Reply #212: I've wondered about this for a long time [View All]

[Utopian Leftist]

and I came to the conclusion, at least for myself, that a very large part of it is that better-educated voters think more strategically. Hillary Clinton came into this race having a higher disapproval rating than any other major presidential contender in the history of the polls (48 percent). Bush had a 47 percent disapproval in 2004 and won re-(s)election despite this, but one has to consider the fact that NEVER in our history has a sitting president, who ran for re-election during a time of war, failed to win. Americans simply view that as changing horses in the middle of a stream.

So while Hillary's disapproval rating is not a guarantee of failure, it is not a stretch for an intelligent person to accept that in all likelihood, she would never have been a popular president. And who here really wanted to spend another four or eight years defending the Clintons from the rabid right-wingers? Obama may yet prove to fuel a similar hatred with them, but then again at least with Obama the CHANCE exists that he could bridge the partisan divide. And no one in their right mind could possibly hope that Hillary would be able to accomplish that feat.