Students want more energy from Chelsea

Students at a forum at UNC-Chapel Hill today said Chelsea Clinton seemed professional, but needed more enthusiasm and excitement.

"I was almost bored by her facial expressions," said Hailey Loftis, a history and studio art major from Greensboro.

But Loftis and fellow sophomore Elizabeth Beene said the question-and-answer session in the Student Union only reinforced their support of Hillary Clinton because of the way Chelsea addressed questions on education and health care.

Beene, a music education major, said Chelsea served as a "liaison between her family and the younger population."

Many students left the forum still supporting their previously favored candidate. But at least one student said she may change her stance because of the forum.

Freshman Arielle Reid, a psychology major from Charlotte, said she was leaning toward Obama.

"She leveled the playing field," Reid said of Chelsea Clinton. "I need to do more research."

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Re: Students want more energy from Chelsea

Submitted by twoshadesofblue on April 1, 2008 - 11:29am.

Chelsea's employment is irrelevant.

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Re: Students want more energy from Chelsea

Submitted by englewood on April 1, 2008 - 10:40am.

I also saw Chelsea on Saturday. I thought her inflection was horrible. Her voice projected poorly, and she unintentionally sounded whiny and exhausted.

However, I was blown away by her substantive command of the issues and her command of the Q&A format(and I'm an Obama supporter). By choosing to forgo a prepared speech for almost an hour of straight Q&A, she pulled off the political equivalent of improv. It's like tightrope walking without a net- very, very difficult under the best of circumstances.

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Re: Students want more energy from Chelsea

Submitted by OSullivan on April 1, 2008 - 9:16am.

Chelsea Clinton works for a New York Hedge Fund called the Avenue Capital Group. This is a company which invests in the distressed debt market and which also happens to be run by folks who have been big financial supporters of her parents. (So much for getting her job on the merits.)

Investors in distressed securities typically make an assessment not only of the issuer’s ability to improve its operations but also whether the restructuring process increases the investors' wealth. This typically means things like stripping out pension assets and moving high wage jobs overseas.

Avenue Capital Group and firms like it profit from downturns in the economy and foreclosures and bankruptcies. There are more than a few voters in Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina and beyond who have a right to hear how Chelsea Clinton rationalizes her chosen professional career with her pro-working man rhetoric.

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Re: Students want more energy from Chelsea

Submitted by blculbre on April 1, 2008 - 7:27am.

I had the same perception of her at the Young Dem Convention...BORING! She may be a policy wonk but got to have a little "pow" on the stump. Chelsea is the snooze factor.

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