U.S. News: Hillary May Not Run

Newsmax ^ | 11-30-04 | Carl Limbacher

[truthandlife]

Some Hillary supporters say the former first lady may not make a bid for the White House after all.

Though initial polls show Sen. Clinton as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in 2008, U.S. News & World Report says Hillary may not seek the job.

Paul Bedard's "Washington Whispers" column in the latest edition of U.S. news reports that ". . . some friends and allies advise against placing bets that the former first lady will be the nation's 44th president."

Citing these close friends to Hillary, the magazine says Hillary has made no commitment to running, and some say she is not in the race at all.

"She's not running," one supporter told Bedard.

Bedard writes: "The thinking in the 'don't run' campaign is that Clinton is well aware of the partisan feelings she generates. 'People love her or they hate her,' says an adviser. 'There's very little gray area to gain voters in.'"

Others say that Hillary's campaign would quickly get mired in the same scandals that rocked her husband's administration.

How long can Hillary hold out in hiding her intentions?

Not long.

Political pundits say that with the presidential campaign now on a full four year cycle, Democratic candidates will be locking up big money supporters and Democratic operatives in key primary states.

If a candidate doesn't make clear their intentions early, they risk losing the party's movers and shakers to early runners.

Dick Morris believes Hillary is indeed running. He notes that the recent inauguration of the Clinton library was the soft kick off her national campaign. He oberved that though the library was about her husband's legacy, Hillary conducted most of the major media interviews.

[50sDad]

Smokescreen!

[302damnfast]

Paul Bedard's "Washington Whispers" column in the latest edition of U.S. news reports that ". . . some friends and allies advise against placing bets that the former first lady will be the nation's 44th president."

I'd advise against making those bets whether she runs or not.

[nina0113]

". . . some friends and allies advise against placing bets that the former first lady will be the nation's 44th president." [emphasis added]

No, please...bet the house!

[The Duke]

Smokescreen!

Not necessarily - she may very well be more gutless than she is ambitious. Also, she may realize that she's becoming increasingly unelectable at the national level, and probably ought to stick to her comfy blue state post.

[zygoat]

She just wants to be begged. Sort of like the atheletes and musicians who retire and unretire.

[Blueflag]

oh geesh. 4 years of this "it's all about me" crap. I really don't care about Hillary as a candidate right now.

Watch what they do, not what they say. <-- Ronald Reagan

[MisterRepublican]

[martin_fierro]

Trial Balloon.

[anniegetyourgun]

She's running.

[Semper Paratus]

Trial Balloon

No, Led Zepplin.

[Liz]

Looks like Hillary's gonna be mighty busy with her Extreme Makeover. The question is---in light of the resounding 2004 Values Voters Victories---how "conservative" will Hillary get? After she opens a charge at Wal-Mart, enrolls in divinity school, and gets a lifetime membership in the John Birch Society, she'll need to get a shopper's card at Sam's Club, and schedule daily morning prayer services in her Senate office, just to make sure she covers all bases.

Maybe Hillary will campaign for 2008 wearing the official
DNC apron, and give Easy-Bake oven demonstrations.

(Maybe one of our cleverest FReepers will photoshop Hillary's face on the cookie baker.)

[cynicom]

A "not running" statement gets MSM air time. Just another way to keep the EVIL ones name in public eye.

[Barney59]

f a candidate doesn't make clear their intentions early, they risk losing the party's movers and shakers to early runners.

That's what she's up to... Lie low and try again in a few years...

[anniegetyourgun]

And that's just the to-do-list for next week!

[shubi]

The Dems are just keeping the Hillary for Pres buzz going.
They will be doing this for 2 and a half years.

I America wants a ruthless Marxist as President, vote Hillary.

[Eva]

Hillary is anything but gutless, she's the most arrogant power crazed woman since Evita Perrone. Hillary simply realized that four years was too long to run a Presidential campaign, so she has opted for the far less controversial senatorial campaign that she will once again run on a national level, claiming to be raising money and working to help the Democrats take back the Senate.

[Just mythoughts]

There is no way this former co-president is not running.

Just as she was co-president, never accountable for HER decisions, is the same manner in which she will run for president.

The 'stealth' candidate, who is too important to trudge through the frozen fields of Iowa and New Hampshire for a third time, awaits that prime opportunity to strike. She is like a snake, hissing her poison upon the masses, constricting her fellow liberals, shedding her skin transforming herself into a shining new slithering serpent.

No she is not the devil but she sure has perfected his method of operation.

[alessandrofiaschi]

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