It can be argued that, in this particular election cycle, with the current slate of candidates, that Hillary Clinton is, in fact, the candidate with the most experience.
She has had the most experience being a candidate for President.
If you include the "two for the price of one" meme of the first Clinton Presidency, she has been a candidate, off and on, for over twenty years. I mean, Pat Paulsen could beat her in the category of years of experience, but he's not running in this election cycle.
If you do not count the first Clinton presidency, then you have the 2007/2008 run, from announcement to primary, and the 2015 to present day run. It can be argued that her time in the Senate and her time as Secretary of State were both part of building her Presidential campaign; it can also be argued that the aforementioned argument is bullshit. If you want to argue either of those things, start your own damn diary to argue it in. That is not the point I'm considering here.
The point I am considering is this: In those years of campaigning, Hillary Clinton has not been running for President. She has been running for the Democratic Nomination for President, a subtle difference. No one, not even Hillary herself, has ever seen what Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton would do. It has been said that traditionally, candidates on the Democratic side "race to the left for the nomination, then race to the center for the election." And Hillary is nothing if not a traditional candidate.
So my question is: If she does get the nomination, just how far is that Acme Giant Rubber Band going to fling her when she lets go of her pre-nomination positions?
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Now, before I get lots of postings accusing me of being a "concern troll," I want to point out that a concern troll traditionally is someone who tries to put out negative information under the guise of expressing false worry or concern about someone. That is not what I'm doing here. To quote James Carville:
Hillary's going to be just fine. She's going to be just fine.
I'm not worried about her; I'm worried about US.
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