In her latest NYT column, “Grandmama Mia!”, Maureen Dowd sums up the Hillary Clinton, America’s warm and cozy grandmother meme. Another hard-nosed political strategy will begin unfolding today: the old dirty laundry washed away, the clinging to the White House curtains image air-brushed out, the cobwebs of old scandals swept away. With baited breath the press gurgles with excitement wanting to see the redesigned Hillary, whom her handlers whisper will visit the little people in their own homes, share their concerns and apple pie in this latest rebranding effort:
“It’s a do-or-die remodeling, like when you put a new stainless steel kitchen in a house that doesn’t sell.”