Leading Democrats have yet to throw their weight behind her, making many wonder whether they too have the Oval Office on their minds.
To discuss this issue we are joined by Andrei Fyodorov, former deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, director, Center for political research foundation (studio guest), Chris Shipler, an American political commentator from the West Coast and Paul Grenier, an independent writer in the US, who worked for the Pentagon, State Department and World Bank as a Russian interpreter (Washington).
Andrei Fyodorov: The problem for Russia is not in Hillary. The problem is what kind of political background we will have during her possible presidency. The question is whether she will like to have a direct dialogue with the Russian President or not. She is pragmatic from one point of view. From another, she always played according to the rules, she never played alone, and she always worked in a team. And this is very important, that her personal attitude towards Russia will be not the most important thing. For Russia there is a good chance, as she could bring the “Old Team” which was working with Bill and there are very good specialists in Russia in this team.
Andrew Korybko: Americans might be more receptive to a female candidate just because of the historic significance that would have if she wins than another male candidate.
Paul Grenier: That might be the calculus, I think that’s a perception that identity politics as you know is very strong in the United States and particularly given a political campaign style or system of campaign style that pretty much excludes any kind of real intellectual substance from discussion. It makes it a lot more appealing to have the first woman, the first minority, the first Hispanics, etc.
Chris Shipler: This goes back to what we call the Neo-Conservatives which are not conservative at all. They are liberal interventionists who came out from the Democrat Party and go back to Trotsky in terms of the world global dominance mine shaft… Hillary is a neo-con, and it really starts with her husband who, when he was president, bombed Yugoslavia and broke up in 8 or 9 different countries and expanded Russia against the initial treaty, or documents and declarations that NATO would not expand pass East Germany… She is just an extension on steroids of global neo-con total control of the world, which American will rule the world and she is there. Most Americans don’t understand that, they don’t even understand where Yugoslavia is, nor Crimea or Ukraine. People don’t pay attention to international politics… Hillary could pull it off by playing a populist and for the middle class women and the minorities which is what the Democrats have been pointing for years, even though they are not.
