Posted on 02/08/2014 6:08:21 AM PST by kingattax
The groundwork being laid for a Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2016 overlooks a single, almost unthinkable scenario: What if she doesn't run?
After all, while that might sound like heresy to the various Democratic groups now raising money, locking down political talent and generally acting as a campaign-in-waiting on her behalf, it's not certain she will run.
A year can be a long time in politics. By the time Clinton would have to make her intentions known late this year or early next, she may decide to go from "inevitable" to "never mind" for personal reasons, despite the immense pressures to run.
A "no" from Clinton would leave a vacuum that would be hard to fill.
"I think the first thing is, if she decides not to run, there'll be a whole bunch of people who will be unemployed," said Iowa Democratic Party chairman Scott Brennan, who attended a recent Ready for Hillary event in Des Moines organized by some of those very same people.
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When she runs again she gets beat by Sarah.
Hillary has looked very haggard for a long time. If she has cancer or heart disease she may not be capable of the strains of a campaign.
Watch for Manchin to run as a moderate only to turn true color radical after the GOPe fumbles the ball again.
Can she handle a 3 am phone call? She sure flubbed the last one.
Don’t worry, there are plenty of other communist dictator wannabes that will.
Joe Biden said ‘he could run’ lol, the only problem there is Nancy Pelosi may want to be VP...could you imagine?
It would be deja vu all over again of the roaring 90s.
(Make no mistake, this would be Hillary's third term.)
A Castro. Have we sunk so low to elect a Castro? Could someone with that name win Florida?
Ha. It was a very long time ago that she chucked it all, including her dignity, for the life in politics she’s lived. Why else would somebody put up with Bill Clinton for that long?
The MSM has been paving the way for her for a year already; you can’t drive ten miles on a Silicon Valley freeway without seeing a Hillary 2016 bumper sticker. She’ll run.
He plays that game very well!
If our candidates are always considered dopes what about Hillary? How much film do we have of her poor mental capabilities? Suggest she has Alzheimer’s in commercials.
Her health is lousy and her doctors have recommended low stress.
If Hill doesn’t run...extra staffing should be hired for the Suicide Prevention call-in lines.
(On second thought...nah.)
lol
I am looking for Sarah to start a new party.
I hope the sickness in the land is not terminal.
She may choose instead to “spend more time with the family”...
Or else get outflanked to the left by Squaw Eliz Warren.
The more important question is “what if Bill Clinton dies?”
Will Hillary have the intestinal fortitude to go it alone?
I doubt it. As a parasitical appendage she thrives. Left alone is a different matter.
To discuss her candidacy and not consider a dead Bill is foolish
Look at the popular alternatives like Joe Biden, John Kerry, and Nancy Pelosi... but ‘what difference does it make at this point”
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