2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Why is the DNC trying to screw over Bernie Sanders?" [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)At the same time, even as Senator from Arkansas, Hillary wouldn't have been relatively unknown outside of her own state, like Blanche Lincoln was. She still would have been able to take advantage of the Wall Street contacts that she and Bill had made during her Rose Law Firm and their White House days. Of course, constant catering to Wall Street as a Senator from Arkansas wouldn't have played too well with the folks back home. But the point is moot anyway, because there wouldn't have been any Senate openings for her in Arkansas, since Pryor Jr. was likely already being groomed to run for Pryor Sr.'s old seat in '02, and the Senate election after that ('04) would have an incumbent Democrat, and a female one at that (Blanche Lincoln), so that would have been off-limits, too.