Presidential Pioneer or Campaign Queen?: Hillary Clinton and the First-Timer/Frontrunner Double Bind

On Sep 20, 2015, Hillary Clinton appeared on CBS's Face the Nation to answer questions about her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. John Dickerson reacted with bemusement. Being the frontrunner in a major-party presidential nominating contest is not typically something that puts th...

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Published in:Rhetoric & public affairs 2017-09, Vol.20 (3), p.525-538
Main Author: Anderson, Karrin Vasby
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambition
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Coronations
Forum: The 2016 Presidential Primary: Rhetoric, Identity, and Presidentiality in the Post-Obama Era
Nominations
Political behavior
Political campaigns
Political parties
Political rhetoric
Politics
Presidential candidates
Presidential debates
Presidential elections
Presidential powers
Queens
Women
Women and politics
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Summary:On Sep 20, 2015, Hillary Clinton appeared on CBS's Face the Nation to answer questions about her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. John Dickerson reacted with bemusement. Being the frontrunner in a major-party presidential nominating contest is not typically something that puts the candidate "in a fix." Nor should it have been laughable that a woman candidate was trying to assume the mantle of outsider in a US presidential campaign-plenty of male candidates with long lists of political bona fides have pulled that off. Here, Anderson examines the ways in which Clinton has been cast as presidential pioneer or campaign queen-outgrowths of the first-timer/frontrunner double bind.
ISSN:1094-8392
1534-5238
DOI:10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0525