2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Over 50% of the US population is female – more than half -- [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Obama's presidency means a lot to black people, but has it really improved race relations in America? Most people would say not at all. Are black people today better off than they were in 2008? Heck, you can even claim they are worse off as the conservatives have systematically dismantled the Voting Rights Act. And police are still beating them in the streets.
How much would a woman president change things for women? Anything involving abortion rights, birth control, equal pay, etc... would require an act of Congress. There isn't much motivation anyway as most women outside the far left aren't really fighting for anything. 70% of the country think women already have equality. Foreign policy? Hillary will probably be more hawkish than Obama. And she certainly favors Wall Street more than Obama.
To be perfectly honest....what I see happening is a celebration of a female president for a few months. And then years of disappointment as nothing changes in Washington or on Wall Street, and the middle and lower class continues to get screwed. That's my prediction.
What you need for change is a Democrat congress and a reformer for President. Hillary Clinton is NOT a reformer. She is a corporatist. She wants more H1B visas. She wants TPP. She's scaling back calls for a higher minimum wage. She'd support Keystone XL if the political winds shift on it. She was against gay marriage until those winds shifted. She voted for the Iraq war. She supports the death penalty. She wants to increase surveillance and invade our privacy. She is NOT a reformer. And the sense of entitlement that she and her supporters carry bothers me greatly.
Elizabeth Warren...yes, I would vote for her. But I won't vote for Hillary.