I’d assume she’d have made judgments similar to Obama’s on the auto makers, the bailout and the stimulus. I’d assume she’d have met with similar recalcitrance from the Republicans. I’d assume she would not have passed a big health bill, which would have been both good (she’d have been more focused on the economy) and bad (no historic health bill, though I admit that’s “bad” only to liberals). I’d assume she’d have been not very different on Afghanistan.

I’d assume she’d have been a little more conservative, to put it coarsely, on certain matters. On the economy she’d have been more of a deficit hawk, probably: some political advantages and some substantive disadvantages there. The Middle East policy would have been different.

One can probably assume that her political operation would have been somewhat (but I’d say only somewhat) more sure-footed.