Mar 18, 2006, 01:37 PM
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I would vote for Clinton, but I don't think either of them will run. Hillary will try, but she won't make it through.
As a Democrat, I have to say that if they set up Hillary to seriously run for the Presidency, they're asking themselves for another loss. It would not be a very smart move. Like John Kerry, Hillary is painted as this uber-l33t evil liberal when she's really not as bad as many people make her out to be. However, people still believe it, and that has grown into a reputation that can only HURT her. It's bullshit, but it's also the truth. People cannot stand her.
The only thing she DOES have going for her is that, well... she's a Clinton. These people know how to campaign. Get Bill and some of his pals that helped him win two elections behind her, and you have a force to be reckoned with. However, I think the problem is the candidate herself. She'd be the first woman President, which in some ways can help, other ways hurt her (think of all the old wrinkly men who would never vote for a woman. There's a lot of them out there, Democrat and Republican, and they make up a HUGE chunk of the vote!) Plus, there's so much biased hatred to begin with; you can't escape all of it, probably not enough to assure a win.
Bayh or perhaps Warner are the two I'd be on the lookout for.
And really, I'd like a fresh face as President. Someone we know very little about, or nothing at all.
If Hillary wins... it's gonna be Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton. At least 24 years of it. Let's put an end to that. We can either have Hillary get her revenge on the Bush dynasty or have a brand new (Democratic) name in the White House that is probably more excited to bring about real change than just establishing their name in the history of the US Presidency again.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
Last edited by Effloresce; Mar 18, 2006 at 01:47 PM.
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