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A Clinton in ‘Transition’ Keeps Opponents and Donors Frozen
New York Times ^ | March 30, 2013 | JIM RUTENBERG

Posted on 03/31/2013 2:12:03 AM PDT by lbryce

Hillary Clinton left the State Department nearly two months ago, but she still needs a staff to keep up with the considerable business of being Hillary Clinton. A half-dozen people now work for the former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate in a tiny corporate space on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, in what is called her “transition office.” Hillary Clinton Looks Ahead

Transition to what, Mrs. Clinton and her aides have not yet said. But the question hovers over her every move and has frozen in place the very early — but for some potential candidates, very important — presidential maneuvering on the Democratic side.

Mrs. Clinton’s post-government life is so new that she is barely off her State Department health care plan. The Iowa caucuses are at least 33 months away. But that has not dissuaded a network of former campaign staff members and volunteers from starting a political action committee, “Ready for Hillary,” dedicated to what they hope will be her 2016 run.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016demprimary; ahillaryclinton; donors; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; mrhillaryclinton
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To: lbryce
"...her GOLD-PLATED State Department health care plan..."
21 posted on 03/31/2013 6:42:40 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (The most insidious power the news media has, is the power to ignore.)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

I don’t think the alternatives on the Dem. side are any better. You have Biden, Cuomo from NY and that jerk/loves taxes Governor from Maryland.


22 posted on 03/31/2013 7:02:35 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

It’s not about the money. It’s about the power.

The GOP better slam her presidential aspirations hard immediately. It worked with Ashley Judd. The taste of running became so bitter she dropped out. The same needs to happen to Hillary. Start now and don’t give up until the 2016 primaries are over. Put her on defense until she crumbles.


23 posted on 03/31/2013 7:57:34 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Dutch Boy
Hear, hear! Here's my contribution.

CBS Exposes Hillary Clinton Bosnia Trip.
Hillary Clinton Assassination Comment Kennedy Obama Shocking
Keith Olbermann On Hillary Clinton Assassination Remarks

Of course, Hillary will run on "Clinton's economy" and the "peace and prosperity of the Clinton years", so we'd better have answers ready.

And we'd better be ready to post those answers at sites where lefties and undecideds will see them.

24 posted on 03/31/2013 9:07:11 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
"Governor from Maryland"

The most dangerous of the three. The other two are just blithering incompetents. Martin O'Malley is also incompetent, but absolutely amoral in my opinion. He clearly has his eye set on the White House.

25 posted on 03/31/2013 9:16:37 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“Why run for office when there’s all that Loral Space kickback cash in the bank ?”

“Power is the great aphrodisiac.”

Henry A. Kissinger

My guess is neither of them are much excited by each other and thus are in need of Dr. Kissinger’s elixir.


26 posted on 03/31/2013 9:22:15 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: Graybeard58

I suspect the GOP elites are trying to frog-boil us into accepting Jeb Bush for 2016.

That’ll work, all right.


27 posted on 03/31/2013 10:50:23 AM PDT by DPMD
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