The criticism baffles me because those on the left act as if Obama is more "progressive" than Hillary, when that's not true. Their major difference was not voting for the IWR, but Obama wasn't in the Senate at the time. Even though he gave a speech condemning the war, he admitted to Tim Russert in 2004 that he didn't know how he would have voted if he had been in the Senate.
They also make false equivalences between decisions that Bill made in the 90s as president. The 90s were not the 00s. Different era, different problems, different public perspective on the issues. For example, there was very little support in the 90s for gay marriage. There was even a Congressional proposal to amend the Constitution to establish marriage as a union between a man and a woman. DOMA was the compromise. Besides, Hillary is her own person and this is a different time in history.
Knowing Hillary a tiny bit, and knowing a lot more about her from people who are close to her, I think that she would make a great president. She's tough (observe how she smacked the Tea Party gang in Congress a couple of weeks ago), but also compassionate and does care deeply about people's well being.
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