Proof that Hillary Clinton is running for president in 2016?
Everybody is speculating over Hillary's future — and her backers may have tipped their hand by producing what is essentially Clinton's first 2016 campaign ad
Hillary Clinton's popularity has soared to an all-time high as she prepares to step down as secretary of state and, she says, get some much needed R&R. But a majority of Americans don't want her to stay off the political stage for long, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll. In fact, 57 percent of all Americans — including 23 percent of Republicans — say they want her to run for the presidency in 2016. And 82 percent of Democrats say they'd get behind a Clinton campaign — most of them strongly. Of course, some political observers say Hillary fans needn't worry: She's going to run. In fact, her backers have already produced what might be her "first 2016 campaign ad," says Josh Greenman at the New York Daily News. Watch:
It's an "adoring tribute video" that was played at the prestigious Saban Forum for Middle East Policy last week. If you're still wondering whether the former first lady is determined to return to the White House, says David Remnick at The New Yorker, this brief video should put your doubts to rest.
Don't be so sure, says Keli Goff at The Root. There's little question that if the Iowa caucuses were held tomorrow, Clinton would blow away the competition. "So why wouldn't she run?" As she and her husband have said, Hillary has jumped from one grueling job to another over 20 years in the public eye — from first lady to U.S. senator to presidential candidate to secretary of state — and now "she actually wants to do things like sleep."
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Well, there's little question Hillary Clinton would be among the best qualified presidential candidates in modern history, says Marc Ambinder at The Week. "She has been humbled, first by her husband's affair and later by the 2008 primary campaign, and has pulled herself up each time, becoming a better politician and person." She has survived the rigors of campaigns, knows how Washington works, has an impeccable foreign policy resume, and has "proven she has the fortitude to BE president." Most Democrats see her, not Vice President Joe Biden, as "Obama's heir apparent." Does she want the job, though? The truth is, she hasn't made up her mind yet.
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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.
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