Question...

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20. In retrospect, Hillary would've made a much better president than Obama.

She's a fighter. Unfortunately in 2008, Hillary's campaigning was so vile, I switched to Obama.

He’s some kind of an Aristotelian-style (ethos, pathos, logos) rhetoric-spewing machine. Generally his speeches are based on logos (logical argument). To sell the TPP, he relies solely on ethos (his reputation), which is why he looks so weaselly when he talks about it.

He could use the bully pulpit to shame Republicans into processing Supreme Court nominees. If anything, by putting up a real fight here, he would increase the chances of Democratic success in the 2016 election. Will he do this? Of course not.

I've seen Obama fight for exactly four things:
- his election
- his reelection
- the ACA: warmed over Republican “leftovers” health insurance, a giveaway to insurance companies
- the TPP: potentially, the crowning achievement of third-way Democrats

Hillary was for the TPP until she was against it. She called it the "gold standard for trade." I call it a race to the bottom for smaller American companies, consumers, and worker salaries.

Here’s a video by TYT discussing Hillary's use of racism as a campaign tactic in 2008. The juicy bits start at the 2:30 mark.