Cracked but not shattered : Hillary Rodham Clinton's unsuccessful campaign for the presidency / edited by Theodore F. Sheckels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheckels, Theodore F.

Series:

Lexington studies in political communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinton, Hillary Rodham--Career in politics.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham.

Presidential candidates--United States.

Presidential candidates.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election--2008.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2009]

Summary:

Cracked But Not Shattered: Hillary Clinton's Unsuccessful Campaign for the Presidency thoroughly analyzes Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination with an eye to identifying what went wrong-why, despite initially being the frontrunner, she failed to break "the glass ceiling." The volume's contributors attempt to answer this question by examining multiple issues, from usual campaign communication topics such as Clinton's rhetoric, debate performance, and advertising to the ways the media treated her. While acknowledging that her communication during the campaign was flawed and that the media coverage of her reflected biases, these essays demonstrate that Clinton's campaign was in trouble from the start because of her gender, status as a former First Lady, and the fact that she is half of a powerful political couple. Cracked But Not Shattered provides keen insight into the historic 2008 Democratic primaries that will particularly intrigue scholars and students of political communications.

Contents:

Part I Contexts

1 Alternative Approaches to Delegate Selection and Their Effects on the 2008 Democratic Primary Election Results / Lauren C. Bell 9

2 Public Woman, Private Wife: Hillary Clinton Could Not Have Won / Kathleen M. Torrens 29

3 Hillary, You Can't Go Home Again: The Entrapment of the First Lady Role / James M. Schnoebelen, Diana B. Carlin, Benjamin R. Warner 45

4 The Clinton Political Team: Marriage, Gender, and the Presidential Quest / Janette Kenner Muir, Anita Taylor 69

Part II Communication

5 It takes a Village to Win: A Rhetorical Analysis of "Hillary for President" / Julia A. Spiker 99

6 The first-and last-Woman Standing: Hillary Rodham Clinton's Presidential Primary Debate Performance / Mitchell S. McKinney, Corey B. Davis, Jeffrey Delbert 125

7 "It's 3 a.m.": Strategic Communication in Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential Primary Televised Announcements / Mary Christine Banwart, Kelly Winfrey, James M. Schnoebelen 149

Part III Media

8 The Cleavage Commotion: How the Press Covered Senator Clinton's Campaign / Karen F. Stein 173

9 She's Not Laughing: Political Humor and Hillary Clinton's Campaign for President / Joan L. Conners 189

10 A Democrat Suffers Media Bias: Hillary's Fight against Pro-Obama Coverage / Richard E. Vatz 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739137291

0739137298

9780739137307

0739137301

9780739137314

073913731X

OCLC:

367419571