Not unless, and until Barry is out of the picture. Ain't gonna happen - no way, no how.
Besides, Hillary doesn't want it, and there's no grass roots movement to draft her. I'd be surprised if she's not just chuckling to herself about all this speculation.
Remember that the Democrat base passed her over for the smooth talking, urbane, hipster Marxist. She gave up her Senate seat to challenge him, and wound up being his subordinate. She's not in a strong position to challenge him a second time, with those dynamics, and with few real accomplishments of her own over the last three years.
If she'd turned down the Secretary of State job, and begun building toward another run, she might have had a chance, but she chose to go to work for Obama instead. Not a smooth move, if you want to depose the man who beat you, four years hence.
>> Not a smooth move, if you want to depose the man who beat you, four years hence.
The man that beat doesn’t exist anymore. He never existed. Obama’08 was a figment of people’s imagination, an icon that represented “Anyone But Bush” and some form of reparation for slavery and an image boost to the blacks.
Now, he’s an empty suit and everyone knows it. The Dems can’t admit it and that’s their problem. Many of them want to throw him away, but they have too much personal investment in the image of Obama’08.
The Palinistas say that Palin can enter the race in November and still have a chance (I disagree), so why can’t a “new” Democrat pop up at the same time to challenge Obama’12? I’m not saying it will happen or that I want to see a challenger show up. But it could happen as more and more Dems lose their jobs and the hopelessness caused by Obama’s policies continues to sap the Dem’s support for the fading image of Obama’08.