Republicans can be expected to work overtime to make her weaknesses and vulnerabilities the central focus of the election. The GOP will pound on her explanations for the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in which U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed.

They will call her judgment into question. They will ask how Americans can trust her with the world’s most powerful and sensitive job, especially considering the State Department email scandal that continues to be the focus of an FBI investigation.

We believe Clinton can take the heat and deliver it right back in spades.

Missouri Democratic voters should weigh Clinton’s electability against that of Sanders, whose dismal performance in the Super Tuesday primaries all but ensured his eventual withdrawal as a candidate.

His socialist model might energize young voters with attractive ideas to improve the quality of life for people at the lowest economic rungs, but realistically, he cannot be expected to carry a general election if he can’t even inspire a large percentage of Democrats to vote for him.

Americans are tired of political polarization and the domination of our national conversation by extremist blowhards. The choice of Clinton to lead her party’s charge will force the GOP to present a more moderate and palatable option or risk yet another humiliating defeat.

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