Hillary has dedicated,adoring,fervent followers,she brings in a lot of money and has more power in the dem party than any 1st term Senator has ever had.She has a "machine".I do not say she isn't powerful,just that the timing is wrong for her personally to get in the race.I believe she is a formidable politician.
I don't believe she will run this election.I think she will not be a formidable national candidate unless she changes her personality and her way of speaking.She is no Maggie Thatcher.
You never know who'll be a winner for the Dems--it's a thing to humble the observer of human nature.
How I laughed at Bill Clinton! "Nobody will take this sleezy, cheesy hustler seriously."
And Gore? Baron von Munchausen--a patho liar and idiot with the tritest opinions, and a tiresome speaking mannerism. He almost won.
These days, what strikes me about Kerry is that this guy is just plain dumb as a stump. So boring. And a lazy mooch (he does not have much energy for campaigning)...
But Hillary is not stupid, for all her arrogance, this is someone with a brain.