Does Victory for Argentina's First Lady Put Hillary Clinton in New Light?

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be the next President of Argentina, taking over from her husband Nestor and joining Chile's Michelle Bachelet as South America's second sitting female head of state. Fernández de Kirchner was the likely winner the moment she announced her candidacy, but it's still unclear if her policies will be much different from those of her husband. What does her election say about the viability of women as politicians? Lois Hecht Oppenheim is Professor and Chair of Political Science at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California.