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In reply to the discussion: O'Malley: 'The Presidency of the U.S. Is Not Some Crown to Be Passed Between Two Families' [View all]azureblue
(2,148 posts)he is ignoring the principle factor and that is experience. Who is best qualified for the job? IOW he puts blood line above experience, and that is pretty sophomoric thinking. Simplistic, at best.
Ms. Clinton has a lot of experience nationally and world wide, and a track record to show how she uses that experience. And there is not a single contender from either party that can match that, especially if you start with the day Bill was elected president. While I would prefer Warren, ideologically, Clinton knows how the game is played and how to make things happen. She knows how the GOP game is played, and she, right now with email - gate, is making fools of them. She has the GOP absolutely terrified - they know what she is capable of and they do not want to get into the political ring with her - they know they will get eaten alive, and they just got bitten. And she bites hard. Why do you think the GOP is desperately trying to find anything they can hang her with? I would not be surprised if they resurrect Ken Starr to smear her.
Take note of her recent move of getting an endorsement from Kissinger. This was brilliant. One one move, she split the GOP in two, and reminded everyone that even a political enemy thinks she is qualified. O'Malley is in no position at all to do something like that, and neither is anyone else, for that matter.
She is a gracious person, but woe to those who try to smear and lie about her. She is what will be needed to end the GOP stonewalling games, and we know they will come if any Democrat wins. This is a sad commentary on what the GOP has reduced itself to, but it must be faced and dealt with. Right now, look at the tone of the Hil haters, right and left: it's downright 5th grade level smears, innuendo, and name calling. Plus trying to "put the little woman in her place".
Probably what it boils down for me, is that we need a warrior in Washington to clean up the corruption and the bribery, and fight back against the money interests that control this country right now. If this was not a major factor, then I would go for Warren or Sanders in a second...
This is where Warren falls short - how to play the DC game. She just needs more experience and from a stronger position - maybe as veep? Clinton is paying close attention to Warren and her populism - remember when Bill took office and he and Hil started a populist agenda - nation health care, and the GOP shot them right down. And kept shooting. Obama is savvy and super smart about playing the game, and I'm sure Hillary has picked up a tip or two from him. Ms. Clinton is paying attention to us, and I do not think it is just a put on - she, like Obama, would carry a huge weight when President: Obama, the first black President, and Clinton, the first woman President, and she wants to go down in history as a successful Statesman, not as a politician. She knows that she can be attacked as "old line politics as usual", but she is not that. She knows she has to make her mark, and prove to the world that the first woman to be an American President is a resounding success.
Clinton has my vote.