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tblue37

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17. At her age, perhaps not. At this point I suspect that if she does run, it might be

Reply to Karma13612 (Reply #16)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 03:47 PM

Aug 2014

more because being the first woman president is on her bucket list rather than because she really wants the job. (Also because Bill would really like to get back into the center of things and would not mind becoming another "first"--the first first husband.)

Hillary just might decide that 4 years is quite enough time to spend in such an exhausting, thankless job (it is exhausting and thankless if one does it properly, which W did not). Once she has won the prize that she has chased for so long, she might decide to spend the rest of her time enjoying herself. (Of course, she seems to be pretty much a Type A, so maybe she can't really enjoy a quieter life.)

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If Hillary is going to run to Obama's right on foreign policy, and it seems she will... [View all] Drunken Irishman Aug 2014 OP

It's just for 4 years. Toughen up! leftstreet Aug 2014 #1

how do you figure? Karma13612 Aug 2014 #16

At her age, perhaps not. At this point I suspect that if she does run, it might be tblue37 Aug 2014 #17

is this also what you thought VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #26

No, because he was so young. But I am 64 next week. Like Hillary, I have tblue37 Aug 2014 #33

so womens issues means she is just self serving VanillaRhapsody Aug 2014 #34

Amen! +1000 Faux pas Aug 2014 #2

Well, many of us knew she wasn't going to 'soften' her position on war. She has neither done sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #3

Those of us who refused to vote for her in 2008 didn't forget why we refused. Scootaloo Aug 2014 #4

Yep. Exactly right. AtomicKitten Aug 2014 #7

It's not that they forgot, many just didn't know... DRoseDARs Aug 2014 #9

Some didn't "refuse" to vote for her, they just preferred someone else thesquanderer Aug 2014 #14

Yes, indeed. Skidmore Aug 2014 #23

She's a Hawk. Always has been. No surprise! tea and oranges Aug 2014 #5

Meh, do whatever you want. Beacool Aug 2014 #6

She is no friend of working men and women Omaha Steve Aug 2014 #8

Both Bill & Hillary during their time in Arkansas were always the darlings LiberalArkie Aug 2014 #12

And he f*cked up health care with BBA. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #13

+1,000 happynewyear Aug 2014 #28

Hillary Clinton joins critics of Obama's response to ISIS in Iraq/CSM Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2014 #10

You took the words out of my mouth. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #11

she probably thinks that this is a good political strategy too - now that the President is being Douglas Carpenter Aug 2014 #15

Translated DonCoquixote Aug 2014 #25

Bingo - this has been my biggest fear all along regarding her candidacy. bullwinkle428 Aug 2014 #29

I already don't like her yellowwoodII Aug 2014 #18

K&R! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #19

If she has a shot as a female running she'll have to prove flamingdem Aug 2014 #20

Then let her prove it by having a sane foreign policy Martin Eden Aug 2014 #22

In a Dem primary I will NEVER vote for anyone who voted for the IWR Martin Eden Aug 2014 #21

She won't. joshcryer Aug 2014 #24

She lost my support a long time ago. bigwillq Aug 2014 #27

I'm Having Second Thoughts... CherokeeDem Aug 2014 #30

I think at this point it's pretty much all talk.. joeybee12 Aug 2014 #31

That is why faith based politics are dangerously worthless. TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #32