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Question: Which of the following is the biggest reason why you support Hillary Clinton for President?
#1
Her Record as First Lady
 
#2
Her Record as a U.S. Senator from NY
 
#3
Her Record as Secretary of State
 
#4
The fact that she is a woman and that her election would break a glass ceiling
 
#5
A desire to want to support a winner
 
#6
A feeling that you have to support her to "fit in" with those in the same area of the political spectrum as you
 
#7
Disappointment with the platforms of other potential options for President
 
#8
Fear that another democrat would lose the presidency
 
#9
Other (Please Reply with your reason)
 
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Total Voters: 32

Author Topic: Hillary Supporters: Biggest Reason for supporting Hillary for President?  (Read 1689 times)
bedstuy
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« on: March 20, 2015, 01:33:07 PM »

Hard to distill it into one reason.

On the plus column:
+I basically agree with her on policy, mainstream to liberal Democrat on domestic policy, a bit more hawkish/realist on foreign policy.
+She was an effective Senator and Secretary of State.
+She's intellectually brilliant and of high moral character. 
+She's a political realist with no respect for the media or vague idealism.  Obama's biggest flaw was his respect for the political process and ambition of rising above partisan politics.  Hillary will never be so foolish.  She understands that politics is usually not about transcending the Washington "game," it's about winning the game and getting enough power to enact subtle change.
+She is a better politician than she gets credit for and leads every Republican by a healthy margin in polling.

On the minus column:
-The Clintons have shown a tendency to buy into triangulation or centrism as a political tactic.  Obama had the courage to try and fail sometimes.  Clinton failed by failing to push real change.  However, I think the political moments were so different, it's an unfair criticism to an extent.
-Hillary's 2008 campaign was often tone-deaf and flat-footed. 
-She might fail to run the same smart, high turnout campaign that Obama ran to victory.  Excitement matters and Hillary Clinton has not always conveyed the passion and excitement necessary.
 
Listen, I don't get the vapors when I think about Hillary Clinton, but I don't see that as a problem.  The President is supposed to be your favorite person ever.  Politics isn't curating your support for politicians to show your unique, progressive personality.  That's absolutely childish.  It's about high-stakes power politics and who gets to control the Executive Branch.  It would be incredibly foolish to allow this Republican Party to control the White House, when they've proven themselves to be right-wing crazies.  As much as Ralph Nader types say the two-parties are the same, they're not.  And, if we don't elect Hillary, the past 8 years of work under Obama could be ruined quite quickly. 
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bedstuy
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2015, 06:44:11 PM »

The pole is stupid because it doesn't have an "I like her positions" option.

She has positions? Tongue

Certainly more positions than certain con artist empty suits that the self proclaimed "true progressives" tend to get snookered by (COUGH JOHN EDWARDS).

In 2008, Hillary Clinton released detailed policy papers on all of the major issues.  I assume she will do so again and then we can't argue about what her positions actually are.
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