Clinton's Fall from Grace?

My grandmother used to tell me that you can tell the most about a person's character by how they act in face of defeat.

Winning with a big smile, or having to make an eloquent I'm-humble-even-tho-I'm-the-king-of-the-world speech isn't nearly as hard. It takes much more grace and character to lose with dignity and poise.

I'm hoping I'm wrong about this, but I'm not liking what I see in Hillary Clinton in recent days when things aren't exactly going her way. This is not the Hillary I thought I saw in her memoir, and so I'm refraining from jumping to quick conclusions. Still, my suspicions grows...

Below's the link of Caroline Kennedy's op-ed piece in the NYT yesterday on her Obama endorsement. I'm all for individual right of speech, but somehow a part of me utterly reject the idea of political legacy -- why is her opinion that much more valuable than mine just because she has a special last name?

You can say she probably has public service experience that gives her authority in matters like this, but the issue of endogeneity of how she gets these opportunities in the first place still applies.

I'm not being fair I know, but then again, other things balance out for her I'm sure.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=136614