What Hillary's Not Telling Us

[DonViejo]

The former secretary of State hasn't been a politician since 2008. A lot has happened since then.

By Beth Reinhard
February 3, 2014

When Hillary Clinton ran for president, Edward Snowden was still working in obscurity for the CIA. Drones were discussed as deterrents against illegal immigrants, not as counterterrorism killing machines. Lehman Brothers hadn't gone bust, and neither had the global economy.

So much has happened since Clinton quit the race on June 7, 2008; and her tenure as secretary of State plus a year away from pub­lic office has allowed her to avoid fervid political debates.

Even issues well trod by Clinton, such as gun control and health care, have taken on new context in the wake of Newtown and Obamacare. And unlike other potential presidential candidates who currently hold office and frequently deal with reporters, Clinton weighs in on the issues of the day only sporadically. When she was America's chief diplomat, it would have been inappropriate for her to comment on politics. Now a private citizen, she doesn't have to.

So when the National Security Agency was found to be spying on foreign leaders, the former secretary of State was mum. Americans cringed recently on learning that Clinton hasn't driven a car since 1996 but can only guess at the former senator's views on fracking in New York, her home state. Her position on Obama's executive order delaying deportation of children brought to this country illegally? Who knows?

"She's not a candidate, so we haven't sat around the table and said, 'OK, what do you think about these issues?' "said Kiki McLean, a senior adviser to Clinton during her 2008 campaign. "When she does weigh in, she does so from a very thoughtful and educated point of view."

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[TwilightGardener]

1. Well, each issue needs to be run through the political-calculation machine, calibrated, and

focus-group tested first. Give her some time, it's early yet.

[blm]

2. How about that she finalized Keystone deal by 2010, and everything since is a dogandpony show

from a WH mindful of protecting Clinton's candidacy. DU's been posting about both Clintons' support of Keystone since the beginning.

I understand WHY she's being protected on it, and WHY some good Dems opposed to Keystone will likely give her cover for it, BUT, I loathe that it is being done.

[MBS]

3. ditto n/t.

[stuffmatters]

4. So far she's really just a money raising machine w/out a Democratic message

[Beacool]

5. She is not running for anything at the moment.

If and when she announces her candidacy, then I'm sure that she'll have a platform. Until then, she doesn't have to say a blessed thing about anything.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Americans are "cringing" that she hasn't driven since 1996?

Who wrote that line? Newt Gingrich???

[libdem4life]

9. So they expect her to drive around her bodyguards and staff? Most hyper-busy

and successful people use transit/travel time for work. Next they'll be charging that she only rides in airplanes and doesn't do her own piloting. LOL.

[Herself]

8. intelligent candidates are not going to repeat past mistakes

.... of elongating the smear campaign time period.

the tea part even figured out that the gop primary went on way too long.

Clinton will wait, as she should to run AFTER the 2014 interim election is decided.