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

Inevitable? Even 23 percent of Republicans would back a Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2016.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque)

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:

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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.