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Originally posted by RedGolem
Originally posted by jsobecky
The difficulties she will encounter in the next two years depends in large part on how the newly elected Democratic congress performs. And right now, they are off to a less-than-stellar start.
Jsbecky,
Thanks for bringing up that point. How congress preforms is something I had not considered at this point. I unfortunately feel that she may be the shoe in as you put it. But the reasons why more because the people who control the money already made the choice.
Originally posted by RedGolem
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
The Republicans are so fractured at this point that they'll be lucky to have a candidate in the field, much less one capable of winning.
I think you are right with this statement. As to the reasons why clinton will pull this off can still be open to debate. But being fractured it does seem the republicans are.
Originally posted by spinstopshere
She will never be president. She turns to many people off. I do remember a poll that said 25% of the people would never vote for her.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Corporations do not want Hillary. She would cost them too much in taxes to pay for her entitlement programs, like socialized medicine. I don't think the military would be too thrilled with her at the helm, either.
The anti-Republican backlash we saw in '06 will continue in '08. Even if somebody as slick as Newt Gingrich should step in to run for the GOP nod, he won't be able to overcome the Bush stigma. It's worth noting that the Republicans may not mount a serious Presidential effort until some time in mid-to-late March.
Originally posted by RedGolem
The question has been poised, is America ready to elect a woman as there president? Clinton is not the first to try but her move is still historic on other counts. She is the first spouse of a former president to try for the oval office. At this stage she is the clear front runner for the Democratic party. One pole put her at forty-one percent with the closest rival Barack Obama at seventeen percent. The Democratic part is getting started early. She is sixth to announce herself as a candidate. Because things are getting started early the people running need to have financial backing early. Her biggest rival will most likely remain Obama.
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Is America ready to elect a woman president? Rupert Cornwell asks the Big Question
Why are we asking this now?
Her move is historic on two counts. Other women have tried - Pat Schroeder for the Democrat nomination in 1992 and Elizabeth Dole for the Republicans in 2000 - but none has had as good a chance of reaching the Oval Office - and never has the spouse of a former President attempted to win the top job in her own right. At this admittedly early stage, she is the clear front-runner in an already crowded Democratic field. A Washington Post/ABC News poll at the weekend gave her 41 per cent against 17 per cent for her closest rival, Illinois senator Barack Obama.
Why did she declare so early?
In this utterly unpredictable contest, everything is happening earlier. Bill Clinton did not formally launch his victorious 1992 campaign until September 1991. Hillary is not the first, but the sixth Democrat (and fourth US senator) to declare. The first candidate's debate takes place in New Hampshire in April, nine months before the state holds its traditional first-in-the-nation primary. South Carolina is holding its own debate, probably the following month. Next year's primary calendar is more front-loaded than ever, so that the contest will probably be over by the beginning of March at the latest.
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I had a fear this might happen about fifteen year ago or so. What really drove it home was a day or two ago when I saw that Clinton had fifty-seven percent of the female vote. That would mean that sixty percent of the male vote would half to go to the other side, and that people I just don't think will ever happen. Financing is mentioned, that is very importuned for a campaign. With former president Clinton's contacts, I think financing the campaign will be but a minor nuisance. I hear this morning she already has fourteen million in the bank for the campaign. I will suspect that number will grow with but one phone call. If you have followed any of the conspiracy theories that relate to politics you will know that those who control the money control politics. If that being the case then the next president has already been chosen. Which means Clinton is back.
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Originally posted by marg6043
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Hillary will not win because Cheney said so.
Originally posted by Justin Oldham
I'd expect them to go so far as to say that Bill will upstage her every chances he gets. It's a viable tactic and it would work...except...that anti-GOP backlash.
Originally posted by whaaa
Originally posted by spinstopshere
She will never be president. She turns to many people off. I do remember a poll that said 25% of the people would never vote for her.
So that leaves 75% that might. More than enough to win the nomination and the Whitehouse.
I might add; she has the money to run a first class campaign and we all know it ultimately boils down to MONEY. She's a Corperate whore too.