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On the campaign trail, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton continued to attract attention in the aftermath of questions raised (text link) by Tuesday night's MSNBC debate. ABC's Kate Snow (subscription required) inquired whether the Rodham Clinton campaign's complaint about her rivals Politics of Pile-on was an example of her "playing the victim." On the one hand the candidate herself "insists she is not looking for any special treatment," Snow argued, using this soundbite: "I do not think they are piling on because I am a woman. I think they are piling on because I am winning." Yet Rodham Clinton also emphasizes her own gender in contrast to her rivals'. Snow aired this soundbite: "If you cannot stand the heat get out of the kitchen--and I am very much at home in the kitchen." And this one about her alma mater: "This all women's college prepared me to compete in the all boys club of Presidential politics."
NBC's Lisa Myers turned to the question of whether the Clinton Presidential Library is dragging its feet in releasing documents from Rodham Clinton's tenure as First Lady. "The archives says 3m pages of documents from her healthcare efforts still have not been made public." Myers cited a letter by Bill Clinton that asked for certain documents to be withheld until 2012. She called the papers "now relevant to the campaign, including communications between him and the First Lady on sensitive political and policy matters." For his part, the former President insisted that he is making records available "more quickly than any previous President."
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