabee beats Hillary on likability hands down. Hillaryland better pray it's not the Huckster.