Ah, sorry, I had thought Edwards was 2000; thanks for correcting me.
I find the First Lady argument somewhat dubious, and again, it doesn't solve the huge nepotism issue for me. Also, I think she's had to spend much of her time as First Lady reacting to personal attacks on her and her husband, which, while great practice for campaigning, isn't good experience for governing. I do admire the way in which she's reached out to a wide variety of different Senators during her time in the Senate, and that makes me hope that she'd be a good compromiser with Congress. However, I think she does a terrible job in uniting people as a symbolic national leader, because there are so many people with fixed negative opinions of her.
Honestly, if she'd been brave enough to stand up against the Iraq War in 2002 and 2003 and to denounce the march to Iran now, I might well be voting for her. But I fault her judgment then and it means I don't trust her judgment now.
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I find the First Lady argument somewhat dubious, and again, it doesn't solve the huge nepotism issue for me. Also, I think she's had to spend much of her time as First Lady reacting to personal attacks on her and her husband, which, while great practice for campaigning, isn't good experience for governing. I do admire the way in which she's reached out to a wide variety of different Senators during her time in the Senate, and that makes me hope that she'd be a good compromiser with Congress. However, I think she does a terrible job in uniting people as a symbolic national leader, because there are so many people with fixed negative opinions of her.
Honestly, if she'd been brave enough to stand up against the Iraq War in 2002 and 2003 and to denounce the march to Iran now, I might well be voting for her. But I fault her judgment then and it means I don't trust her judgment now.