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Clinton for President

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 10/31/16

Hillary Clinton is decidedly imperfect. She bears the scar-tissue of a quarter-century of being in the national spotlight and facing severe criticism—some of it justified—virtually from the outset of that period, starting with her invocations of Tammy Wynette and chocolate-chip cookies in responding to her husband’s infidelity and questions about her decision to be actively engaged in his political career.

That was followed by her failed attempt as First Lady to gain a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s health-care system, and her ag­gres­­sive—and, it turned out, wrong­­headed—efforts to defend President Clinton against further sex scandals.

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