Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.
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.