As the battle for the democratic nomination continues in the US, here are 3 more reasons not to vote for Hillary Clinton.

1. She’s Losing
2. She’s Out Of Money
3. She Can’t Spell

Sound harsh, trivial, or silly? Let me explain. Each of these reasons are the result of very real and very significant leadership flaws exhibited by Mrs. Clinton.

1. She’s Losing

Senator Clinton is, undoubtedly, an accomplished woman; even if her experience is questioned. She was the clear favorite near the end of 2007. In fact, she held a 23% lead over Obama in the polls. By all accounts the nomination was hers to lose – and lose it she did. If her leadership throughout her campaign has seen her turn from a dominate favorite into an also-ran, just imagine what her leadership for America would do.

2. She’s Out Of Money

The Clinton campaign recently announced it is $20M in debt. The campaign to date has raised $194M, so she has overspent by more than 10.3%. This clearly demonstrates her willingness to be fiscally irresponsible in order to pursue her goals. To demonstrate what this would look like on a national scale, the 2007 tax receipts were $2.568 Trillion and the deficit was $162 Billion; this was only a 6.3% overspend. Let me stress this point: if Clinton ran America like she ran her campaign, the country’s deficit would be significantly higher than it is under the current Bush administration. America can ill-afford more fiscal disasters.

3. She Can’t Spell

Good leaders surround themselves with intelligent and capable people. This recent open letter, from Clinton to Obama, contained several mistakes including the ‘creative’ words “untaken” and “publically“. I can’t fault her for making some typos – I make them all the time. With such an important letter though, one or more of her staff should have checked it. So did Clinton not have her staff read it, or did they just miss the obvious mistakes? I’m not sure which is worse but neither is what you want from a president.

A candidate’s positions on the issues and their leadership abilities are both important to consider. I truly commend Hillary Clinton; She has done well to get to where she is today. She is not, however, a leader that can be trusted as President. A president should be able to win a battle, especially when they start in the lead. A president should be responsible. A president should surround themselves with capable staff. Clinton has demonstrated through her campaign that she does not have these 3 leadership traits.

I was just looking at the results of the Indiana and North Carolina primaries today and noticed a very interesting result on CNN. I think their statistician may be a little bit biased toward Obama. I’m not sure what’s more interesting; that Obama is projected to win despite have less votes, or that he is projected to win despite 0% of votes being reported.

Okay, in reality, the projection is probably based on exit polling, whereas the numbers are based on actual counted votes. It was still funny to see though….