as a role model? The only reason she got anywhere near the White House at all is that she married a guy who never won a majority vote of the American public and who showed no respect for their marriage.

We all have help to become successful; I don't begrudge her that in the least. Sure, she's smart and tenacious, so much so that I'm sure she'd have made a name for herself without Bill. But would she be this close to the Presidency on her own merits? No.

Ask yourself this: If Bill had lost in 1992 or 1996, or been successfully Impeached in 1998, would she be this close to victory now?