How can Clinton claim she is losing the race based on sexism when 55% - 57% of the democratic primary voters were women and a significant bloc of those were voting for Clinton because she's a woman.

someone will come up with a reason,,valid or not...

I didn't know that she openly claimed that she is losing the race due to sexism. Sad.

She is losing for many reasons, and I'm sure sexism does count as one of those reasons but I wouldn't rank sexism as one of the top 3 - 5 reasons.

From the May 20 edition of CNN's The Situation Room:

CLINTON [audio clip]: The manifestation of some of the sexism that has gone on in this campaign is somehow more respectable or at least more accepted. And I think there should be equal rejection of the sexism and the racism, when and if it ever raises its ugly head. But it does seem as though the press, at least, is not as bothered by the incredible vitriol that has been engendered by the comments and reactions of people who are nothing but misogynists.

To me HRC is NOT saying she lost because of sexism here.

As I noted that is sexism but it isn't the main reason she is losing. The top poster implies HRC believes she is losing MAINLY because of sexism.

Again, I don't see that in this in her statement. It is mainly a bitch about press coverage.

It is just so much easier to criticize Clinton based on a headline or a sound bite that matches a preconceived notion or prejudice than it is to actually read and comprehend what she has said.

Clinton is criticizing the press - she perceives that they have made light of and contributed to the sexism. People can agree or disagree, but if one has actually read the the original post by Hanna Rosin, it is apparent that Rosin is reacting to the criticism of the press' poor performance as observed by Clinton.

Saying that Clinton is whining that sexism cost her the nomination is wrong. Clinton's point is that sexism and racism are both bad and should be treated with equal concern and dignity.

I wouldn't even put sexism in the top 5, but that's just me. I tend to believe that there are a hell of a lot more people voting for her because of her genitalia rather than against her. Either way, I'd venture to guess that it's at least enought to balance out.

One thing I will give her is that the media played the victim card before either candidate did. They were both all too happy to continue riding that train until it ran out of track, mind you. But I think the press did play a role in pushing all this crap. My only hope here is that once this nomination gets settled and one of the oppressed minority groups gets its way, we can get back to talking about what these people actually believe rather than their skin tone and what's hiding in their pants.

I think Clinton is playing very carefully with her words.

She's not really saying she's losing because of sexism. She's saying that there has been some sexism and that sexism is bad and should be fought. Then her followers look at the fact that she's losing and make the leap that she's losing because of sexism.

Some of it is sour grapes. When any candidate loses, their supporters are going to look for reasons why. Not everyone is ready to be a good sport about losing, so any candidate is going to have followers who look for unfair reasons why their candidate lost.

Some of it makes sense. If sexism exists, then there had to be at least a few people who would have voted for Clinton if she'd been a man. Even if it isn't a significant amount of people, they're still right that those people are sexist.

Hillary doesn't want to look like she's weak and looking for excuses, so she isn't saying she lost because of sexism. But Clinton doesn't have to say that, Geraldine Ferraro is saying it for her.

Actually, I think my last post makes Hillary sound conniving.

My main point was that Hillary herself doesn't seem to be claiming that she lost because of sexism. I don't mean to imply that she intends for her supporters to make that claim for her.