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In reply to the discussion: It's Not Too Early for Me: Hillary for President 2016 [View all]joshcryer
(62,269 posts)She is the leading candidate. Unless that changes and another (credibly challenging) woman announces before she does (which is unlikely), she will be running. I wish you'd stop flogging this "technically correct" view.
If another woman does announce before Clinton does, then it'll be just like Obama announcing he was running after Clinton said she was doing an "exploration committee." It will cause a lot of bad blood, so it's just not likely that a credible threat to Clinton announces. And yes, it will be a woman.
If Clinton runs she will not publicly announce an "exploration committee." She will drop a bomb and announce it at a speech or event somewhere, and then say "I already explored this option before and I have come to the same conclusion, there is no need for an exploration committee."