Hillary on the object of the game
Please explain why Hillary Clinton, in announcing, "I'm in," found it useful to add, "And I'm in to win."
Writing sports, I'm always around people who are in to win. I notice that unless they're underdogs desperate to be taken seriously, they never need to point it out. So why does a politician with far more than an Orange Bowl at stake, one favored in the polls to win her party's nomination, punctuate her presidential candidacy kickoff by stating the obvious?
Maybe she's trying to demonstrate to sexists that a woman possesses the focused will to be the leader of the free world. Or she means to set herself apart from Bill Clinton (in to sin?). Or from George W. Bush (in to have the win gifted to him by the Supreme Court?).
She is refreshingly blunt compared to mealy-mouthed candidates who vow merely to be the voice of the voiceless, further a just and productive society, restore America's respect around the world, etc.
In to win? Maybe she likes the rhyme and the easy fit for one-column headlines, which we in newspapers believe should be the first concern of all public figures.