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I rarely post in GD, but my wife and I were watching the debate this week and had a discussion about what the nation will look like after 4 years of HRC. I thought I'd share it here and get some DU perspectives.
First, after about 15 minutes, my wife expressed how refreshing it is to hear someone speak our language with skill and a commanding presence, compared to the present occupant of the White House. HRC’s intelligence was on display, in stark contrast to what we’ve endured for 6 years. The questions were clearly “Hillary what do you think? Now what does everyone else think?”
The divisiveness issue came up – is HRC going to divide our party too much? (See FatDave’s post on the front page stirring up conversation on this issue.) Where we ended up was that HRC would likely get the nod for the primary and go on to win the general. Then we have four years of President HRC. What’s going to happen during this time?
Aside from the obvious MAJOR issue of the war in Iraq, I really believe that health care and the health insurance industry in this country are going to implode. And, regardless of her plan and what she has enunciated to this point, I think that she will still play ball with corporate interests like her husband did before her. Why shouldn’t she? He was the best president we’ve had since FDR. Whether you like the guy or not, our country was remarkably prosperous (economically) under his hand.
But President HRC won’t have the dot com boom, the silicon valley hurrah to prop up the economy like Bill did. And if health care does fall down catastrophically, she’ll be blamed. This opens up an interesting race in 2012, where it will be “republicans can get us back to the old prosperity” (they are always looking to the past for the “good old days) versus “democrats will have true universal health care.”
Oh, and in response to the divisiveness issue, I’ve concluded that right now it’s easy to say “I won’t vote for HRC EVER” because the opposing candidate is not at all solidified. Once it becomes HRC versus a specific repug with a specific ideology, you will see many of those same dems stating, “I’m not voting FOR HRC, I’m voting against .”
Thanks for your thoughts. KJ
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