2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum16 Senate Women Say 'Run, Hillary, Run' in 2016
With President Barack Obamas approval ratings near a new low this week, the Democratic water-cooler talk is focusing especially early on hopes for 2016 with the bulk of todays attention on news that all 16 of the Senates Democratic women have written to Hillary Rodham Clinton, urging her to run.
The unanimity of the group means as many as three potential aspirants for the nomination would defer to the former secretary of State, adding to the sense of inevitability about her candidacy and to the expectation that her bid would essentially clear the Democratic field.
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has been widely touted on the left as a worthy liberal alternative to Clinton, and she hasnt explicitly ruled out such a candidacy. But the freshman senators signing of the letter appears to amount to such a demurral. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota have both publicly described themselves as Clinton supporters and have signaled they would shelve their White House aspirations if she ran next time. Their signatures lock those promises in place.
Another newsworthy signature comes from the dean of the female senators, Barbara A. Mikulski of Maryland, because it means shes not waiting for her states governor, Martin OMalley, to formalize his presidential intentions before declaring her preference for someone else.
The letter was orchestrated by Barbara Boxer of California in early spring, only months after Obamas second term began and Clinton left her Cabinet seat. It came just as the Ready for Hillary super PAC was being created by aides to her 2008 campaign in an effort to centralize the recruiting efforts. Clinton herself has said she wont announce her intentions before next year.
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polichick
(37,152 posts)"Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota have both publicly described themselves as Clinton supporters and have signaled they would shelve their White House aspirations if she ran next time."
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)I'm not so sure the country is ready for that yet
Whisp
(24,096 posts)who has the right stuff. And it ain't Hillary.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)with a female president, but my problem personally is having someone pushed forward by the media as the "inevitable" candidate, despite her saying repeatedly that she won't run again. We still have Tuesday's elections to worry about first.
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