perfidy

From last week's Economist (subscription), in a story explaining the inevitability of Hillary's ascension to the presidency:

Most Americans are happy with the idea of a female president (if not with this particular female). And the presidential field is full of people who are “different” in some way, from John McCain, the oldest man to run for president, to Rudy Giuliani, the most divorced man to run for president, to Mitt Romney, who is a Mormon, to Dennis Kucinich, who is, well, Dennis Kucinich.

As a side note, the reasons they cite for Hillary's inevitability are the same reasons that would cause me to give consideration to casting a vote for Mrs. Clinton. She's head and shoulders above all the other contender. (yes, it's singular - Silky Pony is a spent non-force, and the rest are even more laughable).

As a further side note, they also list multiple excellent reasons she shouldn't be elected - high negative ratings, continuation of a two-family dynasty that's been in place for a quarter century, her presumed underlying shrillness and dictatorial nature, the risk of her husband outshining her at every turn, and the return of the same cast of cronies who made a hash of many elements of the first Clinton presidency. Whatever - she's still the class of the Democratic slate, right now, even though she's "different".