SOMETIMES, rather odd political gatherings can be among the most revealing. Hillary Clinton’s quest to lead the free world recently led her to address a ballroom full of Democrats in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Her warm-up act was George Cleveland, a local party stalwart who wore a frock-coat and wing collar and scolded Republicans as “popinjays”—the better to impersonate his grandfather, Grover Cleveland, a 19th-century president whose family settled in the area.
Video of the event shows Mrs Clinton gamely playing along, raising her arms aloft in her own mimicry of Victorian oratory. This was wise: New Hampshire, a small state which hosts the first primary in each presidential election cycle, expects even very grand candidates to be approachable. Mrs Clinton spoke of her “particular liking” for Grover Cleveland, calling him “the original comeback kid” who enjoyed a “meteoric” ascent through New York state politics, suffered a stinging loss, then rose again. This was a fair summary of Cleveland’s career, as the only man to serve as president for one term (from 1885-89), lose office and then retake the White House four years...Continue reading
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