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Chris Dodd declares candidacy for president
Washington Post article
Thoughts?
I personally hope the democratic party will not select Hilary Clinton as its candidate, because so much of the country doesn't trust or like her and it seems a shame to act as if there are not other strong (even female) candidates in the country, and to further alienate younger democrats who already seem to oppose the idea and are wondering why they can't influence their party. I don't know about Barak Obama's chances of winning, either. He seems like a sharp guy but also relatively young and unproven compared to some.
The Iraq war is clearly going to be a big issue in the next presidential election, as is the general question of how to reduce terrorism. If you could set those two issues aside, what would you want in an American president for 2008?
Thoughts?
I personally hope the democratic party will not select Hilary Clinton as its candidate, because so much of the country doesn't trust or like her and it seems a shame to act as if there are not other strong (even female) candidates in the country, and to further alienate younger democrats who already seem to oppose the idea and are wondering why they can't influence their party. I don't know about Barak Obama's chances of winning, either. He seems like a sharp guy but also relatively young and unproven compared to some.
The Iraq war is clearly going to be a big issue in the next presidential election, as is the general question of how to reduce terrorism. If you could set those two issues aside, what would you want in an American president for 2008?
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Vote-Smart (http://www.vote-smart.org) notes that "SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2006 NATIONAL POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY Key national leaders of both major parties"
She's a former board member of Wal-Mart.
The majority of financial contributions to her latest state political campaign came from out-of-state supporters. (see open secrets (http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/geog.asp?CID=N00000019&cycle=2006) and contrast with Nancy Pelosi, Patty Murray, and Rosa Delauro), supporting the idea that she's just using the senate position as a stepping-stone to higher office rather than being a true representative. (how long had she lived in New York before running for office there?)
She chairs the Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, which is responsible for communicating with the public about key issues before Congress. How well do you think that's going?
I respect Senator Clinton's work on health care and her support of reproductive freedom and education. She is strongly in support of minorities, which is also good by me. But I'm not surprised a lot of people don't trust her. I think (among other things) it's something in her smile, frankly. I just look at her and feel that she's insincere.
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She was also willing to play ball with Jack Thompson in order to gain political capital. I don't think that's OK at all. My problem with Hilary is that I don't think she really cares about any issues in particular. All of her decisions are based on what will gain her the most power.