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When she was given a possibly once in a lifetime opportunity to reform the US healthcare system, with her husband the president and the Democrat controlling both houses of congress, she failed badly. She rejected and disregarded suggestions from other Democrats and natural allies that didn't match hers, and was widely considred by those involved as arrogant and dismissive. Her second potential great moment came with the Iraq vote, and she chose to to do what she believed then would benefit a future presidential run, not what would benefit the nation. I don't know of any Obama supporter, including myself, who thinks he's perfect or that he hasn't made mistakes or doesn't have skeletons in his closet-all politicians and aspiring politicians do. However, we have no doubt that he's a far better decision maker than Hillary, is less self centered and arrogant, and that he actually cares about the nation more than he cares about his own ambitions.
