# List 3 women you think could be president of the US **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383 "2017-08-22T17:47:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/21 "2017-08-23T02:00:51Z")
Ivanka Trump I’m serious. My prediction is that Donald Trump will not run for re-election in 2020. He will cite his age and wanting to at long last, begin his retirement. He’ll also say that he’s accomplished everything he’s ever set out to do and there is no need to run for four more years. He’ll never admit it but I imagine the stress of the job will have gotten to him by then. I think he’s already grooming Ivanka as the heir apparent. He’ll woo his supporters by telling them they’re still get to vote for a Trump and he’ll serve as some sort of top adviser. The Trumpling boys will fall in line since they’ve long accepted that Ivanka is the apple of daddy’s eye. And she very well might win. You heard it here first. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/22 "2017-08-23T02:32:35Z")
Sarah Palin? 😃 Tulsi Gabbard Condi Rice Mia Love ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/23 "2017-08-23T02:46:40Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > First 6 words of the original post fairly clearly ask the thread to NOT be about Hillary Clinton. Really? The first sentence of the OP seemed to indicate that Hillary was an obvious answer. Arguing against that is no different than **Lemur866** arguing against Condi Rice. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/24 "2017-08-23T02:52:09Z")
Anyone who thinks Oprah would not be a better president than Trump needs a reality check. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/25 "2017-08-23T02:57:43Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Anyone who thinks Oprah would not be a better president than Trump needs a reality check. She’ll give everyone a new car. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/26 "2017-08-23T03:15:24Z")
Considering who is actually the president right now, I think the next three women I see would all be qualified as well or better qualified. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/27 "2017-08-23T03:21:33Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Collins is also retiring after this Senate term. Supposedly to run for governor of Maine. She is only 64, which is an acceptable age for a president. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/28 "2017-08-23T03:41:15Z")
Tammy Duckworth (D) Shelley Moore Capito ® Gina Raimondo (D) ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/29 "2017-08-23T03:57:24Z")
Condolezza is da man. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/30 "2017-08-23T04:47:20Z")
Elizabeth Warren is too old. Ivanka Trump has what qualifications to be President? Plus, I think having a pardon will be a cloud. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/31 "2017-08-23T10:32:23Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Elizabeth Warren is too old. > > Ivanka Trump has what qualifications to be President? Plus, I think having a pardon will be a cloud. 😉 Doesn’t really look like qualifications are needed to be President any more, does it? ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/32 "2017-08-23T10:52:13Z")
I’ve always said my dream Republican ticket would be Colin Powell and Condi Rice. I could get behind a Rice presidential run. Duckworth, Harris, Collins, and Warren. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/33 "2017-08-23T11:17:53Z")
I don’t get the Condi love among Republicans. I think it’s just a matter of “hey, look at us! We don’t hate blacks! We don’t hate women! We got ourselves a gen-you-wine black woman that we’d vote for!” Except that if she actually ran, they’d primary the snot out of her. There is no shortage of qualified women. We may even have a binder full. Kamala Harris Elizabeth Warren Tammy Duckworth Debbie Stabenow Kathleen Sebelius to name just a few. Unfortunately, Canadian-born Jennifer Granholm doesn’t qualify. ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/34 "2017-08-23T14:43:07Z")
I think Harris and Warren are two of the leading candidates on the Democratic side. Duckworth has a shot, but is probably second tier. On the Republican side I think Haley is probably the main female candidate, but not as high up there as H & W. > [@TriPolar](#): > > Considering who is actually the president right now, I think the next three women I see would all be qualified as well or better qualified. I seriously think there are probably 50 million women in this country who are more qualified to be president than Trump. Grab some random woman off the street and make her president and she’ll be better. My wife’s cleaning lady woud be better (and she barely speaks English). Because if you don’t know the slightest thing about being president, but appreciate that fact and let yourself be guided by people who do, you can’t go far wrong. People who think they know what they’re doing and don’t are much much worse. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/35 "2017-08-23T20:18:30Z")
Before the Obamacare-rollout fiasco, I would’ve said Kathleen Sebelius - smart, telegenic, and a Democrat who could get elected in conservative Kansas. But I’m afraid she’s damaged goods now. There are younger, shinier Democratic women candidates out there, but for now I’ll say: > **[Claire McCaskill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_McCaskill)** > > Claire Conner McCaskill (/məˈkæskəl/; born July 24, 1953) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007. > McCaskill is a native of Rolla, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri and the University of Missouri School of Law. A member of the Democratic Party, McCaskill served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989, as Jackson County Prosecutor from 1... > **[Christine Gregoire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Gregoire)** > > Christine Gregoire (/ˈɡrɛɡwɑːr/; née O'Grady; born March 24, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008. She is the second female governor of Washington. Gregoire chaired the National Governors Association for the 2010–2011 term. She also served on the Governors' Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D. C. > Gregoire was ... > **[Jeanne Shaheen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Shaheen)** > > Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen (/ʃəˈhiːn/ shə-HEEN; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American retired educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Shaheen served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. She was the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire, the first woman elected to the Senate from New Hampshire, and the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator. > After s... ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/36 "2017-08-24T00:04:54Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > This is pretty clearly off-topic, and there are quite a number of other threads where you can be on-topic discussing why you think Hillary Clinton can’t be president. Please don’t attempt to derail this thread. Yeah, I no reed gud las nite. my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/37 "2017-08-24T01:53:03Z")
I can’t even think of three men who could successfully pull off the charade of appearing to be a competent president of the US. Nor of actually administering the mess that the federal governance has become. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/38 "2017-08-24T04:03:44Z")
COULD win? Lots. Hillary DID win the popular vote. Among women who could make successful runs… Nikki Haley Kamala Harris Nancy Pelosi (nobody is better at raising money) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383/39 "2017-08-24T08:06:06Z")
I’m inclined to think that any woman (or man) could be president, provided they were decent human beings and had the guts to say no to the party hacks. Women Ive known who rose through the ranks in the private sector all seemed to have one thing in common. The ability to step on people without remorse. That seems to be a trait that is more prevalent among successful women than men. Not the kind of people I want in the White House. ---
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> [@kopek](#): > > Tulsi Gabbard Conspiracy theorists love her. You might not think that’s important, but then you probably didn’t think Donald Trump would become president. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-3-women-you-think-could-be-president-of-the-us/794383.md?page=3)