I think I remember some articles (I found a NYT one, back when Hillary lost 2008, that serves that purpose) about who could be the first woman president, and I mean, where are they now?
Janet Napolitano
Kathleen Sebelius
Lisa Madigan
Maria Shriver
Gabbie Giffords
Kirsten Gillibrand
Amy Klobuchar
Claire McCaskill
Bev Perdue
Kamala Harris
And since everyone knew Hillary was going to run in 2016, most of these either faded away or had no presidential ambitions. So there's very few women who have those presidential ambitions, experienced enough, and haven't lost their last election.
That moment when you mention a 9 year old article and I remember having read it.
Not sure how I feel about that!
I agree and it's not just the women candidates. Clinton's "inevitability" keeping most of the ambitious young pols out of the race is the main reason why nobody in America knows about any of the young Dems right now. It was always the things that annoyed me the most about her campaign - that and the whole idea that only one woman could run or else "it would split the women vote." At least people aren't spewing that nonsense anymore.
