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January 8, 2016

If Angela Merkel Doesn’t Have to Be Likable, Why Does Hillary Clinton?

When people describe German Chancellor Angela Merkel, plenty of phrases come to mind that have nothing to do with her personality. She’s been a player on […]

December 16, 2015

Can Hillary Thread the Needle on Being Likable & Being Ready to Deal with Terror

Some say Hillary Clinton was too “hawkish” in 2008. Some say she is too warm and fuzzy for 2016. What’s a girl got to do to […]

November 16, 2015

I Don’t Need Hillary Clinton to Be Perfect

Hillary lost in 2008 because we demanded perfection from a female candidate – hopefully we’re better than that now. I confess that in 2008 I didn’t […]

November 3, 2015

Is Our Love/Hate Relationship With Hillary Clinton Here to Stay?

How have we become so conflicted over one woman with the kind of goals and ambitions that most of us would encourage in our own mothers […]

October 21, 2015

Paul Ryan – The Unlikely Face of Work/Life Balance?

“I cannot and I will not give up my family time.” That’s what Paul Ryan declared when asked to be the new Speaker of the House. […]

October 12, 2015

Three Surprising Things I Learned Writing a Book About Hillary Clinton

Being a wonky political follower, I thought I had a sense about where certain writers would come out on Hillary. But the contributors to Love Her, […]

October 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s Inner “Val the Bartender” is Her Key to the White House

“ ‘Everyone who wills can hear their inner voice. It is within everyone,’ ” said Mahatma Gandhi. That might just be Hillary Clinton’s key to winning […]

August 30, 2015

Hillary Has to Be the Girlfriend, But Trump Can Be The Grinch

Likability wasn’t just a side issue in this research; a whopping 90 percent of women who participated in a 2012 polling said that they had to […]

July 23, 2015

Trump Doesn’t Have to Be Liked; Clinton Does

Could an unlikable Donald Trump trump a likable Hillary Rodham Clinton for the White House? Hear me out when I say that it’s possible. When it […]