Where is the Trust

One of the biggest benchmarks where Barack Obama is beating Hillary Clinton by a landslide in exit polling is on the topic of 'trustworthiness'. Why do people not trust her. She hasn't been caught in any outright lies the likes of Bill Clinton a la Monica Lewinsky style. So what is it?

Well, today in the latest (hourly) shift in strategy for the Clinton campaign, they are back to the populist approach. She is blasting the corporations that she said are hurting the American workers.

Of course, most of the public should know that she worked on the board of Walmart as a corporate attorney for 15 years. And in those other years, she was also working at corporate law on the side of corporations.

At least John Edwards can make the populist claim with a history to back it up. He made his fortune fighting corporations on behalf of the victims as plaintiffs. Hillary, I don't think so.

While not everyone in the public might know the finer details of Hillary's history, it might not be too hard to get a sense that she will say what you think you want to hear.

Another profession where folks are known for that kind of skill is a salesman. And we have all developed a similar aversion to trusting those same folks. Sadly, once you lose the trust of the people, it is much harder getting it back.