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ProSense

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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 11:35 AM Mar 2013

Plouffe Calls Clinton ‘Probably The Strongest’ 2016 Candidate... [View all]

Plouffe Calls Clinton ‘Probably The Strongest’ 2016 Candidate (VIDEO)

David Plouffe, the former top adviser to President Barack Obama, said Sunday that Hillary Clinton is "by far the most interesting" and "probably the strongest" prospective 2016 presidential candidate in either party.

During an interview with PBS's Jeff Greenfield at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Plouffe, who rose to political stardom after helping guide Obama's successful 2008 campaign, reflected on the marquee Democratic primary clash that began more than four years ago.

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Plouffe said he has the "highest degree of admiration" for Clinton, who he pegged as the prohibitive favorite in the next presidential race.

"She is in both parties right now by far I think the most interesting candidate, probably the strongest candidate," Plouffe said. "But she has right now the opportunity to take some well deserved and rare time for her with her family and figure things out."

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Seems like a Hillary run is inevitable.

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Not a chance 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #1
Well that's depressing news, MadHound Mar 2013 #2
Take heart ProSense Mar 2013 #6
That is the good news MadHound Mar 2013 #8
Very true davidpdx Mar 2013 #35
Message auto-removed C.H.O.M.P.S. Mar 2013 #21
Don't you see her policies as broadly similar to Obama's? (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #30
Some of us to the left wish that Obama's policies were amandabeech Mar 2013 #32
You say that like it's a good thing, MadHound Mar 2013 #33
I would love if Axelrod and Plouffe run or work with Hillary in 2016 and her reelection in 2020 graham4anything Mar 2013 #3
That would make Tea party heads explode Robbins Mar 2013 #5
Michelle????? Lordy, there's a stretch...n/t monmouth3 Mar 2013 #10
Future Illinois Senator Michelle Obama graham4anything Mar 2013 #11
LOL.... monmouth3 Mar 2013 #12
sadly not a chance in Hell dsc Mar 2013 #20
Why? graham4anything Mar 2013 #22
She went on either the view or Ellen dsc Mar 2013 #23
so? graham4anything Mar 2013 #25
you can also look at both of their lives before and during their first ladyships dsc Mar 2013 #26
This is the modern world. Things impossible in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,80s,90s, are now happening graham4anything Mar 2013 #28
I fail to see what's "interesting". I see a retread. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #4
Don't you find ProSense Mar 2013 #7
I guess it's to be expected. Maybe Plouffe is looking for upcoming employment, as well. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #9
Of course she is. The corporations and bankers love her. woo me with science Mar 2013 #13
Hurricanes and earthquakes are inevitable. But, it doesn't mean I have to vote for them. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #14
Heh. randome Mar 2013 #15
Without reform of the system, woo me with science Mar 2013 #16
Not enough time to do that before 2016. randome Mar 2013 #18
Why on earth would any Democrat argue against working for change now? woo me with science Mar 2013 #19
The problem, of course, is that Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #34
I'm fairly certain the preliminaries to a run are inevitable, as the flags are already being raised. Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #17
wow what a bombshell Enrique Mar 2013 #24
Warren krhines Mar 2013 #27
If Hillary decides to run, it's hard to imagine any other remotely credible Democrat running Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #29
The country is sick of corporatists and warmongers. woo me with science Mar 2013 #31
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