(04-10-2014 12:25 PM)Machiavelli Wrote: 41 being the head of the CIA. Nudges him up with her but being Sec. of State would trump it I believe. It's just a silly argument.
Reagan check
Carter check
Ford check
Nixon check.
She might be the most accomplished Presidential Candidate in my memory. Owl is better than this.
Reagan was governor of a state. That puts him ahead of her.
GWB was governor of a state. That puts him ahead of her.
Carter was governor of a state. That puts him ahead of her.
Nixon was vice-president. That puts him ahead of her.
I would discount Ford's vice-presidential tenure as too short, and would put his house minority leader experience ahead of her, but that is the closest call of the group.
She's ahead of Obama. She's got more time in the senate, plus a gig as secretary of state.
As for losing candidates:
She's behind Al Gore, who had more time in the senate plus the vice-presidency.
With respect to Mondale or Dole or McCain or Kerry, it depends on how you compare longer senate tenure to secretary of state. I'd say there's an argument that these are pushes.
Romney was a governor of a state. That puts him ahead of her. Romney is also the only one in the entire group that actually had significant success in the real world economy. That might put him ahead of the whole group.
The idea that Hillary Clinton has ever done anything to make her the most qualified person in that group is astoundingly idiotic. You're better than that, Mach. Her only qualification is that she can cobble together a coalition of enough votes to win an election. And that's all democrats seem to care about.
Her most appealing qualification might be that she has better taste in women than Bill does.