Reply #34: I agree with Dr. Ron here. Hillary was practically a co-president

[beachmom]

She was very involved, and I'm sure learned a lot. I think I remember reading at the time that she was very good at "wrapping up" a meeting and getting Bill to make decisions. That makes me think she was involved with all of the important decisions of his presidency.

My problem with Hillary has never been her qualifications -- of all the people mentioned in '08, she comes in 3rd for me behind Kerry and Gore in terms of experience. I just think that she has no moral core and will compromise our values away one by one. I'm not sure she will be able to or want to end the Iraq War. What is her vision to win the war on terror other than mimicing Bush?

Obama is wet behind the ears, and a LOT of people not that into politics feel this way. What disqualifies Edwards for me, disqualifies Obama, too.

I just finished the Time magazine with him on the cover -- he also lacks a vision. He's not willing to stand up for difficult things. He's too interested in making friends with right wingers, not seeming to understand that they ONLY go for blood.

I'm a little sore with Obama at the moment. I adore him, but am madder than hell that he's considering entering this race and making me have to choose that way. Obviously, Kerry is my #1 choice, but I just assumed Obama, being of a different generation, would be a '12 or '16 candidate. Maybe he'll not end up running, but WILL end up selling a lot of his books (I own his first book, but won't buy the second one -- not enough time with all the other things I want to read first). That would be the best outcome. And, yeah, we all remember who gave him the opportunity to become a star on prime time in the first place.