No matter where you stand politically, the discussion of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the presidency and the underlying role of gender is fascinating.

She began her 2008 presidential campaign with a man’s voice, that she could be just as tough as the big boys on security, defense, and the terrorists.

But is this what voters want from Hillary? Is it even how she feels inside? Was her vote to authorize the Iraq war made strictly to give off this impression?

Just as she has often positioned herself as both the candidate of experience and of change, Hillary Clinton wanted to have it both ways, to be able to use being a woman when it was convenient and be treated a man when it was needed.

She never was able to “find her voice” - despite claiming this as the reason for her New Hampshire primary win - the voice of a woman being a woman.

While we believe Barack Obama is the superior choice for a variety of reasons, there’s little doubt that Clinton’s own advisers have not served her well.

Were the former First Lady ever able to truly be herself, to find her own voice and not that of her husband or political gurus who overthink every point, the entire complexion of this tumultuous primary season may have been altered.

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