Sleep deprivation has been the topic du jour here at the New Hampshire primary (you know, after the whole voting thing). With the NH primary taking place only five days after the Iowa caucus — which was jammed right up against the holidays — it's no wonder everyone is running on fumes (ETP is actually running on diet coke and fried cheese).
Hillary's emotional response yesterday to a woman who inquired after her well-being: "How do you do it? Who does your hair?" (exhaustion aside, in the wake of Saturday's "likeable enough" debate exchange, her reaction seemed rather human) was well documented. John Edwards took it one step further and used the moment as an occasion to call Clinton's suitability for office into question. We think she might just need some sleep.
RS: As a side note, no one here will admit to getting a good night's sleep — they'll cop to three, four, five hours, tops. ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp Oops sorry just fell asleep on the keyboard. Bill Clinton posited on Jon Stewart (hey! Totally forgot to tune in last night! The world really does seem to stop here) that a chronic lack of sleep was responsible for Washington's "edginess"; that said, everyone here seems in remarkably good spirits, adrnaline-fueled though they may be.)
Speaking solely for ourselves, ETP can attest to a certain twelve-year-old-at-a-sleepover giddiness that eventually accompanies a bare bones sleep schedule. One look at ETP HQ (otherwise known as the Econolodge) and it's clear our living conditions are also showing the strains of our schedule. Not that they started out so great, mind you.