Should Hillary Clinton Be Our Next President?

This is a very interesting article, however, I think that it places too great an emphasis on Bill Clinton the President, vis a vis Hillary, who in fact has great merits of her own. When we talk about what factor could contribute to make Hilary Clinton a potential candidate, there is much more to say than she was just the wife of a former president. 
Hilary Clinton started to be involved in politics when she was 17 years old. She was a volunteer for Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. She was part of the anti-war movement, which was against the Vietnam War. Then inspired by Martin Luther King’s speeches, she became a Democrat. She was studying law at Yale University when she met Bill Clinton. She was working as a lawyer for Rose Law Firm, actively involved in politics and civics affairs, when she finally married Bill Clinton. She is as talented and educated as Bill Clinton is. Additionally, this shows that Hillary Clinton has had a long carrier in politics; it was not something she discovered by being married to Clinton.   When Bill Clinton became president, she dedicated her time to support and work with her husband as partners. She tried to put together a Health Care Reform, which did not succeed, but proves the point that she is a bright woman and was a strong first lady. However, I would say that Hilary Clinton started her own independent career in politics after the Monica Lewinsky scandal because she separated politically from her husband and became a US senator from New York. In 2001 she became the only first lady to hold national office and then in 2007 she became Secretary of State. Probably, she had the support of her husband, but the merit to obtain and maintain those positions were all hers. It is not clear in the article why the contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was controversial, but I think that it was more historic than controversial. It was a difficult choice for Democrats because these two people are highly qualified. However, I think that Obama being the first African-American to run for the presidency was overwhelming for many Americans. I cannot speak for others, but for me it was wonderful that after so many years of racial inequality, abuses, and segregation an African American could reach such a position; thus, I believe that many Americans decided the contest between Clinton and Obama based not just on political qualifications, because they both are qualified, but in political justice for all Americans in regard to race.