ShadowRocket
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« on: December 07, 2014, 04:00:04 PM » |
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I'm not sure things would really be that different. Hillary would've won in '08, and I think in '12 as well, but I'm not sure she would've accomplished much more than Obama has. It also wouldn't have taken long for the GOP to paint her as also some far left-wing socialist and she has generally been, rightly or wrongly, perceived as more liberal than Bill which I think would've fed into that perception. So I'm not sure the Democrats would be in a better position with white working-class voters in this scenario.
Not to mention I'm not sure Obama would be in as strong of a position for 2016 as she is in now. As a presumably two-term Senator in this scenario, he wouldn't be as much of a fresh face as he was in 2008, and wouldn't have been able to cultivate an "above politics" image that Hillary was able to do as SoS. I also doubt he would also clear the Dem field as Hillary is currently. He'd probably be the clear frontrunner, but I think there would still be some major contenders willing to challenge him.
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