Why Amy Klobuchar's reputation for mistreating her staff might actually be part of her appeal. onesarahjones writes
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Elizabeth Warren owes her dismal fourth-place finish in New Hampshire at least in part to the other woman in the primary’s top tier. College-educated voters broke off for Amy Klobuchar, who managed to distinguish herself during the last debate. Klobuchar not only led voters with college degrees; she “drew 3 in 10 white college-educated women, the most of any candidate in the field,” CNN reported on Tuesday.
There probably isn’t a single unifying theory to explain Klobuchar’s recent strength with college-educated women. Several entries in Klobuchar’s professional record should be obvious detractors. As a prosecutor, Klobuchar jailed a teenager for life despite obvious flaws in the case; the Associated Press described the senator as an especially zealous proponent of harsher sentencing for juveniles.
There’s a certain steadiness to Klobuchar, and a distinctive steely disdain. Her irritation with Buttigieg — his inexperience and his platitudes — is palpable and pure and it appeals, perhaps, to women beset by male mediocrity at work. Viewed from the cubicle, or the corner office, or the conference room, Klobuchar’s seeming unflappability could resemble the capacity to govern well.
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