Hillary For President (Rumors she's considering run) [View All]

[RamboLiberal]

http://richardreeves.com/

Any reliability in this Reeves guy?

A good time was had by all, even if you heard the occasional grumble of, "What the hell is she doing out here? What is she raising money for?"

"She" is Hillary. The Senator from New York was down the road in Easthampton, getting ready to do her own gathering at a $250-a-head cocktail party. Pretty good for a freshman senator. But Kerry, who has served 19 years in that august company, is not concerned about Hillary the senator. He is worried about Hillary for President -- and well he should be.

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 has changed totally in the past few weeks. At the beginning of the summer, Hillary could comfortably deny having national presidential ambitions, because the comfortable conventional wisdom was that it didn’t really matter who the Democratic candidate would be, because President Bush had a lock on re-election. (I’m sure that the thought has never crossed her mind that it would be better for her if Bush won in 2004, leaving her a clear field in 2008)

But now!...with Bush looking more vulnerable because there are not enough jobs at home and not enough peace abroad, Senator Clinton has to check some numbers. If a Democrat, say Kerry, defeats Bush next November and then runs for re-election in 2008, then her next chance to run would probably be in 2012, when she will be 65 years old. And who knows what the world will look like then?

--snip--

Hillary and her advisers will meet shortly after Labor Day, I hear, to discuss whether or not she should go for it.

My opinion - stay the hell out Hillary.