Hillary is running (Farah Believes that Hillary Clinton "Is Running" for President in 2004)

Farah Columns ^ | 11-03-03 | Farah, Joseph

[Theodore R.]

Hillary is running

Posted: November 3, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

I'm going to go way out on a limb today and predict with nearly 100 percent certainty that Hillary Clinton will seek and win the Democratic Party nomination for the presidency in 2004.

I know others have speculated about this.

I'm not speculating. I'm forecasting. I'm prophesying. If I were a betting man, I would be placing the farm on it.

Why am I so sure?

The latest polls bear out what others before them show – the nomination is hers for the asking.

The most recent survey, conducted by Quinnipiac University, shows Clinton getting 43 percent of the vote if she enters the race against the remaining nine Democratic dwarfs. She polls higher than Wesley Clark, Joe Lieberman, Richard Gephardt, John Kerry and Howard Dean combined.

In other words, this would not be a contest if Hillary entered the picture.

That alone must be a very tempting prospect for someone as ambitious as Hillary Rodham.

How many politicians would not seize an opportunity like that?

I don't think she can resist – which explains the way she's talking recently.

She's getting vitriolic against President Bush. She's going postal. She's going ballistic. She's even more shrill than usual.

Last week, just before her high holy day of Halloween, she said "the pillars of democracy are shaking" due to Bush's need to avoid "political embarrassment" over the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the Iraq war.

It was her sharpest attack yet on the president's handling of foreign policy. Clinton suggested Bush was trying to hide troop casualty figures and was using national security as a cover for failures. She said the White House's refusal to hand over documents to the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks "unnecessarily raises suspicions that it has something to hide."

"We must always be vigilant against letting our desire to keep information confidential be used as a pretext for classifying information that is more about political embarrassment," she added for good measure.

I guess she wants an open administration like the one her husband ran.

Clinton said Bush's foreign policy has been marked by an "aggressive unilateralism."

"We now go to war as a first resort against perceived threats, not as a necessary final resort," she said.

But there's one clincher for me. There's one fact that persuades me more than any other that she is running. And that is her consistent denials.

Hillary doesn't know the truth. It is as much a stranger to the junior senator from New York as sunlight is to a vampire.

And, from a practical standpoint, she's still got time. She will need to declare her candidacy soon – this month, in fact – to meet filing deadlines in November and December for the critical early primary elections.

Analysts believe the nominee will be selected, for all intents and purposes, by March 2 – an election night Super Tuesday, with primaries in California, New York, Texas, Ohio and eight smaller states.

But realistically, the race will be over the day Hillary enters the race – and that is coming any day.

Oh, and by the way, Hillary has just managed to get herself scheduled as the featured speaker this month at a major Democratic Party event in Iowa – the location of the first caucuses where delegates are chosen.

So don't be surprised. Remember where you heard it. Hilary is running. She will be the nominee of her party for president in 2004. The rest of the also-rans are merely jockeying for a vice presidential nomination.

[Theodore R.]

Someone wrote on another post that Clinton could win by carrying 13 states plus the District of Columbia, and those states listed did not even include AR, WV, OR, WA, and HI.

[buffyt]

YIKES! by my tagline you can tell that this is dreadful news. But that poll last week that said she would get 43% of the Demowit vote and the other Demowits would get fractions of that amount, and she isn't even running, supposedly.. Scary news on Monday morning!

[Pan_Yans Wife]

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[G.Mason]

Win what?

[Theodore R.]

She can win the presidency with 13 large electoral vote states alone, excluding TX.

[OldFriend]

The poll of 403 registered demoncrats from across the country has gotten her heinous the required buzz.

[amexmike]

It will be a Hillary Clinton/Wesley Clark ticket. I have said since Labor day the Clark was put in there to stir things up and only to keep people from getting bored with the Dem pack. Only to take a back seat once Hillary enters the race. One thing J. Farah didn't mention is that with such a lock on the nomination and a late entry she doesn't need to spend as much money feding off the others in her party. Funds can be raised and spent directly on the race against the president.

[familyofman]

Just another in a long line of "predictions" meant to keep the base energized. The surest way to get everyone here all worked up is to mention HRC is going to run for POTUS. When will it ever end?

[zeugma]

I don't believe she is running. Hiilary is no risk taker. Going against Prez. Bush would be a serious risk, especially if the TV talking heads can't get the economy talked back down again. What she's doing, is setting herself up for being the 'leading democrat spokescreep' following the election.

I think the democrat convention this time around is going to be really funny to watch because Hill&Bill are going to do everything in their power to undermine whoever is nominated to make sure they don't win. They couldn't live for 8 more years outside looking in, especially on a democrat administration they couldn't be as vitriolic in criticising.

Mr. Farah may be right, but I seriously doubt it. Then again, I've been wrong before!

[G.Mason]

Okay. Just checking.

In order to win, a "ticket" (A party's Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates) must receive 270 votes, one more than half of the total of 538 electoral votes. If no ticket has 270 votes, then the House of Representatives decides the election.

[scarab9]

Does anyone know what the deadline to register as a candidate for the DemocRats? I think I read or heard 180 days before the election??

[Theodore R.]

The deadlines vary from state to state, but it is November for some of the early primary states. It may be that Clinton has decided that running and even losing in 2004 (which she would not expect) will not keep her from also getting the 2008 nomination. Maybe even "her bill" is eager for another campaign after sitting around and being entertained for the past three years.

[Theodore R.]

Yea, the good economic news last week might change Hillary's mind AGAIN, were she inclined to enter the 2004 race. Her immediate entry would negate the whole field of nine now. Can you see the look on Gephardt's face if she gets in!

[G.Mason]

"When will it ever end?"

With her defeat in 2008.

I tend to believe she will wait until GWB can't run again.

She's in the background making sure no "dim" is elected in 2004.

She can't get in this race, as GWB is still too strong, and she must decide in what, a month?

She won't run.

[scarab9]

Thanks - I was just thinking forward that if the deadline had already past they would go to some Liberal judge and change the rules so she could enter the race. Rules are made to be broken - isn't that the mindset of a good Democrat!

[ought-six]

"What she's doing, is setting herself up for being the 'leading democrat spokescreep' following the election."

Hell, she already has that role. If Bush appearsd vulnerable she'll run in 2004. She cannot risk having another Dim in the White House for a possible 8 years. She's running in 2004 and Wesley Clark will be her running mate.

[blanknoone]

I think Farah is dead wrong on this one. Hillary was indeed keeping her option open as long as possible, and the nomination has always been hers for the taking. My prediction is that she will not run 2004. Reason: Good economic news. No dim is going to beat Bush in '04, and she has no intention of being the lamb that goes to the electoral slaughter.

[Admin Moderator]

Don't change the title. Thank you.

[Toespi]

It couldn't be a better set-up for Hillary, this is her time, but if she doesn't take the bait we will know there is a lot more in her closet than a broom.

[TomHarkinIsNotFromIowa]

Man, I know some people who aren't going to be happy!