How Hillary Could Lose Her Lead — A Warning from Canada's First Female Prime Minister

Ozy ^ | August 21, 2016 | Neil Parmar, The Daily Dose

[2ndDivisionVet]

So, America, are you really ready for a woman president? And how might “magical thinking” or a fresh scandal flip this election on its head?

These are just some of the undercurrent issues that Kim Campbell, the only female prime minister Canada’s ever had, thinks could tip Hillary Clinton’s lead in favor of Donald Trump. In this condensed and edited conversation, the former Progressive Conservative party leader weighs in on what might upend this year’s U.S. presidential battle.

OZY: What under-the-radar issues could really shake up this race and become major debate points this fall?

Kim Campbell: I think the questions of racism, xenophobia and the role of immigrants in American society are certainly among the undercurrents. But one of the underlying issues is the question of gender and whether Americans are ready to elect a woman as president.

The reason I say this is because after I was out of office, I did a lot of reading in the growing research of cognitive psychology about gender barriers, which also relates to other characteristics of non-prototypical leaders. It could be race, as Barack Obama faced, and one of the very interesting things that is now well understood by social and cognitive psychologists is the fact that the way we think we think isn’t necessarily how we think....

[RaginRak]

what lead ???

[clearcarbon]

“Hillary can blame my dog, Rufus, as long as she loses. ”

Will Rufus leave a note behind before fleeing certain death?

[Gay State Conservative]

The gender isn’t the issue....it’s the character,the failures,the criminality that’s at issue.As Harry Truman once said “you can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook”.She claims to have been dead broke in early 2001....today they’re worth a combined $111 million.