ASPartOfMe wrote:
When I saw she did with Biden in that first debate I thought she would be a great candidate to stand up to Trump's bullying in the general. Her "prosecuting" Trump in the debates seemed an enticing prospect. Then she completely did a 180 turnaround and backed off. My theories are she was petrified of the woke wing of the party or afraid the voters would not like an aggressive black woman or both.
The process is designed to not nominate a flash in the pan and expose flaws and it did that with her. If she could not control her campaign she was not going to able to control the executive branch?
I think that's a very good assessment.
She was always touted as being a very good prosecutor. Her first national exposure was during the appointment hearings of Sessions as AG. People seemed to be very impressed with her method of questioning Sessions while others at the time considered her too aggressive. Those that considered her to be too aggressive were criticized as being misogynist. I understand that during the Sessions hearings she was representing herself as being "tough" and there's nothing wrong with that. However, the way she interrupted Sessions constantly is not something I found to be "tough". I found it to be boorish and badgering and I absolutely positively would have have the same reaction if a man would have had the same approach and I absolutely positively would have had the same reaction to anyone of any race if they would have had the same approach. She rubbed me the wrong way from the Sessions hearings onward for that reason and it had nothing to do with her being a woman or being of mixed race.