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BlueMTexpat

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7. I totally concur.
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:26 AM
Mar 2016

Besides, she is doing an amazing job and is needed where she is. I really dislike prematurely moving someone who is doing an effective job in the Senate and who could use more time and experience in that position into a Presidential race.

This was one of my initial hesitations with Prez O's candidacy in 2008. I believed that he could use more time and seasoning in the workings of the DC political class before running for President. If he had received this, he might have made fewer missteps, e.g., naming Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff and shutting Howard Dean out of the HHS position.

But Obama has been a wonderfully fast learner. His appointment of Hillary as SoS was a stroke of genius, IMO. And he has been a remarkably effective President overall, especially in his second term. He did not receive enough support from Dems at the start of his first term when Dems had majorities in both houses, IMO. I hope that Congressional Dems have learned that very harsh lesson.

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