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Sorry forgot about number 6.

Hillary has already got her petitions in for all 50 states. Theoretically she is on more ballots than Nader should she wish to run.

"Hillary has already got her petitions in for all 50 states. Theoretically she is on more ballots than Nader should she wish to run."

What's the website so I can see this for myself?

During the Wisconsin primary, the State Party Chair sent out a memo to all the Clerks to the effect that it was legal to count write-ins for Hillary. After the primary, we heard nothing at all about how she did.

I am reading "American Evita". In 1999 (IIRC; could have been 1998) Hillary asked Dick Morris to poll her chances of becoming President. The poll went against her. I think it was 26% absolutely hated her and another 30%+/- just didn't want her as POTUS. She didn't believe it and had Morris poll again. Same results.

Hillary has a tin ear, politically. She is used to having the MSM and the power of the Presidency to run interference for her. Witness the pardons-for-votes deals he cooked up for her as she ran for Senate. She was lucky in the Senate bid. She was afraid of John Kennedy, but then he dies. She was terrified of Rudy Gulliani and is reported to have been laughing hysterically over the disclosure of his indiscretions. Her staff was delighted when Rudy was diagnosed w/cancer. She deals w/bad press by ignoring it or outright lying or having her posse destroy her opponent. IMO, that Donk cadre of flak catchers has just struck out for the 2nd time since they lucked out and got BJ elected with only 43% of the vote.

IMO, the national political climate in 2008 isn't going to favor a Dem and if we still fighting terrorists, it won't favor a woman. Rudy will be waiting to see what she does in order to checkmate her. The party looks about to split between the far progressive left and the centrist DLC, which is the Clinton wing. This may mean she cannot get the nomination from her own party or, if she does, it will be from the center and the far progressive wing may or may not go along.

Also: Harold Ford, Jr will finally be old enough to run. So will Barack Obama.

I just don't see her succeeding and she may decide not to try. Almost any Dem POTUS would nominate her for AG or the SCOTUS. If we add Senate seats in the 2006 midterms, that might decide her. A GOP Senate might not confirm her to any executive or judicial position. Her vaunted database of former Reagan and Bush41 adminstration officials is going to be way out of date by 2008. Even if it was such a powerful tool, funny she couldn't shoot down Cheney, Rummy or Ashcroft with it, let alone W.

One final thing against Hillary ever being POTUS: she is caught up in some campaign contribution scandals that will go to trial and the Flowers trial will go forward accusing her of having her staff intimidate Flowers. There is so much negative information about her, she may decide not to put herself thru that.

I don't doubt the Clintonistas are discussing alternatives. They are nothing w/o Hillary.