2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: On what issue is Hillary better than Bernie? [View all]Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)and his friends when you are saying that it is Hillary you were describing.
I must have misread that, sorry.
Even so, we have not elected a former Sec. of State to the Presidency since Buchanan and even then he is seen as one of the worst ever.
The respect and friendship earned as chief diplomat does not translate into a qualification for Commander In Chief. If it did, we would have seen more of them running. It even looks like it might actually be a negative since she now refuses to state a position on at least two serious issues that she was involved with as SOS. Waiting until she is President until we know what she thinks about TPP or the XL pipeline isn't acceptable and could be a problem for her in the debates.
I think we should just keep Bill out of this. His advice would be available to any President of either party. As would Pres. Obama's. Having a former President back in the White House in an unofficial capacity could create a very strange power dynamic. I really think we should just let Hillary run as Hillary and not drag him into this at all.