by Kelly Moser

Created on: January 12, 2007   Last Updated: March 19, 2008

Hillary Clinton should not seek the Democratic nomination for president. Given the leadership role both Clintons hold in the Democratic Party, an accurate assessment of whether she can actually win more than the nomination is crucial if the Democrats want to present the American public with a viable alternative to a Republican nominee. I do not feel Hillary Clinton can win the presidential election and therefore should not seek her parties nomination.

Hillary Clinton has proved herself as a politician during her tenure as a Senator from New York. What is even more amazing is she has not even changed her hair style in the last week. I can already feel the accusations that this is a cheap shot flying. But this is only the beginning of the criticisms that can be hurled against the Clintons if they choose to run for the presidency.

Do not think it will not be viewed as a team effort. The same objections to Hillary's "co-presidency" during her husband's terms in office will be raised again if she runs for president. The conflict becomes even more complex when an ex-president will be serving as First Lady. No one will believe he will merely be redecorating the White House. The issue would be a complex issue for any woman candidate but with an ex-president as spouse the role of the president's spouse in the White House would take on new complexities.

Then we have the scandals that arose during the Clinton administration. Hillary's quest for legitimacy makes it very difficult for her to distance herself from the shady financial dealings that went on in Arkansas. These issues will all be rehashed and will prevent her from winning the presidency.

On an emotional level the Clintons disillusioned many of their supporters. Even if you voted independent in the first election you really wanted to believe in the Clinton/Gore theme song; "Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow". The image of both couples standing on the stage with that song in the background sticks in our minds. The last vestiges of idealism in the baby-boomer generation lead us to believe that these representatives of our generation were different from the generation before them and could change the world. The corruption the Clintons brought with them to office merely killed that last vestige of hope in many of us. The Clintons forced the last of the baby boomers to acknowledge that most of us had become our parents. Those baby boomers that were in positions of power were as corrupt and power hungry as all of those

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