I think you may be right. There was also the whole Lewinskygate mess, which tainted her in various people's eyes. (As if no other President ever did the same thing??? Hello, Kennedy and Roosevelt. Also, I'm not exactly sure how it was her fault.)
I remember the health care fiasco -- at the time, I was working for a Kansas State Senator who was attempting to get single payer health care passed on a state level. The Small Business, American Medical Association, and Insurance Lobby shut it down. Then later, when I worked, briefly, for an major insurance carrier - saw how and why they shut it down. (They had their own competing plan in place and it would cost them billions.)
Hillary in both elections was by far the most qualified and smartest candidate. In 2008, Obama just ran a savvier campaign. He did change how elections were run, in a lot of ways. Also, she had a lot of baggage from Bill that he just didn't have. I think she may have less baggage now.
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Date: 2016-01-30 09:48 pm (UTC)I remember the health care fiasco -- at the time, I was working for a Kansas State Senator who was attempting to get single payer health care passed on a state level. The Small Business, American Medical Association, and Insurance Lobby shut it down. Then later, when I worked, briefly, for an major insurance carrier - saw how and why they shut it down. (They had their own competing plan in place and it would cost them billions.)
Hillary in both elections was by far the most qualified and smartest candidate. In 2008, Obama just ran a savvier campaign. He did change how elections were run, in a lot of ways. Also, she had a lot of baggage from Bill that he just didn't have. I think she may have less baggage now.