NYT/AP: Clinton Goes Hoarse Rooting for Giants
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 4, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- That rough, husky tone to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's voice didn't come from the campaign trail. ''Every New Yorker has a sore throat after last night,'' Clinton told talk-show host David Letterman during her appearance Monday on ''The Late Show.'' She said she had been rooting for the New York Giants while watching the Super Bowl in a Minneapolis sports bar.
Clinton said she was modeling her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president on the Giants' last-minute, 17-14 victory over the undefeated New England Patriots.
''I took a lot of heart from that, Dave,'' said Clinton, who is neck-and-neck in many polls with rival Barack Obama on the eve of the 22-state nomination contest. ''The fourth quarter before Super Tuesday, you've got to keep going.''
Clinton and Letterman traded laughs on whether she drank a beer during the game -- ''I did not, only because I am so tired I thought I might still be there if I had'' -- to how she'd control her husband's behavior as president -- ''In my White House, we'll know who wears the pant suits.''...
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