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In reply to the discussion: Why I Support Hillary Clinton (show me where I am wrong) [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)50. Well I will make a prediction.
If she is our candidate she will lose to Jeb.
Because the big negative of Jeb is dynasty thing and if you have two dynasties as a choice people will just stay home.
And the SCOTUS thing is immaterial because the GOP controlled congress will never approve of anyone they don't like, and so her choices will be one that they do...and congress must agree to appoint them to the SC.
And it must be noted that all they need is 5 justices to win, not all 9, so you can have 4 that are as liberal as you want and still lose...and importantly a chief justice who will decide what cases are heard or not and Roberts is a fairly young man and will be with us for a long time...and the Dems in congress allowed him to become the chief with little opposition.
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I'm sorry, but "she would be the first female president" isn't a reason to support her.
Spider Jerusalem
Mar 2015
#1
im with you there it's all about scotus - that's why it doesnt matter who's the democratic nominee
Romeo.lima333
Mar 2015
#4
i think her choice for scotus will be better than president walker's picks
Romeo.lima333
Mar 2015
#5
great argument: our candidate is getting doantions from them to actually stop them donating?
politicman
Mar 2015
#64
do you think the 1% are so dumb as to donate heavuily to a candidate that would not benefit them?
politicman
Mar 2015
#67
Hillary gave her reasons for voting for the IWR also, Bush was supposed to exhaust
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#43
They voted NO on the ISIS Resolution, you can go on with any reasons you want, I look at their
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#47
Strange. You seem unable to discuss what was actually in that resolution.
MannyGoldstein
Mar 2015
#52
You do realize it was Karl Rove who came up with "The Dems started the Iraq War and esp. Hillary"
McCamy Taylor
Mar 2015
#87
Name a candidate who runs as a national candidate in the last decade or so is
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#30
Barack Obama's top five contributors in 08 were Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase:
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
#77
Not sufficient for me to support a rightie. As far a SCOTUS, I understand that factor, but
GoneFishin
Mar 2015
#14
Pro war, pro Wall Street, pro TPP, pro Keystone XL, pro H-1B visas, member of "The Family".
Scuba
Mar 2015
#18
I'll vote for her if she's the nominee... but 2 words regarding female leaders:
The Green Manalishi
Mar 2015
#34
HRC - Is An Economic Royalist - She Represents The 1% - She Is The Last Person To Save Democracy
cantbeserious
Mar 2015
#44
Gee, I got that information months and months ago - from a rabid RW acquaintance.
djean111
Mar 2015
#89
It is jaw dropping to see how many and how quickly so many Democrats adopted that exact
TheKentuckian
Mar 2015
#90
Here is an link to an article about the Keystone pipeline decision at State while HRC was Secretary.
greatlaurel
Mar 2015
#74
I am a woman, love to see one be president, but if it isn't Warren's time, I don't want a token
mother earth
Mar 2015
#76
My ideal outcome in 2017: Any Democrat. If HRC gets the nod, I will take extreme pleasure...
freshwest
Mar 2015
#78