Clinton Emotional At Yale Homecoming

Begins To Tear Up During Reunion With Colleague From Early Legal Career

(CBS/AP)  Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional reunion Monday with a colleague from the early days of her legal career as a child advocate.

The moment came as she revisited her law school days while hosting a campaign event at the Yale Child Study Center where she first pursued her interest in child advocacy.

Clinton was being introduced by Penn Rhodeen who has worked at the university's Child Studies Center for many years, reports CBS News' Fernando Suarez. (Read more.)

Rhodeen, a New Haven public interest lawyer who worked with Clinton as a student, recalled her showing up on his doorstep wearing purple bellbottoms.

"It was so 1972," he recalled, praising Clinton for her longtime interest in helping children.

"Here is the abiding truth we know - you have always been a champion for children. Welcome home, dear friend. We are so proud of you," he said.

Clinton then began to tear up, Suarez reports. When she took the microphone she said, "I said I would not tear up. Already we’re not exactly on that path."

At one point she wiped her eyes with her hand. But unlike her teary-eyed moment in Portsmouth, N.H., her voice never broke and she tried make light of her emotion.

Some credited her New Hampshire display of emotion - during a discussion of how she is affected by campaigning for president - with aiding her comeback in that state from an earlier defeat by rival Barack Obama in Iowa.

The roundtable focused on issues like the economy and health care. But a weary and hoarse Clinton was forced to listen more than she was able to talk. At one point Clinton began coughing uncontrollably and asked staffers for a lozenge, Suarez adds.

"It comes and goes," she said, sipping water to get her cough under control.

It was the first event in a packed schedule the last campaign day before Super Tuesday, when voters in 22 states were headed to the polls. With polls showing the former first lady in a tight race with Obama across several states holding contests, Clinton was making stops later Monday in Massachusetts and in New York, where she was taping the Letterman show and hosting a 90-minute town hall meeting to be broadcast live on the Hallmark Channel.

[croft777]

You, my friend, are voting for Hillary because you think Bill is hot, or because you are a woman. The issues are of no importance to you. Hillary will not win, because America will vote a man into office (even if it were GWB) even if the candidate was a qualified woman like mairlyn albright or Condoleeza Rice, much less Hillary (oh that''''s right, the GOP also hates her). novamb

Im voting for Hillary because she has alot of experience,she knows the ropes,and shes very intelligent. I''m not about to post everything she ever did, that would take tremendous space on here. Shes been doing good work since the 1970''s. Where have you been? I''m not concerned who Bill got a BJ from, you people are as bad as the REPS, talking about Bill and Hillarys personal affairs, it should never have been brought to attention. And as far as you saying she wont win, well, we''ll see, theres many more women in this country then there are men, don''t be to fooled anyways there are many men voting for her, real men.

[novamba]

mjlewis6, are you really going to put all this on Karl Rove? you mean to say that the rest of the clinton''s action had no consequence? I mean I am no expert but where there is smoke, there is fire. how come the dems do not find dirt on GWB that is not related directly to his time in the white house? Both Parties witch hunt each others candidates and elected officials. You seem intelligent and well versed, please dont close your eves so tight, the Clintons and the Bush''s are one and the same. Neither is worthy of any office, let alone the most "prestigious" one in the land.

[novamba]

Simon, not everyone who bashes hillary is a republican, she is divisive and will literally hand the election to McCain. She is not good for the dems because she will galvanize the GOP vote against her as well as some independents. Remember 2000 and 2004, Bush should have not won the first time, and the second was a foregone election to the incumbent.
McCain/Obama ''08(in any order)

[killtheliars]

man, imagine how much she will be crying when she looses the nomination. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[novamba]

Alan you are right, he is a Christian convert, my point is that regardless that information is inmaterial, or should be.

[simonsez40]

8 MORE YEARS OF TEARING DOWN AMERICA. THANKS HILLARY, IDIOT!

Posted by LesHillary
Well aren''t you the biggest *** I''ve ever heard from? How about your Republican WIDE STANCE ****''s? Go figure there is a STRONG WOMAN and a (man) most likely deems her a lesbian. Personally I think it''s a compliment you stupid moron. Go back to school and read a book or two............go figure your most likely a Repug.

[alanrobisch]

akona2 Religion is NOT in your DNA, besides it is not a part of this process. you are a bigoted individual who should do the world a favor and tear up your voter registration card. Look how well our last two christians have done (one an idiot, the other an adulterer liar).


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Posted by novamba at 12:45 PM : Feb 05, 2008

Interesting I was just reading an editorial piece that urged voters not to attack the other person because they chose to vote for a different candidate.

Also barrack obama is not muslim

[alanrobisch]

Oh, and no one cares about your boy slick willies hummer. What I do care about is that he lied under oath and got caught. What a moron, he got had by an intern


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Posted by jedi08 at 02:42 AM : Feb 05, 2008

I do and did. He got undone by his own dishonesty and immorality

[novamba]

akona2 Religion is NOT in your DNA, besides it is not a part of this process. you are a bigoted individual who should do the world a favor and tear up your voter registration card. Look how well our last two christians have done (one an idiot, the other an adulterer liar).

[leshillary]

GREAT!! AN EMOTIONAL LESBIAN GW BUSH WANT-TO-BE IDIOT PRESIDENT!

8 MORE YEARS OF TEARING DOWN AMERICA. THANKS HILLARY, IDIOT!