Michael Reagan: Hillary Is Running for President Next Year, Not 2008

NewsMax.com ^ | 5/01/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

In Sen. Hillary Clinton’s attack on President Bush’s economic policies, comparing him to Herbert Hoover, she was staking out her claim to the Democrats' 2004 presidential nomination, says radio talk show host and nationally syndicated columnist Michael Reagan.

President Ronald Reagan’s oldest son, a NewsMax Magazine columnist, writes that Hillary’s speech at a Democrat function in Connecticut "is a dead giveaway to the fact that she’s going after the Democrat presidential nomination next year – not in 2008 as all the so-called experts have been predicting."

In his syndicated column released today, Reagan wrote that Hillary looked around "at the carnival of fools now in the running, and recognized just what fools they are. And she’s right – they are a bunch of fools and none of them has any chance of beating George W. Bush next year."

Reagan based his prediction on two factors that must have been obvious to Hillary:

• She and her husband still control the Democrat party, and therefore control the purse strings, giving her a war chest none of the other candidates can match. (And then there's her remarkable talent for raising money, most of which benefits herself, not her fellow Democrat pols.)

• She and Bill have beaten one Bush before, back in 1992, and she believes they can beat another one in 2004 by using the same issue: It’s the economy, stupid.

  "What the people in Connecticut saw the other night in her speech was basically the first announcement of her 2004 presidential campaign," Reagan wrote.

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[kcvl]

The one WHO REALLY WANTS HER TO RUN is Chris Matthews! He practically drools at the thought of it! He is totally obsessed with Hillary!

[w_over_w]

I believe it. '08 is too late. By then Pres. Bush will have changed the whole political landscape. Hillary wouldn't have a chance then.

Your conclusion doesn't hold historically. There have only been two times when an two term President was able to keep his party in the White House. The second time was the Reagan to Bush transition, then you have to go back a hundred years. I'm not saying a Republican can't win in '08 but historically it's going to be tough!

[Doctor Freeze]

Bring it on Hillary! The sooner you run for president, the sooner you and your political career go down in flames! Saddam miscalculated, thinking he was dealing with Bush Sr. I hope you make the same miscalculation.

[freeperfromnj]

OH MY GAWDD!! That is the scariest thing I have heard all week

The thought of putting the security of this country in her hands is absolutely frightening.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Anyone who saw her little speech the other day would easily see how she spent her formative years- studying old clips of her hero and father figure, Der Freuher.

Got the fist pump down, the gradually increasing shrillnes and volume, until she's spewing and incoherent while the zombie-like followers scream in adulation.

She's got to work on her mustache though, still a bit too thin.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The Republicans seem to continually underestimate Hillary Clinton's ability to campaign.

[twigs]

I don't think she actually running. I think she's positioning herself in case there is an opening. A year is a long time in politics. Plus we cannot put it past her and hubby to try and engineer something--a disaster--to propell her into the spotlight.

[ASA Vet]

Bush - Rice 2004,
Rice - Bush (Jeb) 2008 & 2012.

[twigs]

You've touched on what worries me. Does she know about something in the pipeline that we don't? People who stand between the Clintons and their goals have a tendency to die.

[kcvl]

She had better hurry because the face lift may not hold out until 2008.

[AGreatPer]

By losing in 04, she sets herself up for a win in 08.

[Diverdogz]

Hillary has repeatedly Clintonesquely denied that she 'had plans' to run for president. But, what about accepting the vice-president-running-mate position? It could happen: Kerry-Clinton or Graham-Clinton.

[mallardx]

I'll have to disagree on that point; if W wins in '04, keeps to his principles, leads the world by doing what's right instead of what's popular, the Dems will have no chance in '08. The recent actions of the left, showing their hatred of the United States and all it stands for, will shatter the Democratic party for many years. Not that we can be complacent, but letting the left run their mouths another few months will give the American public a realistic view of these cretins, and their actions and words have already doomed them. The press will not be able to cover these actions up; we the people remember who's on the side of justice, of God, and of goodness in general, and who the dark, evil scum are...

[PatrickHenry]

She definitely sees 2004 as her best shot. Four years later she'll be older and uglier (if you can imagine anything uglier). She's not afraid of running against a popular incumbent. Her husband ran against Bush the Elder when it seemed impossible to beat him, and the heavyweights in the democrat party weren't willing to go all out for the nomination. They lied about the economy, and with a compliant media they were successful. They also had Perot in the race to pull votes away from the Republicans. In 2004 she'll have funding, lots of lying media, Hollywood, and no scruples about playing fair. Of course she'll run. Watch for some whacko attempt to get somebody to be the Ross Perot of 2004. That's the real test. Hint: whoever it is, he'll be funded by Hillary.

[Brian S]

I too believe this and also believe that her "books sales" will be an important barometer in her decision on whether to run or not.

[smiley]

She would cut defense back so that our enemies could easily walk through our borders.

[w_over_w]

Interesting . . .

How about:

Bush/Cheney 2004
Powell/Rice 2008

Let Hitlary take on that combo!

[Southack]

I'd greatly prefer to see her run in 2004 against Bush than in 2008 against our second string.

Besides, she'd be the first woman to get money *out* of John Kerry, rather than the other way around.

I mean, Kerry's personal wealth can self-fund a campaign and bypass all of those nasty Campaign Finance Reform rules and restrictions (self-funding is the exception to CFR), so he'd have to put his own wealth into her campaign if he was on her ticket.

Lot's of good fodder for political slogans, though (e.g. Clinton Can't Kerry America).

I'm still unconvinced that she's fool-enough to run when Bush is so strong, however.

[Warren]

Oh, she won't want to. The dems will have to draft her against will as the saviour of the nation.
I can't believe anyone could really think she could get elected.

[Doctor Stochastic]

...(if you can imagine anything uglier)...

The air-brushing of her pictures does lend a reverse Dorian Gray aspect to things.