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In reply to the discussion: Regarding Hillary Clinton [View all]TBF
(32,056 posts)would get my vote obviously.
I do have a story. I worked for someone who went to law school with her and Bill. She was a hard-working, very smart student. Bill was often out on the campaign trail. He was also smart - just never there. Apparently he did well enough showing up to take the exams (Hillary was in class taking copious notes). She's definitely intelligent.
She also strikes me as very hard-working and I know she'd be great for women. We were scolded on DU not to say that, but I think it's important to note because we are facing some very backwards candidates in the GOP. While I don't think she really understands what it is like to be poor, very few politicians do, and some are outwardly hostile to labor (like Scott Walker again for example). We could do worse for a candidate. We may also be able to do better, and my personal favorite potential candidate is Julian Castro. I am hoping he ends up as her VP because I believe he DOES understand what it is like for normal people (he grew up with a single mom, and grandma who was a first generation immigrant).