Letters to the Editor
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Hillary's Problems
HRC's problems are fairly easy to define at this time and they're not going away, now or in the general election. First, many Dems, like myself, voted for Bill twice and felt burned by the lack of progress on what we see as democratic platform issues.
Bill was a moderate president, period. No major movement in either direction overall. That's not say that he (or Hillary) might not have wanted to do more, that's to say that it didn't happen. Personally, I think that Bill's weaknesses as a person contributed mightily to his inability to rally the country behind important issues. Even GWB has done better at this and he has been a failure as a leader. Now why should we expect Hillary to deliver much better than her far-more-popular husband?
Secondly, Hillary is despised by a core constituency on the right that will not go away. Obama simply doesn't inspire that level of contempt. This is not becuase of Hillary's stances on issues but based on her long record of rancor with the GOP. Many democrats, like myself, simply don't relish another 4 years of bitterness and name-calling.