Do you think we should have a woman president in the US and if so, who do you think should run for president?

Answer 1

Why not. There have been countries run by Queens.

But we should not vote for a woman just because she is a woman, we don't vote for a man for that reason. Who ever runs, male or female, should be a person who will be good for our country, not to satisfy an ego.

There may be women who are now running large corporations who would make excellent Presidents.

Maybe the job is what is scaring them away. Why would a woman who now has a prestigious job with fantastic benefits want to scrap it for a job where everything she does in criticized, and by people who are miles beneath her in judgment and intellect?

Why would such a woman want to have to deal with some of the idiots who are now part of our Congress and some of the dolts who are now mayors and governors?

Hopefully the woman we select is not some flop who is able to cope with government idiots because she is one of that kind.

Answer 2

I think we should and should have a long time ago.

Women in this country, however, don't want liberation! That is a fact. The ERA went down to a resounding defeat depite the fact that 51% of the US is female.

The only woman VP candidate was in an election in which she and her male running make carried ONE STATE, If I'm not mistaken. Reagan carried all the rest in plurality Electorial votes.

That clearly shows that women will NOT vote the party line (probably a good thing, politically).

I think we will see a black or hispanic male president before we see a woman president.

Women don't fare very well in American Politics for some strange reason. There are few governors, they often go down to defeat to males after one or two terms. Few mayors. No woman has political clout in either the Senate or House, there has never been a woman Speaker that I can remember, nor a President Pro Tem

They are basically back benchers.

This is probably because the average woman in America is Edith Bunker, not Maude.

Gloria Allred is proabably one of the for most powerful women activist-leader in the US and I doubt if she could muster as many votes in a Presidential election as her technical counter part, Ralph Nader, did.

Men and politicians scared women to death and made them think if the ERA won they would get draft (and they might have) and that kept the ERA from succeeding.

The number of women who don't want to be pampered and protected is far below the majority of that 51%. Like I said, most women pattern themselves after Edith Bunker, not Maude.

This may change in this new millenium, but not for another 30 or 50 years until today's more agressive female workers take control after their mom's and grannies no longer go to the poles and vote.

And I doubt you will see any woman capable of mustering a vote until she reaches the position like Bill Frist and is seen on TV for years and years responding officially and fighting against or with the incumbant.

It will probably take many females like this, so Rice and Clinton are establishing the base, but it's going to be a long climb and no one wants another Clinton in office that that will be the big hit from the Republicans, along with her great loss in the NAtional Health battle she once fought and lost as badly as Bush lost with his ditch Social Security plan.

Answer 3

The answer is if you can find a woman that is better qualified than the man candidate, than absolutely. But not just to put a woman in the office. The qualifications are if the candidate of your choice has the same vision as do you on what this country needs. The Question should be " Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." I do not want hand outs from the federal government. I want to earn what I get. That includes health care it is not an entitlement. On the state level get rid of unemployment benefits.

Answer 4

Yes, Hillary Clinton would be an excellent choice. She is a strong, intelligent woman that is not afraid to stand up for what is right. She would have an excellent adviser in her husband, the last legally elected president. He was also the most successful in over 40 years at the job of running the country. She has much hate to overcome but if people would just stop to listen to what she has to say they would soon learn that she is capable.

Answer 5

Yes, I think we need a woman President to straighten out the mess this country is in; but Hilary Clinton is NOT the right candidate. She's just another evil, corrupt power broker whose only interest is that of lobbyists, special interest groups, wealthy elitists and big business. We need someone with compassion, morality, honor, and sincerity. A woman who is NOT a politician, but perhaps she's a stay-at-home mom or a schoolteacher.
Someone who is not politically savvy, who doesn't hold any PhDs or other fancy educational trinkets, and someone who has a boatload of down-to-Earth common sense. -RKO-

Answer 6

I'd like to see Diane Feinstein run for president. I wouldn't vote for just any woman, but if the qulaifications were equal, I'd vote for a woman in order to break down the barrier. It's hard to be taken seriously if you are the first [woman/black/gay/Jewish/etc.] person to take on a job, but once that hurdle is overcome, then people can be chosen by how good a job they are likely to do, not because of gender, race, or anything else irrelevant.

Answer 7

I don't have a problem with it. Of the Dems, I'm most comfortable with Hillary Clinton compared to the other possibilities who are largely second-rate. On the other hand, she is a liberal, and the one who nearly ruined the country in '93-94 with her socialist health care scheme; look for her to push that again if she's elected, with the extra power boost being President would provide. (God protect us!!!)

My choice would be Condileeza Rice. She's smart, level-headed, and experienced, not to mention a damned-sight more appealing than Hillary. My only problem is her confession a couple of years ago to being "pro-choice,"--i.e., pro-abortion. But she may have been simply giving an off-hand remark to appeal to whatever audience she was addressing; and she is entitled to change her viewpoint, which hopefully she has. But I'd vote for her anyway over any liberal, who would undoubtedly be pro-abortion.

Answer 8

I think Reba would make a good president. Grass roots, entertaining and very intelligent. Plus she's not a politician. Hillary would do the economy some good, but I don't know how she'd handle all of the problems we're facing in the middle east. Democrats aren't big on war, or military issues and I really think a true crisis is about to begin if we can't improve our relations with some key countries. It would be wonderful if we could get a woman president, a black president, any new blood would be welcome and I think we need it now the most.

Answer 9

yes to a woman for president. i think conderleisa rice and oprah for vice pres. or maybe the other way around. either way they could accomplish more than past presidents since Kennedy

Answer 10

Condoleeza Rice