I agree she has been held to a different standard. It just happens to be a lower one.
You know, I was actually a little sympathetic to the argument that she was "schlonged" in the 2008 primary by Barack Obama. I mean, Obama never struck me as a particularly charismatic candidate, so it was somewhat surprising to me that he could come out of nowhere, with no experience, to beat somebody of her political stature. I thought that sexism might have played a role, especially given all of the sexist language used on MSNBC by the likes of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews.
But now, watching her blowing up again, and against a 74 year old socialist Jew who sounds like a guy trying to return soup at a deli, I have to say that her problem is just that she is a terrible, terrible politician. She has absolutely no charisma, no warmth, no credibility, and a sense of entitlement that makes a Saudi prince look like Mother Theresa.