10 Women Who Could Be President in 2017

[kensmind]

Today (March 8th) is International Women's Day, and the theme for 2014 is "Inspiring Change". In the 2008 Presidential election, Barack Obama campaigned as the candidate of change, but it was Hillary Rodham Clinton who famously said:

“Although we were not able to shatter that highest and hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you it has 18

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[seaivy]

Hillary has the best experience
there is the age problem it catches up to all of us
regrettably this country is very "ageist" especially for women.

Some of the others are too young and have not the experience or the political backing yet.
Poor Condolezza would have a double problem - race and gender.
I doubt the country is ready for another "experimental presidency".
The republicans would be merciless in opposition to Hillary. They would hang the albatross of Bill around her neck. As Rand Paul is already trying to do.
If Obama is disliked because of his race (and he is!) Hillary would have it double because of her gender. It would be very covert but it would be there.

In this country it is still the exception to have a woman in a leadership position.
The proof? The amount of publicity a woman in any high level position receives. If it were normal no one would pay much attention.

[kensmind]

I wonder though if much of the ageism and other prejudices are generational, and if they will decrease over time, such that 2016 or 2020 may see the election of the first female president? By my reading of the tea leaves, Hillary will probably win the Democratic nomination in 2016 if she wants it. I don't see any candidate with Obama's assets challenging her in 2016. How well she does in the general election will depend on a number of factors: (1) After 8 years of Democratic rule will the country be ready for a change? (2) Will the Obama administration do something to sour the country on Democrats between now and then? (3) Will there be another recession between now and then? (4) Will the Republicans learn from 2012 that they need to widen their appeal (e.g. to Latino voters by not painting them all as illegal aliens) or will they continue to be, in the words of Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, "the stupid party"? Our first clue will be the mid-terms this year. Stay tuned.

[kaishin108]

I agree with much of what seaivy says. Another issue with Ms. Rice is that she really needs to work on her smile, my goodness!

Hillary, I really thought she was a shoe in and I would vote for her but that Benghazi issue may haunt her for awhile.

Thanks for this poll! What a great one for International Women's Day!

[kensmind]

I suddenly felt inspired for some reason to do this. I'm glad you liked it.