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(4,950 posts)
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:35 AM Nov 2021

Hillary for NY State AG -- is my current fantasy-- I hope she runs!!!

With Letitia James making the decision to run in the Democratic Primary for NYS Governor... It is my hope that Hillary throws her hat in for AG.

They say revenge is sweet... and in her case, it would be karmic.

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Hillary for NY State AG -- is my current fantasy-- I hope she runs!!! (Original Post) eilen Nov 2021 OP
I don't hope for that Sanity Claws Nov 2021 #1
This. Salviati Nov 2021 #10
I want to take a lesson from the VA Governor's race. MontanaMama Nov 2021 #2
My thoughts, too Deuxcents Nov 2021 #3
That would be a mistake politically hot2na Nov 2021 #4
She's in her 70s. We need to let her enjoy her retirement and her family. LonePirate Nov 2021 #5
She has given her soul to this country only to be victimized Boomerproud Nov 2021 #6
Just no tulipsandroses Nov 2021 #7
Tristan Snell posted last week about his interest in running for NY AG RicROC Nov 2021 #8
Never heard of him; I suspect most voters haven't brooklynite Nov 2021 #9
I suspect an effective campaign could change that. Torchlight Nov 2021 #12
An effective campaign costs money. brooklynite Nov 2021 #13
Is he not raising anything? Torchlight Nov 2021 #14
Unless you've heard otherwise, he hasn't filed to run for AG or anything else. brooklynite Nov 2021 #15
So he's broke and has no chest? Torchlight Nov 2021 #16
Well, as a New Yorker who's politically engaged, I can look at the fact that non-politicians.... brooklynite Nov 2021 #17
Every elected New York politician was at one time, a non-politician. Torchlight Nov 2021 #18
And rarely do they immediately run for Governor or Attorney General. brooklynite Nov 2021 #19
Precedence is never absolute, and there is value in rarity. Torchlight Nov 2021 #20
Snell was NY Asst AG who prosecuted the fake Trump University case. RicROC Nov 2021 #21
Hasn't she suffered enough for our sins? Hekate Nov 2021 #11
If I was Hillary I would want more personal and free time. LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #22
I doubt she wants the job. BlueCheeseAgain Nov 2021 #23
I've always wanted her in office. Have you seen her own current fantasy? Hortensis Nov 2021 #24

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
1. I don't hope for that
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:47 AM
Nov 2021

I wish Hillary all the best in the world but I also want the best for the Democratic Party. We need to help younger candidates get a foothold in elected office.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
2. I want to take a lesson from the VA Governor's race.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:51 AM
Nov 2021

It’s time for us to look for some fresh faces without any baggage. The Democratic Party has an embarrassment of untapped riches. I want HRC to do what she wants to do in her life. I think the world of her.

hot2na

(358 posts)
4. That would be a mistake politically
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 11:56 AM
Nov 2021

Not that I have any concerns about Hillary Clinton as NYS AG, but do we really want to repeat the McAuliffe strategy or even the Clinton 2016 strategy. Clinton would drive turnout of the opposition in a way that no other candidate could (ie., Donald Trump). We have to continuously bring new candidates into the political fold.

Recycling the same old candidates is where we hurt ourselves in Virginia this year and in 2016.

Boomerproud

(7,954 posts)
6. She has given her soul to this country only to be victimized
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 12:13 PM
Nov 2021

by many people and the media. She deserves peace.

RicROC

(1,204 posts)
8. Tristan Snell posted last week about his interest in running for NY AG
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 01:15 PM
Nov 2021

I'd vote for him in a heartbeat.

brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
15. Unless you've heard otherwise, he hasn't filed to run for AG or anything else.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 03:04 PM
Nov 2021

In which case he can't legally raise money.

Torchlight

(3,341 posts)
16. So he's broke and has no chest?
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 03:05 PM
Nov 2021

Oddly, we're both engaging in empty speculation on someone we both admit ignorance of.

brooklynite

(94,591 posts)
17. Well, as a New Yorker who's politically engaged, I can look at the fact that non-politicians....
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 03:36 PM
Nov 2021

...rarely end up in the top elected offices here.

Torchlight

(3,341 posts)
20. Precedence is never absolute, and there is value in rarity.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 03:46 PM
Nov 2021

And never the sole reason I'd place a bet on something. Ever river is unswimmable until someone swims across it.

LiberalFighter

(50,943 posts)
22. If I was Hillary I would want more personal and free time.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 04:15 PM
Nov 2021

Being the AG would take too much away from her.

BlueCheeseAgain

(1,654 posts)
23. I doubt she wants the job.
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 04:20 PM
Nov 2021

She's been living her best life of late-- writing novels, serving as chancellor of a university in Northern Ireland (!), seeing grandkids, etc. I wish I had one-tenth the resilience and ability to enjoy life that she does.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
24. I've always wanted her in office. Have you seen her own current fantasy?
Thu Nov 4, 2021, 04:27 PM
Nov 2021

Her new novel about a female Secretary of State as the heroine in an "apocalyptic" "pulsating thriller?"

I've just started it, and it's good and fun so far. MAGAts already hate it without reading, of course. Fine with me.

State of Terror
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XB65RNF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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