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Hillary Clinton rules out White House run in 2004
"December 12, 2000
Web posted at: 8:37 a.m. EST (1337 GMT)
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she won't be making any moves to grab back the keys to the White House -- at least not for the next six years.
In an appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live," she repeated her pledge to serve her full six-year term as the new senator from New York.
Clinton -- elected to the Senate with a solid victory over Republican Rep. Rick Lazio -- has been mentioned repeatedly as a possible Democratic presidential contender in four years. That possibility had been touted as particularly strong should Republican George W. Bush win the disputed presidential election over Vice President Al Gore.
Promised voters full term
On Monday, however, Clinton definitively ruled out a run for the White House in 2004.
"Let's say Gore loses. That means the Democratic Party has no incumbent. Are you interested in that office in '04?" King asked Clinton in an interview taped at the White House.
"No, I'm not," she replied.
"Not at all?"
"No. I am intent upon being the best senator that I can be. That is what I want to do," Clinton said.
Clinton said she had promised New York voters she would serve out the full six-year term and that she intended to keep that vow. That was "as definitive as I can get....."