I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.
Voters quickly forget what a man says.
You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.
Solutions are not the answer.