Posted on 01/05/2017 9:55:32 AM PST by heterosupremacist
Barely two months after Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump, she is being urged by major Democratic donors and leaders to make a bid for New York City's mayor and challenge incumbent Bill de Blasio, Newsmax has learned.
"She's talking about it," a former city Democratic elected official admitted to Newsmax over the weekend, saying the idea has not been dismissed by the former first lady's inner circle.
"If she ran, she'd win," another source with deep ties to the Democratic and media establishment said.
Some Clinton advisers are reportedly predicting Trump will stumble badly in his first term, encouraging Hillary to stay on the sidelines in case she wants to make another bid for the White House in 2020.
Veteran New York Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf told Newsmax that Clinton "would be a terrific candidate for mayor."
"She is wildly popular among New Yorkers — so much so that were she to file, de Blasio would have to file his retirement papers on the same day."
Sheinkopf, a top operative in Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, recalled "de Blasio endorsed her very late in the Democratic race last year and at times appeared to be quite friendly to Bernie Sanders."
Clinton's spokesperson did not return a call for comment, but her reported consideration of a mayoral bid comes at a time the embattled de Blasio is at his lowest ebb in popularity since taking office in 2013.
The New York Post started the new year with an editorial blasting Hizzoner: "[V]agrancy is way up, along with aggressive panhandling and related intrusions into public spaces. Plus, streets seem dirtier, graffiti is out of control, traffic is a nightmare, and the subways are crowded beyond belief."
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Oh boy.
Yeah.....that’s the ticket. First Lady, to US Senator, to Presidential Candidate following the socialist, racist current mayor of NYC... Go for it, girl!!!!
It still won’t keep you out of jail, bitch.
OMG!!!
Ever have a really poorly designed toilet that just will not flush all the turds?
You know, after the flush, one slowly floats up to the up?
Again.
Slumlords for Clinton! Start the checks,boys!
Is chappaqua in NYC?..........
Where have I heard that before?
THAT...right there, will be a stick big enough for any challenger to beat her like a pinada.
Hillary. Pinada.
What a nice thought.
“If she ran, she’d win,”
Are you SURE?
Because I’ve seen how these things can turn out.
Lock her up !
#DTS
#MAGA
She would actually be a step up from the dolt who currently has the job.
Mr. Trump, PLEASE prosecute her and bring out long national nightmare to an END!!!
With moonbeam in the people’s rebublik of kalifornia and the hildabeast in NYC they have the US popular vote already sewn up for the next general election.
Is she up by 50 points yet?
Must be some NYC grift money still available.
Go for it.
They voted for deCommieo.
If NYC elects here, it deserves Mayor Hillary!.
Yeah, Holder just popped up in Calif.
So it is coast-to-coast.
If they would just stick to one state, fill it full.
And Trump would roll right over her AGAIN when she declares NYC a sanctuary city.
Bonus question: If Bubba outlives Hillary, what will life be like for him afterward?
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