As Hillary Clinton still maintains her status as frontrunner for the Democratic nomination and Carly Fiorna gains momentum for the Republican nomination, the possibility of having a First Woman president improves. It is exhilarating to imagine that two women might vie for the position of President of the United States. I picture a campaign that would resemble a see-saw, one woman on each end, swinging upward with the possibility of election and downward with the inevitable slumps. Because these two women differ so greatly in their world views the see-saw image supports how difficult it would be to balance their opposing views.
However, these two women also have something in common. Even if neither becomes the First Woman in the White House, they are already both First Women: Carly Fiorina was the first woman to head a Fortune 20 company; Hillary Clinton was the first First Lady ever elected to national office, when she won election to the U.S. Senate from New York. Clinton has the added distinction of being the First Woman to win a presidential primary, when she campaigned against Barack Obama in 2008. Whether this will give her a step up in the race remains to be seen.
