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In reply to the discussion: If she runs, I will Support Hillary Clinton from start to finish in 2016 [View all]bigtree
(85,996 posts)We see that some Obama campaign ops have publicly aligned with the Hillary pac and that's at least two major steps toward a serious presidential bid. That's the type of organization effort that will need to emerge for ANY candidate who intends to make a realistic go of it.
Still, we all saw this lanky young man make an audacious entrance at a Dem convention and take the WH less than a decade later. I've always believed that the presidency can only be achieved by folks who believe in themselves enough to get others to believe in them. It takes an incredible ego to believe that you can run the nation. It takes leadership to get others to believe the same.
That's not going to originate with me. That's going to be up to these figures folks are urging to run in op-eds, internet chatter, and other deliberate promotions. If I were an aspirant, I'd look closely at the way the Obama campaign just dominated the social media the last election. Of course, any effort there also challenges the candidate to make that actual appeal.