Reply #117: so then

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if Edwards is more like those we have trained on, shouldn't we be more comfortable with that rather than less? Or do we also subconsciously associate him with "the professionals" and therefore find him
different, or lacking by comparison?

Hillary seems to have mastered the straight in the eyes unemotional expression, and maybe that unnerves her detractors, who dont like it in a woman.

Maybe it's the gender roles thing--Edwards looks a little nervous and emotional for a man, while Hillary doesn't look enough like that to suit some people.

Nuances I realize, but that's the topic here...these candidates really are being heavily scrutinized.