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"(I take it as a given that HRC knows she has to run in 2004 or not at all-she is not aging gracefully)."


Bingo! As I see it, only the cosmetic factor will force her hand. Although she is holding it together, barely, on the appearance front, by '08 she will have crumbled horribly.

Whether she is able to view her physical appearance objectively is another matter.

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I think the physical appearance factor maybe be a stronger card than any of us think. She looks like a puff faced version of Rocket J. Squirrel right now. (Despite that Princess Di faked photo on her garbage book.) By 2008 she might need to walk around with a Botox drip plugged into the side of her head. It will be interesting to see what happens.