It's All Uphill From Here

IT'S ALL UPHILL FROM HERE
[SOURCE: Washington Post 2/18, AUTHOR: Howard Kurtz]
For much of the campaign, Sen Hillary Clinton (D-NY), who seemed wary of the press during her eight years in the White House, limited her contact with reporters. She would go days without taking media questions. But since losing Iowa she has become far more accessible, in the tradition of trailing candidates who suddenly realize they need the exposure. Her campaign can still be inconsiderate toward reporters, sometimes not sending out the next day's schedule until 2 a.m., making it impossible even to plan what time to get up. But tensions have eased as Clinton has held more frequent news conferences. Accessibility, though, doesn't necessarily translate into candor. And examining the way Clinton answers media questions helps explain why she is portrayed as a conventional politician pitted against a cultural phenomenon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR200802...
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* Clinton's right-wing media romance sours
Over the course of her six years as a New York senator and in the early days of her presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton cultivated an unlikely set of allies: the conservative media. From Rupert Murdoch to David Brooks to Matt Drudge, her campaign courted them with every instrument at its disposal, including targeted leaks and Bill Clinton's legendary personal charm. But when Sen. Clinton's campaign started to stumble, those hard-won friends were the first to go.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8549.html