Thanks everyone for your opinions.

It's always interesting to look at things
from various perspectives, especially when
argued intelligently and from people who
one respects. I try to give thought to
what is said and try to learn as much as
I can from those statements.

As far as Hillary Clinton is concerned, we
shall have to wait and see what the future
holds for her and who American voters want as their
President.
I found her to be a remarkable woman of her time.
But those were different times.
What sort of leader will she make today?
Hopefully she will be granted the opportunity to
show us. Better her then Trump.

P,

I am puzzled by the strength of your antipathy towards Hillary considering that BS will battle to beat Trump. His lengthy stays in Moscow etc during the cold war make him very vulnerable, and while he has appeal for the left wing of the democrats, I think that he will be a hard sell for middle America.

*I find it hard to believe that Americans would want to suffer another 8 years of what they have had with Obama*

So lets think back where America was, when Obama took over. The economy was a train wreck, unemployment was huge and rising fast. GM had gone bankrupt, America was hated everywhere. Obama has been limited in the changes that he could make, due to an obstinate Senate, but he can be very proud of his achievements, compared to 8 years ago.
Shame that he can't do another 4 years.

SM,

I do think Sanders is a hard sell for middle America - being that the US has always been suspicious of social democracy. They'd like to have the quality of services delivered by Scandinavian countries, for example, but they don't wish to have so much govt control or pay the taxes required.

Clinton. as I mentioned earlier, is more a mouth piece for the status quo. No great shakes. No particular stand out qualities.

Yabby,

"So lets think back where America was, when Obama took over. The economy was a train wreck, unemployment was huge and rising fast. GM had gone bankrupt, America was hated everywhere. Obama has been limited in the changes that he could make, due to an obstinate Senate, but he can be very proud of his achievements, compared to 8 years ago.
Shame that he can't do another 4 years."

I agree entirely.

I agree about Obama too.
Clinton could take a few notes about Obama's empathy and diplomacy if she knows what is good for her.

I still think she has some way to go to secure women's votes though. She should have left Bill years ago, and then she would have been a shoe-in for the nomination...

It is extraordinary that Hillary now gets flak because of Monica.
It takes two to tango yet the male always blamed.

I think it very likely Monica came onto Bill, after all she was the one who bragged with the evidence that she jumped on the most powerful man in the world.

Bill said it was not a relationship. In other words it was sex and not love. And Bill did not shame Monica by spelling that out in his own defense.

I think Hillary was likely wise in her decision not to break up the family.
Taking children from their father without justification should be a crime.

Being a wise woman could allow understanding of the power of another woman coming onto her man.
It takes a wise woman to understand how nature can make a man momentarily lose control of the driving force embedded in males to sustain the species. It's no excuse but nevertheless that psychological exists.

And it takes a decent human being to understand what forgiveness is all about.

I think Hillary Clinton could be the best President the US has ever had.
Time will tell.