A recent article on Politico.com discusses Hillary Clinton’s femininity with a different twist. The writer, Ben Smith proposes that Clinton is taking the political position of the “white guy on the right.”  As a woman, she is shaking up this traditionally electable position, but at the same time, she is the most centrist candidate.

I would like to believe that Clinton’s qualifications and ideas will take precedent in the public’s mind over her gender. If so, she has the greatest chance of being elected as she inhibits the classic white, centrist position in the party. On the other hand, Barack Obama adds a spice of diversity to the mix which has not been seen before on such a popular scale. The two front-runners in the primaries are unprecedented and turn old patterns on their heads. As much as we try to fit them in to old molds, there is no telling what results will be come election day. All I hope for however, is that the public puts ideas and facts before race and gender.