The latest pop culture comparison of the Democratic presidential candidates is that Barack Obama is a Mac and Hillary Clinton is a PC. It started out as a style comparison, with Doug Kendall writing in the Huffington Post how Obama is young, hip and inspiring, while Clinton is “like that old-reliable PC that we keep on our desks.†But the New York Times reported that the analogy also works with the candidate’s Web sites. Obama’s Web site is much cooler and more harmonious than Clinton’s site.
While the comparison isn’t flattering, Clinton can take comfort in that PC far outsells Mac. As the Times noted, “PC, no doubt, would win the Electoral College by historic proportions (with Mac perhaps carrying Vermont).â€
