Speculating

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7. The Goldwater Girl was 16 years old

The Wellesley faculty in the '60s aimed to radicalize young women, and rightly so.

Hillary graduated with a fiery, progressive valedictory, and learned in Arkansas that she could not stay a hippie and be effective.

If Bernie were younger, perhaps he too would do whatever he had to in order to get into a position to enact the policies he could no longer publicly espouse. (He'd have somebody else say them, and as the country liked them, he could move towards them himself.)

But Bernie is old. Some follower will have to do that.

Hillary is finally almost in a position to enact the policies she can't public espouse yet.

This is how it works.