How do you define 'good' and 'great' in this context just so I know exactly how much shit to give you when the time comes?
What would a good Hillary Clinton term look like? A great one?
What would good and great look like? 4 years or 8 years out? With a Democratic Congress or another foot-dragging GOP Congress?
I'll assume she has a more or less cooperative congress and that she gets less done if the legislative branch is populated with do nothings like we now have facing Obama.
Also I'm assuming 8 years in office. She can't be called a good president if she can't win the second term.
Unacceptable performance: Basically status quo with some movement in a good direction. These areas would look like the following:
- Supreme Court is no longer controlled by conservative justices.
- Lobbying and election funding is unchanged.
- ACA is better funded and has better support from people in the US but still sputtering and the number of uninsured remains unchanged.
- Education system K-12 is unchanged. At college level, states are able to receive funds to pay for first two years of college for about 30% of recent HS graduates.
- International scene is status quo; no major troop deployments but those fucking drones still killing people anywhere the war machine wants.
- Defense spending on par with what it is now.
- Some of Sander's planks in the platform are implemented.
- Wages are relatively unchanged and income/wealth distribution doesn't get worse but isn't meaningfully improved.
- No movement in environmental issues
- No movement in social justice issues
That's the baseline for unacceptable performance. If this is where we are in four years, I demand a different candidate for Prez.
Good would be meaningfully better movement in the above list in four or five areas. Also all of the issues Sanders managed to get addressed in the party platform are implemented.
Great would have improvement in all of the above categories and three or four greatly improved. Also, half of the below have occurred:
- Defense spending is down, deployments are down, terrorist threats are down and
- Use of drones is banned internationally with US participation.
- Campaign finance reform implemented to prevent unfair advantage like what Hillary had this election cycle.
- Any recent graduates from HS with good grades (C+ or better) receive federal tuition grants if they want it without having to perform public service. They also automatically receive tuition money each year if they maintain good grades.
- Everybody has healthcare coverage. People pay their share according to means.
- A path to single payer healthcare is defined.
- Middle class is expanding and wages in all working classes up by more than inflation.
- Full participation with international community to address global warming. US takes leadership in some areas.
- Respect and equal opportunity for everybody is better than before her term with a path forward for improvement.
This is my wish list tempered by that hated word, pragmatism. Because you asked, not that I think anybody gives a shit.
