What if she decided that she and Bill had done their part as President and First Lady and didn’t run for Senate in 2000?
Pretty much this. I’m sure she’s going to be a huge lobbyist. Hillary will be as active behind the scenes as she was active in the public political sphere.She gives speeches, she sits on corporate boards, she writes books, and gets paid a lot of money to not do a whole lot on any number of things.
Joins a prestigious law firm for her connections?
Strangely, without Hillary being active politician, I think she would end up as almost neutral pick for Supreme Court, assuming OTL events still going on.20xx Senate GOP blocks President <non OTL Democrat>'s nomination of Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court.
I never bought this particular angle. Besides the obvious wrongness of the "women are just conniving gold diggers" angle, I don't think there has been a single time wherein being yoked to Bill has been helpful to Hillary. His presidency is not that well regarded, he comes from a state where Hillary has no intention of winning votes in (for any position), and the Lewinski Scandal probably would've played better for Hillary if she had divorced Bill.Divorces Bill with extreme prejudice. She hung on for team Clinton and the deal was she would get a go as the politician after him.
Being Bill’s husband must definitely was helpful for running for senate in 2000. Otherwise there no way in hell she could have run after only buying a house in New York a few months priorI never bought this particular angle. Besides the obvious wrongness of the "women are just conniving gold diggers" angle, I don't think there has been a single time wherein being yoked to Bill has been helpful to Hillary. His presidency is not that well regarded, he comes from a state where Hillary has no intention of winning votes in (for any position), and the Lewinski Scandal probably would've played better for Hillary if she had divorced Bill.
It really is possible that she could just love the guy. Shocking, I know.
She “lost” because of gerrymandering. She won the popular vote by 3 million people. And the GOP has utterly hated her since the 1990s and demonized her so thoroughly that many people who grew up in those circles can’t separate fact from fiction when it comes to Hillary as a person.At I don’t think she lost the general election because of Bill. She lost the WWC in the Midwest and low minority turnout. Both groups favor Bill over her
I am sure their plans changed over time as opportunities opened up. But it interesting that she had no personal political profile till after Bill ended his career.
The fact that Hillary was going to run in 2016 may have motivated the GOP to make such a big deal out of Benghazi. If the Secretary of State didn’t have any ambition for an elected office, the GOP might not have made such a big deal out of Benghazi.I don't think Obama's foreign policy would be much impacted without Clinton at SecState. Though if someone could find instances where Clinton's advice was a crucial influence on Obama's policies, I'm happy to hear about them.
What If they had run against each other ? The Evenformer Goldwater Girl vs the Arkansas governor. in opposing parties ? The butterflies might not be even so huge for both of them without marrying. It still might be possible for them to archive the carriers they did OTL.What if she decided that she and Bill had done their part as President and First Lady and didn’t run for Senate in 2000?
What If they had run against each other ? The Evenformer Goldwater Girl vs the Arkansas governor. in opposing parties ? The butterflies might not be even so huge for both of them without marrying. It still might be possible for them to archive the carriers they did OTL.
Interesting to think who would have been the “establishment” candidate in 2008...Would there have been a much larger field like this year had Hillary not seemingly cleared the board? How would Obama have fared in a larger field? Could he still put together his coalition or would the vote be spread out enough to allow him to thread the needle and win?
Huh? She was loathed by the right even without being a politician. Not only that, but she hadn't actively practiced law in year by 2000, so she'd probably need to become a judge for several years before that was even an option and then hope the GOP wouldn't stop her from getting nominated, which would be a pretty hard thing to pull off.Strangely, without Hillary being active politician, I think she would end up as almost neutral pick for Supreme Court, assuming OTL events still going on.