In a recent Associated Press article, many Democrats are being mentioned as possible candidates for a run in the 2008 presidential election. Hillary Clinton just happens to be one of those posturing for an eventual run at the White House. She already has name recognition and a wide following. Other contenders named were John Edwards and possibly John Kerry. It will be an election in which both the Republican and Democratic nominations will be up for grab.
If given the Democratic nod to run in 2008, Hillary might find herself suffering the same fate as would be president John Kerry did in 2004. Namely for reasons like being a liberal Democrat coming from the Northeast. I think Hillary will be given the 2008 Democratic nomination, but I just don't see her being moderate enough to get elected. I do believe however that she would put up one heck of a fight and I do think that she would win a couple of southern states- namely Arkansas. It makes me laugh to think of Bill being the first First-man in the White House. I think Hillary would find much of her time going to making sure Bill kept his hands off of any female staff or visitors.
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I would have to agree with you on the idea that Hillary Clinton would probably not be elected. Name recognition and a wide array of followers won't get you elected in this country. I honestly think it would be great to have a woman president, but I just don't agree with Hillary on many of the issues. What would the country be like if we had a woman president? Do you think it would be much different than it is now or do you think it would be the same?
I've said it before women are very bright, often times more than men, but I don't know what would happen with a female president in the White House when it came to national defense issues. I don't think that it would be very easy for a woman to take decisive action against an enemy. I would worry about such countries as North Korea and Iran taking advantage of a trusting female president. However, there are many issues that I believe a female president would excel in. Issues such as education and social security would definately be top priorities I'm sure for a female president.
During the past election it was said that single women, with or without children, voted for President Bush because they felt more secure with him in office. Wouldn't these women who voted for security instead of politics be more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton because she is a woman? Women feel more secure knowing that a woman is in office because they feel she will do the best thing. Women seem to trust their own gender more. Would those undecided voters who have no political views go towards a woman president just to see what happens? I think our society might go for curiousity instead of who they feel is right.
This could also have the same affect in the opposite direction. Some feel that a woman would not have as much power no matter how good her views are. This could turn the undecided voters towards a male because they feel he will be accepted. Would other countries look at a woman the same way as a man? That could be the big question as to whether Hillary Clinton is our next president.
Let me send you off to Brad Delong's Semi-Daily Journal for his thoughts on Hillary Clinton. Delong is a well-known economist at Berkeley. From his blog it is pretty easy to see that he is a serious Democrat. So serious that he worked with the Clinton White House on health care reform in the mid 90s. Here's a snippet of what he has to say about Hillary:
"My two cents' worth--and I think it is the two cents' worth of everybody who worked for the Clinton Administration health care reform effort of 1993-1994--is that Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to be kept very far away from the White House for the rest of her life. Heading up health-care reform was the only major administrative job she has ever tried to do. And she was a complete flop at it. She had neither the grasp of policy substance, the managerial skills, nor the political smarts to do the job she was then given. And she wasn't smart enough to realize that she was in over her head ..."
For me, this view is definitive.
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