I spent the last week thinking about Hillary Clinton’s gambit for THE presidency.

As soon as I heard “free college,” I made my campaign donation to Bernie and never looked back. I began to ignore the other candidates. However, Hillary seemed unstoppable in the polls, and I wondered why. Bernie offers what looks like a brighter tomorrow -- I am young and in college; sign me up for Sanders! Then, the blinders fell off and I went looking for the good in Hillary.

I looked at her support scores for her years in government and found that she is a reasonably left Democrat. Sure, some of her voting outliers suggest an affiliation with big businesses, but other than that, she seems to line up with Obama. On her website, it says she doesn’t want Trump to undo Obama’s progress.

Obama is a great president. His tact in addressing sensitive issues, his ability to keep his cool when confronted, and his success in getting liberal agendas rolling are all qualities of the largely positive impact he has had on America. So if Hillary wants to continue in Obama’s footsteps, she can’t be that bad, right?

At this point, Sanders still had my vote. Then I started to think back on where my stigma against Hillary came from: her marriage to Bill Clinton. I didn’t want to vote for a dynasty. Sorry Hillary, but Bill is enough for now.

Then, I started to wonder why she didn’t leave Bill when he went and messed up their monogamy. Bill did some bad things and she didn’t leave; she stuck to her guns and stayed with the marriage. I don’t know if she still has feelings for Bill or not, but she was under America’s eye and didn’t run away.

Now, Hillary wants to be president. Her campaign is strong willed and she is backed by a lot of money-boasting top dogs. In a normal election, void of non-politicians, she would be the clear winner. She has the best resume, some campaign experience, and the iron needed to march right into the White House. But this isn’t a normal election, and Hillary is under the eye of both the media and the people who don’t want to support her campaign. People are hungry for reasons not to vote for her. Despite this, we need to remember that she hasn’t run away in the past.

She didn’t run away from Bill when he got impeached. When Obama offered her a spot on his campaign as Secretary of State, she didn’t run away; she stood by Obama and helped get him into the White House. Now there are regular reports of news on the email-gate, and why Hillary is a liar and can’t be trusted. Yet, she still has not run away from this election.

Hillary Clinton is still trying hard to be the leader on this nation. If we can give her this much scrutiny and she still wants to be there for us, it speaks volumes about her commitment and determination. If the House and Senate will be Republican-dominated for the first half of her presidency, maybe a determined and experienced POTUS is exactly what we need.

Also, the USA needs a woman in the White House. That can of equality doesn’t need to be opened because it should be painfully obvious why we are long overdue for a woman president.

I haven’t given up on Bernie Sanders, but I’ve warmed up to the idea of having Hillary Clinton as president. I’d love to say I was a part of the political revolution, but if Hillary wins the Democratic nomination, I will vote for her. If she becomes president, I won’t move to Canada.

I won’t run away either.