, Columnist
Hey, Hillary, How About Showing Us Your Lighter Side?
In politics, wit can work. Ask Kennedy, Reagan or Obama.
... and the world laughs with you.
Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThis article is for subscribers only.
When Hillary Clinton takes center stage Thursday night as the 34th presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, she won't have to demonstrate her competence and can't do much about her trust gap. But there is a way she could help make her case: by showing a little humor.
Clinton will try to lay out a vision and convince voters that even a political veteran like her can be an agent of change. That's standard stuff. Less predictable would be a few lighter moments, maybe even some self-deprecation, to redraw the familiar wonkish caricature.