Hillary is running

WND ^ | 11/3/03 | Joseph Farah

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

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.

[Rummyfan]

To the Witch: Bring it On!

[Huck]

How many politicians would not seize an opportunity like that?

Mario Cuomo never did. Bill Bradley didn't for a long time. Then he did, and it did him no good. Wesley Clark had "Hillary" numbers, til he actually got in the race, now he's got Edwards numbers. Hillary Schmillary.

[biblewonk]

If any Republicans were the least bit disappointed in W and were thinking of staying home, this will certainly bring them out.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[iBillDavis]

run hillary run...you are the one...

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Hillary will only run if she believes that Bush can only be beaten by her. When looking at the 9 dwarves, she has reason to believe that this is her chance.

[Principled]

She'll lose.

She'll take the dem road of attack without alternative.

She will be rejected. It will end her political career, as she'll lose the Senate too.

[Principled]

jmho

[Doctor Stochastic]

I still predict that Hillary will not run because she is angling to be Attorney General.

[Judith Anne]

Should she run, and if she wins, it will literally tear this country apart. I have nothing except gut feelings to base it on, but I am confident, positive, that it would mean an actual shooting war here on American soil.

[sgtbono2002]

I have stated from the beginning that she will run. She wants it so bad she can taste it.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

You aren't the only one who believes this.

I have heard more than a few people say that the next civil war is on the horizon, and the conflict it will be based upon is a clash between conservative ideology, and liberal rage.

[Smokin' Joe]

I wouldn't bet the farm just yet. I see her running as a vPOTUS Candidate, then the POTUS (if elected) getting wacked within the first three months, either scandal and suicide or a conspicuous slaughter which will permit the final assault on the RKBA.

Remember, the media have been pushing the 'failed Bush Administration' line on the public for the duration now, and will only intensify the rumors of scandals, claims of failure, and will top that with a bubble popping campaign of economic doom (also Bush's fault--just ask them), which will be self-fulfilling prophesy.

Look for funding from the Chinese, as it should only take four years to emplace their killer satellites in orbit.

It won't be long before the preparatory strikes start hitting the headlines.

[.cnI redruM]

Hill would have an outside chance against Bush. Primarily, because the entire American left wing from CPUSA to DLC would loyally vote her name. She would have to get at least 50% of the independents and hope Bush bungled on getting his base to the polls. Bush should beat her by about 7% nationwide. I hope she does run.

[Little Ray]

If Hitlery runs, I strongly suggest that all the "Bush is not conservative enough" Republicans (like me) and conservatives forget their problems with GW and vote for him. Whatever Pres. Bush's failings are, at least he's not a Clinton...

[Judith Anne]

I was just thinking about the red and blue map. Looks like cities will be messy.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I know she's running because she said she wouldn't.

When has the Witch ever spoken the truth?

[Buck W.]

I don't think she's running. Although the nomination would be hers in a cakewalk, the other nine would inflict some damage on her, thereby making visible the huge rifts in the dem hierarchy. Furthermore, all polls show that, even if she is nominated, she will lose to W, and the economy and Iraq will only get better before election day '04. She doesn't want to lose. She will wait.

I think.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

If she wins, America deserves it for going the way of amorality and sitting on their collective butts, not doing anything about it. I would consider it a judgement of God on America should a Dem gets in Office.