[Common Tator]

Hillary will not run in 2004. This is just an attempt to get some more presidential pubicity in the same time frame as Gore getting ink for his speech in Florida. Hillary certainly has polls that show she would not have a chance in 2004 against Bush. Unless a president really screws up or makes a very unpopular decision, he is very very tough to beat when he runs for a second term. Hillary is young enough and bright enough to know that by 2008 she would be running against a far less well reguarded candidate no matter who the Repubicans run in 2008.

Plus if Gore or someone else runs and gets badly beaten in 2004, the Democrats will be very much in favor of running the Clintons in 2000. After two losses they will want someone who knows how to win. That will be her pitch. Plus by 2008 most of the negative stuff about the Clintons will be old news and faded memories. The peace and prospertiy of the 80s will be what is remembered. She can run on that.

If Hillary were running in 2004, the story at this stage would be Hillary raises huge sum for campaign. At this stage a candidate in 2004 would want to impress the party big wigs that they could have huge funds to pay for both presidential and congressional races if Hillary were the candidate.

Hillary will not run in 2004. She will run in 2008. You will know she is ready to run when she starts shifting her image to the right.

She ain't doing that yet.. but by 2008 she will.

[The South Texan]

Two words the might put a dent in those plans when she is up for re-election in 2006: Rudy Giuliani.

[sneakypete]

She ain't doing that yet.. but by 2008 she will.

You make a lot of good points,but Bubbette! is both greedy and power-mad. I think she is laying plans for 2004,with 2008 as her fall-back position. She definitely runs then because of the age issue. If a Dim were to win in 2008,it would be at least 2016 before it would be "open" for her again,and she may be a worm farm by then.