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And by listen, we mean "listen to the expected news that Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2008." The NY Times reports that Hillary Clinton has been meeting with "top New York Democratic officials" to explain her 2008 plans and ask for their support when that happens. According to anonymous sources, Clinton has met with Representative Charles Rangel and State Democratic Party chair Herman D. Farrel Jr., and may meet with Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer today.
Why all the maneuvering? Well, media darling Senator Barack Obama is headed to New Hampshire for a visit this month - and Obama is considered a strong contender for 2008. And even though Clinton's message is that she's thinking about running, though nothing is definite yet, all anonymous officials say she's "strongly inclined to run for the presidency and was eager to do so." From the NY Times:
The senior Clinton adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity noted that the Clinton camp, with the political and financial assets accrued during Mr. Clinton’s presidency and Senator Clinton’s own career, was a powerful political force that did not have to hew to any timetable. At the same time, the adviser acknowledged, she cannot wait too long to assemble a campaign operation.After her re-election this past November, Republican Representative Peter King said that the GOP shouldn't underestimate the power of Hillary - or Bill. And New York magazine wondered if Clinton should run for President when she's doing an effective job in New York (all while seemingly happy!).“She can relax through the holidays and into the beginning of next year,” the adviser said. “But beginning of next year, she and everybody else who is thinking about this has to start signaling that you are serious. At some point, you have to start locking down political operatives.”
Photograph of Senator Clinton with an admirer outside an NYC firehouse taken after her November re-election by Seth Wenig/AP
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New Yorkers need to understand that just because Hillary is well liked in new york doesn't mean that she'll be well liked in middle america. To win the presidency, you can't just be popular in the beltway, you have to be liked in much of the rest of the country, which is not the case with Hillary. Furthermore, she'll be the best get out the vote candidate the republicans can ever hope for.
The time for Hillary to become the first woman president is now. With the Republican's reputation now, she would probably take the presidency easily. Just look at the election last month, Americans don't like the ways republican do things now especially the war. It is killing America. Our people are dying and our resources is being wasted. I'm positive she will go for the democratic nomination in 2008.
Can a New York Senator named Clinton, who does not possess the warmth and political skills of her husband and has the baggage of her husband's administration, compete for states in the mountain west, the south and the sunbelt? I believe she would be very hard pressed to win in those parts of the country which a presidential candidate needs to do to win the election.
If she ran for the Presidency of New York State, she'd win in a landslide, but the rest of the country is a different story. She and her husband have been branded so negatively by the media, that she would be hard pressed to win in states outside of the beltway. Even if the repubs have had a bad 2006, her support for the Iraq War will make it difficult to draw a contrast between herself and the republicans come 2008.
Wow, that is a great picture! Love it.
Why would NY'ers vote someone into office that didn't have any desire to fulfill their term. Ny'ers are lucky to get a year of her continued dismal service with her high ambitions.
There's no hope of the US if she gets elected.
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