Everything is so polarized in politics that I think your assumption is flawed. Both sides tear down the other with an unbridled passion that isn’t healthy (in my opinion) and unless you one up the other side’s insults, you’re not getting noticed. I think we exaggerate people’s flaws to the point where the middle ground has no air. You’re either with or against us. The problem with this is I think most people truly occupy the middle ground.
There are also no set qualifications to be a leader. There are lots of ways to be a leader, some are through accomplishment, but it usually takes more.
I don’t particularly like her. I’m not angry at her, scared of her, nor do I think she’s evil. I joked when her husband was president that she was secretly running things for him, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. She’s extremely capable.
I also think she’s extremely accomplished and should be proud of what she’s done. I’d love to elect a strong woman, so I don’t think that’s it. I’d just like one that I’d vote for even if she was male. I don’t think Hillary would be a viable candidate at this point if she was male. I think being female and coming in second place last time has kept her going.
I suppose in summary my gripe is I don’t think she’s going to make a great leader. It’s really that simple, that doesn’t mean I hate her, I don’t think she’s going to be a bad president. I just think her big accomplishment will be that she’s female. Maybe that’s enough.
If I had to list specific gripes that make her appear untrustworthy they would be changing positions to follow polls over a long period of time with plenty of examples. In a more general way I’d cite not shining as a senator or secretary of state, and riding the presumption of her win rather than staking strong positions during the election to this point. She hasn’t really had to attach herself to much in the way of policy, so she hasn’t. She has everything covered, but nothing seems to really matter to her in the way we’ve seen from passionate leaders in the past.
I’d love to know what really matters to her other than accomplishment. That would make it easier to see her as a leader who can write her own script rather than follow established best practices.
We don’t get to elect that many presidents and I wish there were some better options. There aren’t, so she probably gets my vote.
But I’d be lying if I said I liked her, or trusted her.