Suppose the Republicans nominate Jeb Bush, as seems at least plausible. What’s the Clinton message in such a contest? “My husband had a better job creation record than your brother”? She won’t be able to portray him as a candidate who owes everything to his famous last name.
A very bizarre presidential campaign awaits us.
The Democrats need to stop presenting candidates who were never in charge of anything. Are there no Democratic former governors around? A president who used to be a governor makes more sense than a president who was a senator for two minutes.
Of course, we are facing a contest between two people who are only known to us because they once stood next to someone who actually achieved something. And that’s just boring.
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I was hoping for a while that Montana’s former governor, Brian Schweitzer, but he fizzled out really rapid-fire after a lot of buzz and speculation that he’d run for president in 2016. Pity really, he was good with both Democrats and Republicans, and was the best governor for American Indians, women, seniors, veterans, and students that Montana had ever seen.
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Well, Hillary Clinton was also Secretary of State, but yes, a lot of her favorables would rely on Bill Clinton. It’s my understanding that people end up as Secretary of State when they can’t be President for some reason of personality or background.
Kerry ran for POTUS in 2004 and lost.
Clinton ran for POTUS in 2008 and lost.
Condoleeza Rice is an accomplished black woman in a party that’s racist and sexist -friendly as a brand so they tolerated her as a servant but the party would not have supported her as a Presidential candidate. Same deal with Colin Powell.
Madeline Albright was born in Czechoslovakia to parents who weren’t U.S. citizens at the time of her birth and is therefore barred from running for President.
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