Letters to the Editor
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Which canidate had it "harder"
That is a complicated question. To raise political funds when you don't already have a vast network...does that make it easier? Growing up in Oak Park? Both ended up in the Ivy League and as everyone knows 90% of those who get there get there because who they knew and the money their parents had....one didn't have that opportunity. One was drafted into the elite course of the party and served on many boards etc.. The number of white upper middle class women who were admitted to the best schools can't be disputed.
Another had to come up from the dirty reality of local politics and accepted money that wasn't "sanitized" by the system or marriage. But he went into the nitty gritty of social policy and issues.
One might have more connections, but the other knows the basics of politics and the people who live the basics- the other hasn't despite her prostestations.