Indecision 2008 (a la Jon Stewart)

Public figures, who under harsh scrutinization seem to have no problem losing their dignity and privacy, often have a hard time shaking free of the baggage of their past.
Hillary Rodham Clinton took a dynamic, prominent role during the Presidency of her "busy" husband, a two-term period that ended in disaster and scandal. She played a central role in public policy, including initiating the Clinton health care plan, which never made it past Congress. To be so closely associated with a presidency filled with scandal is something that is difficult to separate from her current independent endeavors as New York Governor and Presidential candidate.
After raising more the 63 million dollars for a campaign to be the first female serving as President, many Americans are still having a hard time forgetting her insistent defense of her husband, and her claims of a "right-wing conspiracy" against him. This most likely weighs heavily on her reputation at Cornerstone, as well as the basis of her candidacy: her liberal view. According to the National Journal, on a scale of 1 to 100, 1 being the most liberal and 100 the most conservative, Clinton was rated at 30, while a study of the Cornerstone student body would undoubtedly rate much higher on the scale.

My own personal opinion: Reading about the other candidates vying for the Democratic party nomination, Mike Gravel, the 76-year-old Alaskan who fought against the Vietnam War and published part of the Pentagon Papers, for example, or David Kucinich, the vegan recipient of the Ghandi Peace Award fighting for universal not-for-profit health care, I would argue the amount of attention focused on this Lady Macbeth of modern politics is out of balance. There is a wealth of leaders who would be much more suited for the nomination than Clinton in my opinion, but the general absence of political awareness lets a pop-icon-turned-candidate step to the foreground. Granted, Clinton has been very successful in her political career and is attempting to achieve that which no woman has been able, but I believe there are better options.