Reply #56: Compared to Hillary, yes, he did.

[suzie]

He started in politics on his own, not at the very top echelon. Which means he made the political mistakes earlier on, in a lower profile venue. It means that, like most politicians, he had to spend time kowtowing to those with seniority, established political power.

Compare that to Hillary Clinton, whose main political expertise was in making enemies lists of people whom she wanted to get rid of because they were knowledgeable about Bill's many antics.

Take a look at other women senators like Claire McCaskill or Olivia Snowe, who weren't gifted with a Senatorship and had to get through the regular political process. McCaskill was a state legislator, a county commissioner and elected county prosecutor. Snowe served in both houses of the state legislature and in the House before getting to the Senate.

You continue to want to impute political experience to Hillary Clinton that she simply lacks. Being a political wife is just not the same as being a politician. And starting at the top with a position which you've been gifted with is not the same as having to get out and run for office on your own, find financial backers, supporters.

Most of the leaders around the world gained power through the same methods as Obama, McCaskill, Snowe, in whatever political setup their country has.

Clinton would have been a total neophyte in dealing with them.