Will Hilary run?
My uncle, John Penney, is the editor for the Poughkeepsie Journal. He has won many awards and has gotten to work with and write about many famous people or world wide events. This past few weeks he has worked with Eliot Spitzer, and Hilary Clinton. He wrote an article on Hilary Clinton and did a live video article with her as well. Both were about her choice to run for president. She reported that the interview done with my Uncle John was the best she had in years. The questions he had asked her were very different from everyone elses and it was very informative.
This is the article… my uncle sent it to me ahead of time
ENDORSEMENT: Clinton has served N.Y. well November 3, 2006
Hillary Rodham Clinton has been a strong fighter for New York and should be given the opportunity to serve again as a U.S. senator.Clinton has been on the right side of many critical environmental causes, believing the cleanup of the Hudson River must go forward and fighting against the Bush administration’s attempts to roll back Clean Water and Clean Air regulations. Certainly, she has worked hard on behalf of New York, especially to obtain much-needed funding to help rebuild lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Nevertheless, she still has a lot to accomplish if she is going to make good on important promises. Clinton put creating jobs for upstate New York as one of her major goals during her first term in office. For a number of reasons, that endeavor has failed. While the mid-Hudson Valley has enjoyed a fair amount of economic success, parts of the upstate region continue to lose jobs — and people. Clinton says the Bush administration’s tax-and-spend priorities are partly to blame for the sluggish upstate economy. She also notes she has been stymied in her attempts to get her “New Jobs for New York” bills through the Republican-controlled Congress. Those measures call for heavy government investment to help lure high-tech jobs to upstate through broadband Internet access, job training centers and tax credits for small businesses.
Clinton told the Poughkeepsie Journal editorial board she believes these initiatives “were on the right track,” and she would continue to push for them. Clinton is being challenged by former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, who had some successes as leader of that city. He addressed many quality-of-life issues, such as removing graffiti and litter from the streets, and worked with private developers to improve the city’s waterfront. But his tenure also was marked by huge fights with the state over school funding for the Yonkers school district, which has struggled financially.
Ironically, liberal Democrats can probably find more reasons to oppose Clinton than, say, moderate Republicans. She voted to give President Bush the power to wage war in Iraq and has said that, after Sept. 11, 2001, she viewed Saddam Hussein differently, believing he posed a grave threat. She serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has taken a pro-defense view on many issues and has stopped short of suggesting the United States should set a deadline for bringing the troops home from Iraq. But she also has blamed the Bush administration for a series of strategic mistakes in Iraq. She says there should be a gradual downsizing of U.S. troops to bring more pressure on Iraqi leaders to assume more responsibility over their country. And she believes the Bush administration should have worked more closely with the international community to secure Iraq’s border after Saddam Hussein was toppled.
Clinton is widely viewed as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, but she has not revealed her plans beyond her current campaign for the Senate. While the political spotlight is always on the former first lady, Clinton settled in nicely as a powerful representative for New York’s interests and has earned another chance to continue her fight for the Empire State.
this is also the video interview. (my uncle is the voice in the background)
Anthony said,
November 9, 2006 at 4:13 am
If Hillary Clinton runs for President, I see it real hard for all the men in the country to vote for a woman for President. The idea is just ludicrous, and even if she won, I would move to Italy in a heartbeat. I’m not a big fan of Hillary Clinton and if she was ever to be President and break the tradition of male Presidents, I would definitly be high-tailing my own ass out of the country. Everyone can blame the Bush Administration for doing the wrong or stupid things, but what are you going to do now. The choices have been made, either good or bad, and we just have to deal with them. He hasn’t brought our country to shambles like I think will happen if Hillary runs and wins the Presidency. Men will have to be really desperate and have gone psycho due to a drug in the air that makes men vote for Hillary to have her in the Oval Office.
pureserendpity said,
November 9, 2006 at 6:08 pm
I dont see it a big deal that a woman becomes a president. Its not that its a “tradition” that there have been all male presidents, its that not many women have the balls to run against men in fear of people who have stances like you. But Hilary Clinton may just have the set to do so. And if she does that then i feel that she would be a great president.
Audra said,
November 10, 2006 at 12:53 am
If Hillary ran for pres. I don’t think she’d win because so many people are against having a woman pres. But she takes the same stand on most issues as her husband and I think he did a great job of running our nation. I would vote for her if she ran against someone who I didn’t agree with, and, yes, I’m a female so I’m probably more open-minded about it, but I wouldn’t vote for her JUST because she’s a woman. It just so happens that I agree with her democratic stance.
kim said,
November 28, 2006 at 3:59 am
I think Hilary should run for president. She has had a lot of past experience and is definetly eligible for the job. I think that women will vote for her just because she would be the first woman president, and men wouldn’t vote for her because she is a woman. I highly doubt that the majority of people would actually look at the details to vote for her and instead vote based on her gender which is sad to think about.
Jennifer said,
December 14, 2006 at 6:51 pm
Anthony your claims are completely lacking evidence. Why would the country go to shambles if Hilary were president? What specifically would be the problem? Is it Hilary specifically or any woman in office?
Jennifer said,
December 14, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Meghan, I watched the video interview that your uncle did, and I loved the way he posed the question as much as Hilary did! Really clever, really smart:)