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Iowa Headliner Hillary Has Dems Fuming
NewsMax ^ | 10/20/03 | Limbacher

Posted on 10/20/2003 10:04 AM CDT by Tumbleweed_Connection

Try as she might, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton just can't seem to resist the urge to interject herself into next year's presidential contest - and her latest stunt has some Democrats fuming.

Clinton has accepted an invitation to emcee next month's Jefferson-Jackson day dinner in Iowa, one of the premier events for Democratic presidential candidates who are currently courting the state's voters in anticipation of January's Iowa caucuses.

"She ought to know better," one party activist seethed to the New York Post. "If she's not going to run, she ought to give some air to the people who really are."

"Why doesn't she do a JJ [Jefferson-Jackson dinner] in Florida?" he added.

Clinton's continuing presence on the presidential stage haunts the announced presidential candidates like a recurring nightmare, even though she herself has repeatedly insisted she has no intention of getting into the race.

Still, Mrs. Clinton keeps dropping hints that things could change. Addressing a Manhattan crowd earlier this year, the Democratic favorite blurted out, "I like the name president."

They will never go away...