Jill Porter: At 28, Chelsea should know the facts of life

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, April, 2008

"I'M 28 YEARS OLD."

Chelsea Clinton repeated it so often at Villanova University yesterday that she evoked a laugh when she said: "I seem to be hung up on that today."

Me, too.

Because Chelsea's age and yesterday's campaign appearance - the 100th she's made in recent months - raise an issue I find irksome:

Her refusal to talk with reporters.

Chelsea has long since evolved from the little girl off-limits to the media because she was thrust into public life by her parents.

She's a grown-up now, and she's chosen to make herself a public figure, but still expects to be afforded the privileges of private life.

Chelsea's ban on talking with reporters has been enforced to the point of silliness.

In Iowa, she famously brushed off a...