Who is the most brilliant female Democrat?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Not who you like, not who's a good politician. Just sheer intelligence? A true intellectual.

I have got to vote for Lori , Lightfoot, Mayor of Chicago.

But interested in what others here think.

[LizBeth]

1. Rice, Warren is way up there. But, I am far from knowing many of the women Democrats

IQ.

Edit: I really have no business even attempting to answer, lol.

[tblue37]

2. Elizabeth Warren, Katie Porter, Nancy Pelosi, and Hillary Clinton. nt

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[Marie Marie]

3. Nancy Pelosi (of course), Katie Porter, Elizabeth Warren.

[SheltieLover]

4. Ditto 👆

👍

[OregonBlue]

31. I agree but add AOC.

[Greybnk48]

5. Pelosi and Warren. n/t

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. It's a toss up between those two... not even close.

[TristanIsolde]

6. Elizabeth Warren ofcourse

[hamsterjill]

7. Hillary. Hands down.

She’s brilliant.

Many of the other women mentioned are phenomenal, but to me, Hillary set the standard.

[onetexan]

10. +1 -K&R

[Maru Kitteh]

18. +1

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. And if she had been a he and won more votes in 2016,

than the opponent, they would be our unanimous candidate in 2020. Just think, with all she has learned too since then, replaying it all.

VP!! Because no human being deserves it more than she.

[trueblue2007]

22. Hillary. Hands UP AND CLAP!!!!!!

[Lucinda]

47. + 1 And she knows in-depth details about a huge variety of topics

[lapucelle]

8. HRC and Susan Rice. N/T

[dragonlady]

9. Elizabeth Warren

Most brilliant, most energetic.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. I think she has the most amazing ability to recall information

[Poiuyt]

11. Madeleine Albright

Not a politician really, but that's not what you asked.

[Quixote1818]

12. Michelle Obama and Warren. nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

13. The Notorious RBG.

KY.......

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. In a league of her own! And NO man or woman could

bounce back with such extreme and utter physical hardship.

[Tipperary]

46. Boom!

This!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

15. Pelosi and Warren hands down

[judeling]

16. Lots but some at the top of my list are

Valerie Jarret, Hillary, AOC, Amy Klobuchar, Susan Rice.

[KPN]

20. There are many. But Elizabeth Warren stands out as far as communicatingissues, concepts and clearly

in my book.

[KentuckyWoman]

21. My vote will go to

It being someone whose name we do not know and may never. She is too smart to be a politician.

And our female politicians are pretty darn smart.

[JI7]

23. Right now it's Nancy Pelosi

[Thunderbeast]

24. An embarrassment of riches!

In no particular order:

Elizabeth Warren
Samantha Power
Susan Rice
Sally Yates
Hillary Clinton
Madeline Albright
Stacey Abrahms
Letitia James
Kamala Harris
Katie Porter
Val Demmings
Muriel Bowser
Gretchen Whitmer

Any of these women would be great presidents! (Though Albright and Power are constitutionally disqualified)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

28. Yet who out of all these do you think is exceptionally brilliant?

[smirkymonkey]

25. RBG, Katie Porter, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren,

Michelle Obama, Lori Lightfoot.

I am sure there are some I have overlooked, but those are the ones that leap to mind.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. You think all of them are exceptionally brilliant? It's ok,

Of course, just curious.

[smirkymonkey]

33. Is there someone you would cross off the list?

Just curious.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Touche. Yes. But it's just my opinion. Everyone probably

defines it differently. To me it's assimilating facts easily but then taking that set of facts and taking it to the next level - analyzing, proposing, and acting on solutions.

Here's an example. Everyone knows tRussia interfered with 2016 election. Everyone knows trump and McConnell blocking any fixing of that situation. Mueller was adamant that it be our focus to prevent it. To me, it's easy just to say McConnell won't let us. But a sign of exceptional intelligence to me would be where someone figured out how to make it happen despite the obstacles.

[SmartVoter22]

26. Eleanor Rosevelt

Human Rights Charter
Quick Whit

Warren seems closest to Roosevelt's style.

[nolabear]

27. Me.

I mean, as long as you’re askin’. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. I second that!

[nolabear]

34. Okay us. 😂😂😂

[DFW]

35. Sheer intelligence?

My vote goes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[StarfishSaver]

37. Not even close - it's Nancy Pelosi by a few miles

But many others are coming along. We've got a great bench

[redstatebluegirl]

38. Rice, Warren and Harris are tied.

[nsd]

39. Warren.

I don't agree with some roads down which her intellect has taken her -- no model or set of assumptions is absolutely correct nor should be followed blindly without tempering by human experience -- but there's no denying that Warren is brilliant.

I backed Biden in the primary -- and still think he would be a better president -- but there's no denying she was smarter than anyone else in that race. (Except maybe Buttigieg, hard to tell what's real with hiim. In any case, his background was so meager that he never proved himself.)

The thing is: being a good president or vice-president isn't really about intellect. Or, rather, intellect forms only a small part of the result. Politics isn't pure mathematics or theoretical physics. Intellect only gets you so far in that field. And so, I think this really isn't a good question. Intellect isn't what is crucial in politics. Most successful people in politics are reasonably smart but they're not brilliant, and that's not what makes them successful.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

40. Very well put. I was looking at it very narrowly. Pure

Intellect. Lori Lightfoot stood out in a panel I watched, while others just repeated rote responses.

Some are gifted at management, not intellectualism. Some the reverse. Rare to find someone who has enough of both. Rare to find someone who can come up with brilliant policy and have the awareness/ability to take the idea to fruition, navigating all the political headwinds.

You mention Warren... brilliant...yet not aware that saying all big corporations and banks are bad, alienates millions who work there or are dependent upon them. Or, that there are millions of voters who feel more comfortable with incremental change toward a big goal Same with Hillary Clinton. Once again a brilliant achiever. Yet not aware enough to realize people were yearning for an unabashed liberal voice.

I actually think, that ignoring the obvious personal issues, Bill Clinton is the best example I can think of as the perfect mix.

[IcyPeas]

41. Rachel Maddow (you didn't say brilliant politician)

she is the most brilliant woman I can think of. All the other mentions are fantastic too, of course.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

42. Yes. My pick for brilliant female Dem that will never be President or VP is Jennifer Granholm

Berkeley, Harvard. Plus amazingly astute as a politician. She was born in Canada.

[milestogo]

43. Rachel Maddow, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris

[Laura PourMeADrink]

50. Help me out please. What do you

Find brilliant about Harris? Not dissing, promise. Just haven't personally witnessed it. She may be our VP!

[B_Mann]

44. It's gotta be Nancy Pelosi

There are others, but the Speaker is just brilliant.

[mcar]

45. Pelosi and Harris

[lame54]

48. Warren

[Lucinda]

49. Overall? Hillary, no contest. But we have a huge number of

brilliant women who are incredibly smart. I think that we made it though the past year and a half because Nancy Pelosi is brilliant and has the strength to take on the evil that GOP Congress has been shoveling out.