Hillary Was Initially Supposed To Announce In The Spring... Now They're Talkng About July...

[WillyT]

Is this a good strategy ???

I do not think so.

What say you ???

[hrmjustin]

1. Good stratergy because the gop are making fools of themselves.

[elleng]

7. Right. The rule:

Let them keep digging.

[HereSince1628]

2. June to October is really pretty common

Delay provides some freedom from being pinned down on petty issues write large by the needs of media.

[Reter]

3. Hope she pushes it to July of 2016

n/t

[TheNutcracker]

23. She can continue to coordinate with PACs until she announces. That's why they wait.

The earlier she announces....the sooner she must back away from working with PAC's, doing things the way she wants them done. Until she announces, she can work in this way.

Later, the candidates will complain about the PAC's, and all the spending! oh my....

[Old and In the Way]

4. So fucking what?

Got a nervous tick?

[WillyT]

5. Because She's Not In Control Of The Narrative Until She Does...

I'm old... but I've got no ticks.

[winter is coming]

6. But if she's not talking, she's also not putting her foot in her mouth. n/t

[WillyT]

9. Have You Looked Around ???

NOT talking... IS Putting your foot in your mouth.

[winter is coming]

20. Not talking is better than saying you were dead broke. n/t

[peacebird]

26. That's my theory too, try to limit the losses from her inevitable gaffes. She has foot'n'mouth BAD.

[Old and In the Way]

12. Really?

If people will pay $300K to listen to her...want is your problem? Can any Republican command that figure? Can Glen Greenwald? Noam Chomsky? Ralph Nader? Jeb Bush? Just maybe the common folk and the smart people think her ideas are worth listening to. (sorry Willy, tick induced).

[WillyT]

15. "people will pay $300K to listen to her"

First Problem...

[Old and In the Way]

18. Sorry, I thought you were complainng about a $300K speaking fee.

Personally, that is out of my pay range, but I am delighted that she can command these fees.

[FSogol]

8. Everyone complains that our campaigns and elections start too early

and when someone doesn't start too early, people start complaining.

Let's enjoy the GOP shooting themselves in the foot nightly. Plenty of time until it really needs to start.

[WillyT]

11. Although I Love What You're Saying...

The narrative is being written for her... and the longer it takes... the less control her campaign has.

[FSogol]

21. Huh? "the less control her campaign has"

Actually, it is smart for her campaign, since they can work at behind the scene shoring up support (one of their strengths) and fundraising.

Of course, her plans could be disrupted by a long shot (O'Malley or someone else) jumping in early and catching some attention.

[kimbutgar]

10. If I were I'd wait until 2016

The clown car of kochthuglicans are going to get even more crazy.

Hillary should enjoy her life and new grandchild then offer herself up to the presidential campaign vultures. Then She could offer up an alternative reality of calmness and compassion while the republican clown car drives off the rails to see who can out right wing hateful crazy shit.

[onehandle]

13. Where did you hear that? nt

[WillyT]

16. I Read A Lot... Don't Keep Notes...

[cyberswede]

14. I suppose that leaves a little less time for the GOP to blatantly attack her.

If other democratic candidates can muster up support in the meantime, it might be a bit helpful to them. On the other hand, some voters might hesitate to throw their support to another candidate, if they're waiting for her to announce.

In all honesty, I don't think it will affect Hillary's chances either way. The widespread assumption that she will run is almost as if she has announced.

[WillyT]

17. Thank You... Most Excellent Post...

[AtomicKitten]

19. "The more she's in the public spotlight,

the less people seem to like her."

[Cosmic Kitten]

22. Got to wait till Bills latest sexual scandal blows over

Hillary can't announce until after
Epstein's “orgy island”, and Bill's
plane trips are swept under the carpet.

So yeah, waiting till July is prolly smaht

[Frosty1]

24. I find this post blatantly offensive.

...and I wonder what your motive might be for posting it?

[FSogol]

29. Who needs the Drudge Report when we have DU?

[Katashi_itto]

28. Which one? Oh thanks for the list.

[CJCRANE]

25. Events are still unfolding in the ME and Ukraine.

The offensive against Isis is penciled in for the spring.

It's better for her to take a backseat and see how things play out rather than get mixed up in the middle of it all. That wouldn't help her or the Democrats.

[merrily]

27. Initially, she was supposed to announce after the first of the year (2015). This is the third post-

ponement. It went to March, then April and now July.

She has tons of strategists. I won't pretend to know why they keep postponing.