Byline: William Safire
Lyndon Johnson had "the Bobby problem"; Bill Clinton now has "the Hillary problem."
The problem is not that Hillary Clinton, successful lawyer and feminist, is coming across as a cunning political animal, threatening to insecure male voters.
On the contrary, she is coming across as a political bumbler by appearing to show contempt for women who work at home.
Her first gaffe, derogating the Tammy Wynette stand-by-your- man pose, can be excused as an unfortunate choice of words under incredible pressure.
But Mrs. Clinton's second outbreak of foot-in-mouth disease - "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked …
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