But I believe her when she says she wants a life out of politics. Sometimes she looks so weary in her role as Sec. of State; it is really a grueling job. She would have made a stunning president.
This group is a refuge. You cannot say anything very complimentary about HRC, or suggest she run for something else, or talk about what might have been, or, the worst thing you can do out on the Groups at DU is talk about the 2008 primary, without the "PUMA" label being thrown on you. "Sour grapes," "loser", and all that, are why I left DU for a couple of years. I don't know how long this group has been here.
There is no use replaying the 2008 primary, I know, but, I know what I know and will never forget the skulduggery and unethical goings on in the primary caucuses and primary battles - saw it and heard about it with my own eyes and ears. I hope someday Hillary will write a book about her run for president. It would be very interesting.
I was proud that the US could put it's racist history aside and elect a president with black ancestry. I hoped for the best when he took office, but wasn't very surprised at Obama's lack of progressiveness, or decisiveness. He was handed a terrible portfolio to try to untangle, and I don't know if anyone could have done much better, even Hillary. I know she would have known who her enemies were, very well, and known better than to try to conciliate with people who hated her very existence. She is popular around the world, and she and Bill have enormous numbers of friends here and abroad. It seems that our present president has not made efforts to befriend even members of his own party, and particularly not tried to keep the friends he had, the minorities, the youth, and the progressive and labor groups. He seems to have kept distant from his own supporters. I don't understand it.
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