As a follow-up to my earlier blog, I want to spend just a little time talking about Hillary Clinton. (And in terms of full disclosure, I voted for Bill Clinton?twice).
In regard to Hillary and her Presidential run, I?ve actually come around on her. I don?t love her, and I don?t hate her. In fact, if she became president, I don?t think she?d actually wrankle too many feathers when it comes to her actually policies, although I don?t think that would be the point. When it comes to actual decisAs a follow-up to my earlier blog, I want to spend just a little time talking about Hillary Clinton. (And in terms of full disclosure, I voted for Bill Clinton?twice).
In regard to Hillary and her Presidential run, I?ve actually come around on her. I don?t love her, and I don?t hate her. In fact, if she became president, I don?t think she?d actually wrankle too many feathers when it comes to her actually policies, although I don?t think that would be the point. When it comes to actual decision-making, I think Hillary would actually be pretty conservative, and keep things fairly calm and steady across the board.
Even a die-hard, right wing Republican friend of mine, who hates all things Clinton, seems to agree.
In terms of personality, well … that?s where the trouble begins. Too many Republicans simply hate Hillary, and just as many?if not more?hate Bill. And that?s a real problem. No matter what Hillary would do, or not do, as President, the Republicans who truly hate her would spend enormous amounts of time and energy lobbing bombs at her and Bill and their allies, essentially strangling Hillary?s ability to get anything done. It would be bad for her, bad for the Democrats, and, more importantly, bad for America. For you and me.
I think it?s a real shame that Hillary is being battered like this, but as columnist Richard Cohen wrote in yesteray?s editorial in the New York [i]Daily News[/i], he thinks Bill would stalk her presidency. I agree.
As for me, I?ve had enough with them. Enough with the Clintons. Certainly enough with the Bush family. That time has passed. I?m not going on any crazy Obama campaign here, because I?m not convinced he?s the answer, but this country needs a fresh voice to give us a chance, to recover from a decade that took us in absolutely the wrong direction.
If Hillary winds up getting the Democratic nod, I don?t think she can win the general election. And if she does, I think her run will be filled with landmines that exceed even what we?ve seen so far. We need a President who can actually be President, not spending his or her time defending themselves for getting elected in the first place.
