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In reply to the discussion: Thomas Franks, the Clintons and "phony" Democratic populists in the New Gilded Age [View all]Cosmocat
(14,558 posts)Hillary is OK ... Not great. but better by FAR any possible Republican.
But, this country and elections, and the presidential is the big one where it includes EVERYONE, people simply are NOT going to make a "head" choice collectively, they are going go with personality or image.
So, we aren't getting a president elected on "policy."
Just not going to happen.
SO, we kind of have to go with the one who can win approach.
Also, it is important to note, this is POTUS, not king.
Barrack Obama would have GLEEFULLY signed a single payer health reform bill, but he knew all along no way one got to his desk.
A President has a lot of power, but end of the day, LAWS are written by congress and you have 535 dipshits creating that mess with the president having very little actual say.
Even with a marked democratic majority, the best we could get for health care reform was what republican's were pushing 20 years ago.