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Hillary Clinton's Circle Isn't Sure She Should Run for President in 2016
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 18 Mar 2014 | Peter Nicholas

Posted on 03/19/2014 12:35:21 PM PDT by seanmerc

A Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy looks like a sure thing, with marquee Democratic donors and activists mobilizing for what they see as her inevitable entrance into the 2016 race.

Yet some of Mrs. Clinton's closest confidants and allies aren't sold on the idea that she should run. Their cautions add an unpredictable element as Mrs. Clinton weighs whether to seek the presidency again, a decision she says she plans to make later this year.

One of Mrs. Clinton's top advisers and former aides, Cheryl Mills, believes she should stay out of the contest and has told her as much, according to people familiar with her views. But Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) says she encourages Mrs. Clinton to run every chance she gets.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016election; benghazi; bornloser; clintonistas; clintoons; dims; dumbocrats; election2014; election2016; herroyalhighness; hildebeast; hillary2016; hillaryclinton; hillaryrodhamclinton; hrc; liberalmeathead; libya; pantsuit; rats; thehildebeast; whatdoesitmatter
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To: Huskrrrr
Her choice for VP will be huge.

Do you think Christie would join her ticket?

21 posted on 03/19/2014 12:45:06 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: seanmerc

Oh I am so glad! Please don’t run HilLIARy against us! We are so afraid of HilLIARy running. You should not do that.. we would lose so bad if you did, people love her so much

You can do ANYthing just don’t run HilLIARY against us!!


22 posted on 03/19/2014 12:45:54 PM PDT by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period.)
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To: seanmerc

It would be a coronation to being the Queen of Hell...because that is what the rats are leaving to the next POTUS.


23 posted on 03/19/2014 12:47:32 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: Mr. K

Are you suggesting that Bill and the Hildebeast have been less than completely forthcoming with the American people?


24 posted on 03/19/2014 12:51:33 PM PDT by seanmerc
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To: seanmerc
"When was the last time the Clintoons were honest about anything?"

But they feel and share your pain!

25 posted on 03/19/2014 12:52:02 PM PDT by buckalfa (Tilting at Windmills)
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To: Zathras
The Clintons are corrupt but they are NOT stupid. They can see things are NOT trending their way. I’m expecting Cory Booker to be floated in 2016 by the Chicago Machine.

I agree. Videos of Hillary with her "Reset" button, her earlier attempts at nationalizing health care, as well as Benghazi are just a few things going against her. I also think her health is more of an issue than Hillary's camp is letting on. If she has any kind of health episode in a public setting with the cameras rolling, that will be it for her.

Regarding Booker, I think he may get some consideration as the VP candidate, but I can't see him at the top of the ticket - too many parallels with Obama's candidacy. I thought for a while that John Kerry might make another run at the White House, but after his disastrous stint as Secretary of State, I don't see that happening now.

26 posted on 03/19/2014 12:52:31 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Red in Blue PA

[ She shouldn’t run after having a stroke.

And if she does run, she had better be honest about her health. ]

Woody Wilson had a stroke in office and all the libs still love the racist bastard...


27 posted on 03/19/2014 12:54:08 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Red in Blue PA

I believe she will run and then resign soon after taking office. The REAL candidate will be who she picks as a running mate.

Hillary/Mooochelle ?

lol

The all hag ticket !


28 posted on 03/19/2014 12:54:22 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments
When we were a free country, we demanded stuff like that.

When was that? I don't recall hearing about George Washington's medical records when he ran, or Abraham Lincoln's. FDR's condition was kept secret, as was JFK's. As far as I can find, Reagan was the first candidate to release his medical records, when his age was made an issue. I'm not sure you can point to any Golden Age of American Freedom when this was an expected standard.

29 posted on 03/19/2014 12:55:19 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: seanmerc

Yes!...Run you old hag, run!


30 posted on 03/19/2014 12:56:30 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Zathras
I’m expecting Cory Booker to be floated in 2016 by the Chicago Machine.

I think they hold the key to 2016. Whoever they back will win. So far I've not seen Axlegrease commit to anybody. Messina jumped on the Hillary bandwagon but he's a latecomer to the Chicago mob.

31 posted on 03/19/2014 12:57:12 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: clintonh8r

Her choice for VP will be huge.”
So Christie, then.....

I could see them pick Chris Christie and tout it as the “Democrat Bi-Partisan Ticket” just to siphon away enough country club or ignorant republican voters to shoo hillary in then once sworn in all the “Bridge gate” files come out and they impeach Christie as revenge for her husband gettign impeaches and they put Harry Reid or nancy pe-lousy in as VP...


32 posted on 03/19/2014 12:58:44 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: seanmerc

Oh, a lot of us conservatives simply need a little time to adjust and I know we’ll come right around. Say, 2056?


33 posted on 03/19/2014 12:59:16 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: chajin

Do you think Christie would join her ticket?

I don’t think she would choose him imho.


34 posted on 03/19/2014 1:01:41 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: GraceG

That’s possible.
The MSM would have a “bi-partisan gasm”.
Along with the “granny gasm” produced by the perfectly timed birth of William Jefferson Webster “lil bubba” Clinton-Mezvinsky.


35 posted on 03/19/2014 1:02:12 PM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: seanmerc

Hillary should run for President.....of Crimea.


36 posted on 03/19/2014 1:04:50 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: seanmerc
She is strangely silent about recent events re Russia and the MSM hasn't looked her up for her take.

Disappeared on Benghazi also.

37 posted on 03/19/2014 1:09:17 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: Zathras; hoosiermama; LucyT; WildHighlander57; crosslink

Speaking of the Chicago Machine...

http://pagesix.com/2014/03/12/emanuel-brothers-causing-a-stir/

Buzz at the Conservative Political Action Conference is that Hillary Clinton might not be running for president in 2016 — and might instead be a placeholder for Rahm, who was President Obama’s chief of staff before he ran for mayor.

Another theory: Rahm will be Hillary’s running mate on a Clinton-Emanuel ticket.

One clue as to ruthless Rahm’s ambitions: He is being showcased in CNN’s “Chicagoland,” the documentary series produced by Robert Redford which debuted on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Zeke, the bioethicist and fellow at the Center for American Progress, has emerged as the chief apologist for Obamacare.

The doctor just released a book titled: “Reinventing American Healthcare: How the Affordable Care Act Will Improve Our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System.”

And Ari — the template for the brash Ari Gold character Jeremy Piven played in “Entourage” — is being credited with killing Mel Gibson’s career with the column he wrote in the Huffington Post back in 2006, urging Hollywood to shun Gibson for making anti-Semitic remarks.


38 posted on 03/19/2014 1:09:39 PM PDT by maggief
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To: seanmerc
One of the many knocks against Hillary is that she is power hungry and feels entitled to the presidency. Floating this story is an attempt to humanize her...she's REALLY conflicted....but will finally run for the good of the country.

She IS power hungry and feels entitled to the presidency...if she has a pulse she's running..if not the dims will prop her up for a weekend at Bernie's campaign.

39 posted on 03/19/2014 1:10:58 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Red in Blue PA
She'll be as honest about her health as her husband was about his STDs.
40 posted on 03/19/2014 1:11:39 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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