First Female President: Clinton?
ABC has been hyping their show "Commander in Chief" by throwing out specuation of having a female president. Of course, the specualtion turns to 2008 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
I'm all for having a woman as president, but I'm very weary of having that woman as president. I have two main reasons for this:
1) Creating two presidential monarchies. I know name-recognition is important, but I don't want it to be that important. H. Clinton won her seat in the Senate because of that name-recognition. It wasn't a race against two contenders, but a vote for or against her alone.
There is some specualtion that Florida Govenor Jeb Bush would also like to run, and I find that a bad idea.
We need to see new ideas put into the presidency. But to create two monarchies-in-democracy is just a bad idea.
2) I don't really like her position on the 1D political scale. Bill Clinton often compromised, especially when it was needed. Hillary, on the other hand, often sided with the left-wing of the Democratic party. One could say it was due to the political environment, but I don't find that a good excuse. She is trying to position herself as a moderate now, but I am afraid that being a moderate isn't her real position.
My vote in the primaries probably won't go for her. But when it comes to my final vote, I will have to see who is her contender. Unfortunatly, with having to choose between two candidates, it does sometimes goes down to the least-worst of the two. It also alike of reviewing a videogame: previews don't show what the final copy actually is.
I'm all for having a woman as president, but I'm very weary of having that woman as president. I have two main reasons for this:
1) Creating two presidential monarchies. I know name-recognition is important, but I don't want it to be that important. H. Clinton won her seat in the Senate because of that name-recognition. It wasn't a race against two contenders, but a vote for or against her alone.
There is some specualtion that Florida Govenor Jeb Bush would also like to run, and I find that a bad idea.
We need to see new ideas put into the presidency. But to create two monarchies-in-democracy is just a bad idea.
2) I don't really like her position on the 1D political scale. Bill Clinton often compromised, especially when it was needed. Hillary, on the other hand, often sided with the left-wing of the Democratic party. One could say it was due to the political environment, but I don't find that a good excuse. She is trying to position herself as a moderate now, but I am afraid that being a moderate isn't her real position.
My vote in the primaries probably won't go for her. But when it comes to my final vote, I will have to see who is her contender. Unfortunatly, with having to choose between two candidates, it does sometimes goes down to the least-worst of the two. It also alike of reviewing a videogame: previews don't show what the final copy actually is.
posted by SeanM at 11:52 AM
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