This
was the title of the NYT editorial celebrating Hilary Clinton’s official
nomination as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate. According to it, “Mrs.
Clinton’s nomination brings women a big step closer to the pinnacle of American
politics.” Perhaps. What it does immediately is bring a real outlier closer to
the presidency of the United
States . The broader effects are yet to be
seen – and become a topic of ideological strife. I am still wondering if a
human being with “normal” emotional/visceral reactivity can survive the US presidential
campaign. Perhaps President Obama is, indeed, the closest we’ll ever get.