By Mortimer Zuckerman – U.S. News – November 10, 2007
She stumbles in the polls … losing between 9 and 10 points in early primary states.
It was her debate performance, best described by the Washington Post as a “night of fumbles.”
She fudged replies on Social Security, the release of documents from her husband’s administration, and most strikingly on issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
At first, she seemed to defend the proposal, then she suggested she was against it, and finally, when pressed for a direct answer, she accused the moderator of playing “gotcha.”
The net effect is to have the media and some of the public focusing on her negatives.
