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In reply to the discussion: I'm Loving The Fact That Even Though Hillary Hasn't Declared... There Is Such Push Back Here... [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)folks are tired of certain names in power.
Change isn't something we wanted for one election, but for many.
There are some folks in both main parties who seem to want to be president because they think they deserve it, not because they want to serve us. Romney was one such person. He did 'all the right' things to work up to it. Governor, wealthy, owned a business, everything he did seems calculated to where, at some point in time, he could say he earned the right to be president.
It wasn't about the people, the country, etc - it was about him and his personal ambitions being the most important thing.
Experience today boils down simply to how many asses you have kissed and which circles you have sold out to so that you can exert the most influence if you get elected.
Folks liked Obama because he didn't spend years laying down a plan to reach the job, calculating each job he had and how it would factor in to the point he could claim he 'deserved' it. A new face, new name, pushed along by the people more than companies.
More outsiders to bring more change and less people who have lived and breathed in the beltway jockeying for their turn at bat for the title.
Hillary is more qualified job wise than anyone currently that may be in the running, but that, to me, is also a mark against her as being part of the club/old guard. People who owe favors and have agendas of a personal nature.