On January 20, 2017, somebody will stand in front of the Capitol and deliver their first speech as the 45th President of the United States. They will stand in the shadow of giants like Abraham Lincoln, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From that hallowed ground, this person will need to unite the country to address some of the most pressing issues that will decide the place of the US in the next century.

They must draw us out from the specter of global climate change, curb the epidemic of mass shootings that have been a stain on our national record for far too long, safely guide our economy into the new world we have created, and lead the international campaign against ISIS. To do this they will have to unite an increasingly polarized country while simultaneously engaging the hoards of American voters who have been alienated by the plethora of political extremism that has stalled the political process for far too long. In other words, the next Commander in Chief needs to be able to make the critical judgments as to the relative weight of every proposed policy or action. What we cannot afford is a modern-day Cato. There is only one person running who I feel fits this description which is why I support Hillary Clinton in her campaign for the presidency.

In one telling way, Secretary Clinton has shown something that-at least in today’s climate-is incredibly rare: she is willing to put aside her conflicts with a person to achieve a greater goal. She has shown this again and again with both Democrats and Republicans, and it is why she was able to watch the first republican debate surrounded by quotes from every candidate that portrayed her in a positive light.

After the 2008 campaign, she was able to put aside her disappointment at the results and the brutal character of the later race to serve in President Obama’s cabinet, and in this campaign she has been able to present herself as the natural successor to President Obama without sounding cynical. Similarly, as a senator, Secretary Clinton had a remarkable record of bipartisanship with 68% of the bills she sponsored that went to committee having republican co-sponsors.

The only other candidate with this record of congressional bipartisanship is John Kasich, but the combination of his record in Ohio and the outlandishness of the statements he made during his time on Fox News seem to indicate that he has embraced the newly uncompromising aspects of American politics in recent years. This ability to reach across the aisle for the betterment of the country is something that is dearly needed in a President, and it is something that is severely lacking across the current field. Secretary Clinton will build a stronger and more unified country, one that appreciates the virtue in compromise, and the menace in obstinacy.

Secretary Clinton has, in a frighteningly unique way, avoided a campaign of creating and then blaming an “other.” She has not attempted to shoehorn a group of people, regardless of their race, religion, or class, into the role of primary internal threat to the well being of the “Real America.” In any other modern election this would be par for the course, but the fact that she is such a significant outlier is a testament to how unfit her opponents are to lead this country.

It also demonstrates the delusion of her competitors, that they have based their campaigns on the idea that there is a gargantuan, up until now undiscovered, block of voters who are looking for a principled candidate who will restore America. While it is true that only about 60% of Americans are officially a member of either of the two major parties, The most recent poll from Gallup showed that the figure jumps up to 89% when accounting for the independents who lean heavily one way or another.

There is no silent majority, nor is there a political revolution on the horizon; rather the next president will most likely have to deal with a national political climate and congressional makeup similar to what we have had for the last eight years. Holding this as a fact, there is only one qualified presidential candidate, and her name is Hillary Clinton.