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American diplomacy
What Hillary did next
Since failing to win the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton has loyally served Barack Obama as secretary of state. We assess her record and ponder her plans
Comments at the Economist sometimes get hostile, and sometimes reveal a certain lack of understanding. But this one may take the prize for silliest comment of the week.
Contrary to what was written above, Mrs Clinton has a law degree from Yale and was a practicing partner in Arkansas's premier law firm before she and her husband came to Washington.
A true leader and unrelenting advocate for women's rights. We are so lucky to have her and I remain an avid follower of her breakthroughs in the future.
Our civilization is thousands of years old and women have always been subjugated in almost all cultures.
Latin America has had many female presidents in the last decades (Mexico is about to join the club), something that hasn't happened in Japan, France, the US, etc.
The fact that it took Hillary saying it for you to realize that speaks volumes of your lack of culture and national self-hatred.
Hilary is a breath of fresh air compared to the parrot nincompoop Condoleezza Rice who seemed to have neither a voice nor an opinion about foreign policy that was not Bush’s.
A gal who has coped with two serious and delicate situations with clarity and decisiveness - first working effectively with the guy who beat her for the Prsidency and second tidying up the diplomatic doo-doo left over by Bush and his Neo-Con bunglers. If she chose to run in 2016, she'd stitch together a broader consituency than anything either party seems likely to be able to come up with. Have at it, babe!
Is there any way a reset of relations with Russia could succeed with Putin still on the scene?
The only one I can think of would be total abdication to Putin's grandiose dreams. Not that it wasn't worth trying. It had no realistic hope of succeeding, but at least it made clear where the real problem was.
I'd be surprised if she runs. I think you misunderstand how much a large section of liberal and independnt women dislike her. I'm not one of them, but I've had to listen to them. They say she stayed with her husband for ambition, but have no problem with the fact that John Kerry and his first wife divorced (when his children were small) becaue his wife wanted nothing to do with his political ambitions.
Women don't want to admit it, but when they see a woman who they consider openly ambitious, it makes many of them very, very uncomfortable. I remember asking many of these women to describe their ideal candidate and it was essentially Dennis Kucinich with a vagina - and many of these women considered Kucinich way too left. But they didn't consider him personally ambitious and they respected that - they wanted a female candidate to be truly 'different' - what they don't understand is that not only will that kind of candidate lose at the Presidential level, holding a woman to a significantly different standard than you would a man is sexist. They were stumped when I pointed that out to them.
Hillary Clinton has proved a valuable and effective Secretary of State. I'm sure her sojourn away from the trials of the office will lead her to a Democratic Party Nomination attempt for 2016.
She is a brilliant woman with great vision for USA and the rest of the world. I supported her very strongly during the last Democratic Primary.I will support her again with very great enthusiasm, if she choose to run again. I hope she does !! She will become the first female President and probably one of the greatest at that !I was a great admirer of her husband, our beloved former president, Bill Clinton. Cheers. Venkat Warren.M.D.
If Biden decides that he wants to retire, and can make a convincing case the he is doing so entirely of his own volition, it might make for a fascinating twist in the general election campaign.
Otherwise it looks like the campaign will see a contest between Romeny and Biden for who can make the biggest gaffe -- with Romney the odds-on favorite to make the most damaging one.
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That's the most important thing you have to offer about her tenure as Secretary of State? Pathetic and exactly proves her point
Comments at the Economist sometimes get hostile, and sometimes reveal a certain lack of understanding. But this one may take the prize for silliest comment of the week.
Hillary Clinton is an amazing woman who has lead by example. She is such an accomplished, hard working person. An example for woman everywhere.
Contrary to what was written above, Mrs Clinton has a law degree from Yale and was a practicing partner in Arkansas's premier law firm before she and her husband came to Washington.
A true leader and unrelenting advocate for women's rights. We are so lucky to have her and I remain an avid follower of her breakthroughs in the future.
Hillary Clinton was a corporate lawyer.
I like and admire Hillary immensely, and I feel she's done a superb job as Secretary of State. Obama made the best choice possible.
Our civilization is thousands of years old and women have always been subjugated in almost all cultures.
Latin America has had many female presidents in the last decades (Mexico is about to join the club), something that hasn't happened in Japan, France, the US, etc.
The fact that it took Hillary saying it for you to realize that speaks volumes of your lack of culture and national self-hatred.
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Trolls are unwelcome anywhere, but on "The Economist" it is even more jarring to view comments whose sole purpose is to annoy.
Hilary is a breath of fresh air compared to the parrot nincompoop Condoleezza Rice who seemed to have neither a voice nor an opinion about foreign policy that was not Bush’s.
She seems lacking intellectual depth. But that might proven to be most appealing to voters.
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A gal who has coped with two serious and delicate situations with clarity and decisiveness - first working effectively with the guy who beat her for the Prsidency and second tidying up the diplomatic doo-doo left over by Bush and his Neo-Con bunglers. If she chose to run in 2016, she'd stitch together a broader consituency than anything either party seems likely to be able to come up with. Have at it, babe!
Is there any way a reset of relations with Russia could succeed with Putin still on the scene?
The only one I can think of would be total abdication to Putin's grandiose dreams. Not that it wasn't worth trying. It had no realistic hope of succeeding, but at least it made clear where the real problem was.
Obama is really smart, just like Lincoln, to keep trouble maker under your personal control.
I'd be surprised if she runs. I think you misunderstand how much a large section of liberal and independnt women dislike her. I'm not one of them, but I've had to listen to them. They say she stayed with her husband for ambition, but have no problem with the fact that John Kerry and his first wife divorced (when his children were small) becaue his wife wanted nothing to do with his political ambitions.
Women don't want to admit it, but when they see a woman who they consider openly ambitious, it makes many of them very, very uncomfortable. I remember asking many of these women to describe their ideal candidate and it was essentially Dennis Kucinich with a vagina - and many of these women considered Kucinich way too left. But they didn't consider him personally ambitious and they respected that - they wanted a female candidate to be truly 'different' - what they don't understand is that not only will that kind of candidate lose at the Presidential level, holding a woman to a significantly different standard than you would a man is sexist. They were stumped when I pointed that out to them.
Hillary Clinton has proved a valuable and effective Secretary of State. I'm sure her sojourn away from the trials of the office will lead her to a Democratic Party Nomination attempt for 2016.
She is a brilliant woman with great vision for USA and the rest of the world. I supported her very strongly during the last Democratic Primary.I will support her again with very great enthusiasm, if she choose to run again. I hope she does !! She will become the first female President and probably one of the greatest at that !I was a great admirer of her husband, our beloved former president, Bill Clinton. Cheers. Venkat Warren.M.D.
Hillary Clinton has (to my great surprise) been an awesome Secretary of State.
I hope she becomes Vice President in 2012 and President in 2016
If Biden decides that he wants to retire, and can make a convincing case the he is doing so entirely of his own volition, it might make for a fascinating twist in the general election campaign.
Otherwise it looks like the campaign will see a contest between Romeny and Biden for who can make the biggest gaffe -- with Romney the odds-on favorite to make the most damaging one.