I read an interesting article this afternoon where Hillary Clinton was quoted that Karl Rove is obsessed with her running for office. You know, I think she's right. For the longest time, Republicans at almost every level have hated Hillary Clinton. Karl Rove is a very very smart and strategic man. The Republicans have two challenges ahead of them.
They need to regain the constituents they lost as a result of Bush's policies and they need to collect funds. How clever to use Republicans hatred toward Hillary to gather a momentum for support and funds.
I have for a very very long time been one of those Republicans who hated Hillary; anyone who knows me, knows how little I have trusted her. And today, as I was reading that article, I realized I didn't hate her nearly as much as Bush. During brunch with my friends this Sunday, Bill Clinton came up as a topic. I disliked BC but I didn't hate him as much as Bush. I don't think I've felt so angry towards any President.
So, I can honestly say that if Hillary runs for office, I can visualize myself voting for her and actually feeling ok about it. She is probably the only Democrat I could vote for. I don't like anyone else because I don't think they are strong or focused enough for the office. She couldn't be nearly as bad as Bush.
I wonder if other women share the same change as I have? Have other women started off not trusting her or resisting her and then after the crap Bush has pulled on us feel a change of heart. I'd really like to know.
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It's sad to me that Bush was such a disappointing president that now we'd rather have anyone, even Hillary, over someone like him. But so true.
I think she is smart, too. AND, I also think that if she can tap into what women liked about Bush from the start adopt it, she can carry a lot of the women's vote.
And as far as Rove's comment that she is brittle, I think that Bush's bullheaded "my way or the highway" mentality is far worse.
One more thing.
I think that the Republicans need her to reveal her hand so that they know who's shoulder they need to tap onto within their own ranks.
Not just anyone can run against her. They have to have the right line up. The longer it takes for her to make her announcement the less time it gives them to groom the right candidate.
I want a woman to step up so badly, but I really don't want it to be Hillary. Oddly, my reasons are kind of shallow I guess. Her husband was President, but that doesn't really qualify her. And I would hate for the first woman to land in the White House to have also been a first lady. I don't know... it sort of sends a weak message in some ways.
Naturally, I don't have a better idea, however. *sigh*
dubyas dad was pres and that obviously didn't qualify him...the worthless "birthright" shiftless guy he turned out to be
Exactly, doggybloggy. Well put.
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