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Hillary May Not Run For President

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FRIENDS of Hillary Clinton have been whispering the unthinkable. Despite her status as the runaway frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president, some of her closest advisers say she might opt out of the White House race and seek to lead her party in the Senate...

“I would not be surprised if she were to decide that the best contribution she can make to her country is to forget about being president and become a consensus-maker in the Senate,” said a leading Democratic party insider. “She believes there is no trust between the two political sides and that we can’t function as a democracy without it.”...

The solution, insiders say, is for Clinton to take over as Senate minority leader in 2009 from the lacklustre Harry Reid, senator for Nevada. One well-respected blog, The Washington Note, recently claimed that Reid privately told Clinton the job was hers if she gave up her presidential ambitions.

Reid’s office denied it, but the claim made its way into the Los Angeles Times where it was suggested she would make a “superlative Senate leader” while keeping her options open for the 2012 presidential race.

Clinton has raised a whopping $33 million for her Senate re-election campaign in New York, which is likely to result in an emphatic victory for her in November. The leftover sums can be switched to a presidential bid. The size of her war chest is a sure sign that she intends to be ready to campaign at full tilt the moment she presses the “go” button.

Her final decision is likely to be made next spring. One close friend of the Clintons said: “There is no way she won’t run for president.” According to a member of “Hillaryland”, her close-knit inner-circle, she would be letting herself and her supporters down if she declined to take a shot at the White House.

Others are not so sure. If she balks at the presidency, “she can win a huge amount of goodwill by donating her money to colleagues in the Senate,” another associate said....

On one subject, Clinton’s friends are united. They all believe that Bill, her closest adviser, wants her to go for it.
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Thoughts, anyone? I still believe that she's not going to run, and this article makes a pretty good argument for why not.
 
No. I refuse to allow her to not run.
 
She will run, there is no question about that..........She is the best candidate the democrats have not that is saying much........
 
Navy Pride said:
She will run, there is no question about that.
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Again, I am just loving it when conservatives and/or Republicans say this. It makes it all that much sweeter when they have egg on their face in the end.

She isn't going to run.
 
not like you would want her to, right?
 
Mr.Clover said:
not like you would want her to, right?
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I wouldn't. She carries around too much luggage from her days when Bill was in the white house and her being a senator. The rabid right already have a quite full "mudslinging chest" from which to start throwing from the very start if she announces she is going to run.

I think people in the U.S. are sick of "family" presidency's like Bush, Clinton, Kennedy, etc. I think we need new leadership that actually represents the majority of the people and not just the rich.

Personally, I think she is gonna take one for the team and not run. Her power base as senator is quite strong, but presidency? No way in hell and I think she knows that as well.
 
TheNextEra said:
Again, I am just loving it when conservatives and/or Republicans say this. It makes it all that much sweeter when they have egg on their face in the end.

She isn't going to run.
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She is your worse nightmare.....:rofl
 
Navy Pride said:
She is your worse nightmare.....:rofl
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And Pat Robertson was yours when he ran :rofl
 
Navy Pride said:
Not at all, he never bothered me......
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No, but he never got the office either because he was extreme. Hence, he was your sides worst nightmare in the end.
 
TheNextEra said:
No, but he never got the office either because he was extreme. Hence, he was your sides worst nightmare in the end.
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He is yesterdays news, a has been, a nobody..........Hillary is the queen of the democratic party now and in the future.......
 
FRIENDS of Hillary Clinton have been whispering the unthinkable. Despite her status as the runaway frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president, some of her closest advisers say she might opt out of the White House race and seek to lead her party in the Senate...
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I said this in an earlier post and I still agree.

http://www.debatepolitics.com/369978-post11.html


What would be funny is, if she got elected, how much that would torque the jaws of the cons. I don't know how much more uptight cons can get, but it would ALMOST be worth it to see them seething for 8 years. That would be such a demoralizing, crushing blow to their macho white bread ego. As much fun as that would be, I still stand firm, Hillary will not be the Democratic nominee in 2008.:rofl
 
BWG said:
I said this in an earlier post and I still agree.

http://www.debatepolitics.com/369978-post11.html


What would be funny is, if she got elected, how much that would torque the jaws of the cons. I don't know how much more uptight cons can get, but it would ALMOST be worth it to see them seething for 8 years. That would be such a demoralizing, crushing blow to their macho white bread ego. As much fun as that would be, I still stand firm, Hillary will not be the Democratic nominee in 2008.:rofl
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I just hope she runs.........I pray for that every night.........
 
Navy Pride said:
I just hope she runs.........I pray for that every night.........
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Careful what you pray for, you may just get it, and her for 4 years as President.

As others here have said though, I don't think she is gonna run. I think what she IS gonna do is not make any official announcments for a bit and give hints that she is gonna run and then declare she will not run.

That will be the funniest case of political "blue balls" to give the cons. :rofl
 
TheNextEra said:
Careful what you pray for, you may just get it, and her for 4 years as President.

As others here have said though, I don't think she is gonna run. I think what she IS gonna do is not make any official announcments for a bit and give hints that she is gonna run and then declare she will not run.

That will be the funniest case of political "blue balls" to give the cons. :rofl
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Eh, not really. Sure, people are getting hyped up thinking about the prospect of running a campaign against her, but that works to the Republican advantage as well.

Look around, you can already see Republican groups fundraising by using the spectre of the First Consort Bill to scare people into donating. Sure, Hillary raises loads of money from it as well, but she'd be raising money either way. I think that both sides, at the top anyways, are well prepared for either contingency.

08 is going to be very interesting because both sides have a similar problem:

For the Dems, their most prominent face can easily win the primary but seems unelectable in a general. For the Reps, their most prominent face(s) can easily win the general but seem unelectable in a primary. Someone is going to have to capitulate within each of the parties, and it's really up in the air as to who it will be. I've got my popcorn.
 
TheNextEra said:
Careful what you pray for, you may just get it, and her for 4 years as President.
As others here have said though, I don't think she is gonna run. I think what she IS gonna do is not make any official announcments for a bit and give hints that she is gonna run and then declare she will not run.

That will be the funniest case of political "blue balls" to give the cons. :rofl
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Don't bet you house on it...Next to "Slick Willie" she is the biggest ego maniac there is...........

Why do you think she is raising all that money? 10 times more then any other democratic candidate........To have a house party?:rofl

I will keep praying for her to get the nomination because the Republicans could put a broom stick up against her and win...........
 
RightatNYU said:
Eh, not really. Sure, people are getting hyped up thinking about the prospect of running a campaign against her, but that works to the Republican advantage as well.

Look around, you can already see Republican groups fundraising by using the spectre of the First Consort Bill to scare people into donating. Sure, Hillary raises loads of money from it as well, but she'd be raising money either way. I think that both sides, at the top anyways, are well prepared for either contingency.

08 is going to be very interesting because both sides have a similar problem:

For the Dems, their most prominent face can easily win the primary but seems unelectable in a general. For the Reps, their most prominent face(s) can easily win the general but seem unelectable in a primary. Someone is going to have to capitulate within each of the parties, and it's really up in the air as to who it will be. I've got my popcorn.
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I don't think Juliani can win the primarys but are you saying McCain can't either? If so I disagree........
 
Navy Pride said:
I don't think Juliani can win the primarys but are you saying McCain can't either? If so I disagree........
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Giuliani is more popular nationwide than McCain, although McCain is a more tempered politician. I think McCain's problem is that he's going to have Libertarians furiously working against him because of his pretty absurd stance on stuff like Campaign Finance et al.
 
RightatNYU said:
Giuliani is more popular nationwide than McCain, although McCain is a more tempered politician. I think McCain's problem is that he's going to have Libertarians furiously working against him because of his pretty absurd stance on stuff like Campaign Finance et al.
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I'd vote for Giuliani over Hillary. But I heard that his health isn't all that great.
 
I'd vote for Guiliani or McCain over any of the currently available Democratic prospects. When Schwarzenegger was hoisted into power three years ago I remember thinking it was a coup de 'etat, but then he turned out to be a pretty decent governor. It's just that I had forgotten that moderate Republicans who didn't want to turn America into a theocracy and an unemployed, polluted wasteland were still out there. It's even easier these days to forget that it was a Republican who started the EPA.

Anyway, I would be really surprised if Hillary were to run. Why put out a candidate that one half of America hates so much? It doesn't make any sense.
 
RightatNYU said:
Giuliani is more popular nationwide than McCain, although McCain is a more tempered politician. I think McCain's problem is that he's going to have Libertarians furiously working against him because of his pretty absurd stance on stuff like Campaign Finance et al.
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Juliani is to liberal on social issues like abortion and gay rights..he can not win the nomination.......
 
RightatNYU said:
Giuliani is more popular nationwide than McCain, although McCain is a more tempered politician. I think McCain's problem is that he's going to have Libertarians furiously working against him because of his pretty absurd stance on stuff like Campaign Finance et al.
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I could get behind McCain. But I think his REAL problem is simply that he is Republican. These days, thanks to Bush/Cheney/Rummy/Rice, et al, just being in the GOP is like running a foot-race with a backpack full of bricks.

That wouldn't be so bad in and of itself except for the fact that the Democrats are clueless, unorganized, too civil (read: pansies) to get down in the mud with Rove, and have yet to present anything attractive to the voting public. It's a sad day in America when a political candidate can stand on a soapbox and say, "Vote for me! I'm NOT a Republican" and win an election.

But it's still early. Many Americans have a short term memory and are as gullible as a child with Downs Syndrome. The GOP still has a lot of money to spend and they have Karl Rove. Put all the afore-mentioned into a big pot and stir it up and you never know what will come out of it. A dumbasses vote counts just as much as an informed vote.

I would say this to all. Regardless if you vote Democrat or Republican.....never vote for the incumbent. We need a big change in Washington. We need it quickly.
 
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