Hillary - you need men, too

Hillary Clinton lost the Iowa caucuses tonight. Bad news for Clinton supporters like yours truly. I think the answer is simple - or at least part of the answer - she closed the deal with older women a while ago. And she kept on closing it. Much of her campaign in the last month has been about getting older women to vote. She shored up that block - then kept shoring.
There was a block of Democratic men who wanted a case for Hillary made. They waited. It was not made. The organisation had enough money and people to appeal to her base AND younger men.
It would be easy enough to make a strong appeal to middle aged men. Hillary is the toughest candidate out there. Bar none. Emphasizing her strengths would have pealed off enough men from Edwards and Obama for her to win.
Hillary is going to have to broaden her appeal beyond the solid block of older women if she expects to win elsewhere.

Another need now is simple. Her campaign needs to hit Obama hard. The case for Obama has not been responded to in a clear, consistent way. The case against him has been made - gently -
this must end. Politics is a blood sport. No one likes to admit it - but it is a rough, mean business. Huckabee proved it tonight. He ran a nasty campaign against Romney and it worked.