Maureen Dowd speculates that Hillary Clinton's "masculine" style is costing her the election:
Hillary was so busy trying to prove she could be one of the boys — getting on the Armed Services Committee, voting to let W. go to war in Iraq, strong-arming supporters and donors, and trying to out-macho Obama — that she only belatedly realized that many Democratic and independent voters, especially women, were eager to move from hard-power locker-room tactics to a soft-power sewing circle approach....
The first serious female candidate for president was rejected by voters drawn to the more feminine management style of her male rival.
