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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endured a tough electoral slide this past week. Her anticipated core of voters stranded her in the South Carolina primary. Only three in 10 women voted for her following a national TV debate that saw her chief democratic rival, Barack Obama, challenge her integrity and ability to remain independent of the elephant in the room, her husband Bill. If Hills wants to win the Democratic nomination she may want to consider these five tips below.

5. Ditch Bubba: What many thought was your biggest asset has now turned into your biggest obstacle. Yes, it's ridiculous to think that you're Bill's political play puppet. You have long established an independent voice, but having hubby dish out your concession speech to the press will diminish your individuality in a presidential race where "change" and "innovation" have become trendy, tirelessly repeated buzz words. If the male Clinton continues to babble, older voters will start reminiscing about the Whitewater scandal, while younger voters will Google Monica Lewinsky all the way to her MySpace page. Try keeping Bubba to the right of the stage with Chelsea in front of him, and refer to them strictly as family. No public pep talks.

4. Battle Bush: You're not going to win the cool contest against Obama. He's long smooched his way with progressive white and black voters not to mention all th hippie commie kids who believe he's the second coming of Martin Luther King Jr. While he may strike a chord with anyone remotely to the left of Bush, Obama doesn't have your track record and experience on domestic and foreign policy issues. One term as an Illinois Senator and a few years in the state legislature is a miniscule feat compared to your presence in world affairs. You're better off going tit for tat against the current administration. Make Bush the enemy, then remind voters of the change you have already sparked in two terms as a senator and eight years as a first lady diplomat.

3. Dollars & Sense: Issues like the war, immigration, and Heath Ledger are in this nation's rearview mirror. Before people indulge in education, healthcare, and our Latin cousins they want to make sure their paper is straight. The working class is worried about job security, the middle class is worried about foreclosing, and the wealthy are worried about their asset portfolios. Link your economic reform plan to your experience as a senator who aggressively pushed for tax breaks and subsidies that helped New York and New Jersey convincingly recover from the post 9/11 recession. Obama has no record of impact on this issue. It's yours for the taking.

2. Shut'em Down: You're not being aggressive. You're letting Obama dictate the issues and you're limited to playing defense. He completely sonned you at the South Carolina debate, with the now infamous: "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes." You're gonna have to play offense and belittle every one of his accomplishments forcing people to think about his lack of experience. Don't ridicule him, give him some credit for his ideas, but make him appear as the nice guy who's just too much of a new jack to be president.

1. Be An Everywoman: The crying game gave you New Hampshire, but it was a result of people feeling pity for you. You're with the big boys now and you have more to gain by making your presence felt as a woman. Multi-tasking women hold down the majority of households in America, as well as the majority of every grassroots movement and every union across the country. Although you're filthy rich, your perseverance is something women will relate to, plus you've endured motherhood in the public eye. Don't be afraid to flaunt that. Obama can't come out and straight up say he's for black people. That's why he kicks the humanitarian spiel. Why not challenge voters to think assertively about change? Let us know that a woman in the oval office just might be more revolutionary than having yet another dude run the big show.

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