2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClinton Answers Republican Messages Before 2016 Primaries
By John McCormick - Aug 13, 2013
Hillary Clinton, sending her most visible signal yet that she wants her voice heard ahead of a potential 2016 presidential bid, said she plans to deliver a series of speeches this year on various U.S. policy topics.
Confidence in most of our important institutions has fallen to historic lows, even as our need for solid footing in a rapidly changing world has never been greater, the former U.S. secretary of state said yesterday in a speech to the American Bar Association in San Francisco. Many Americans continue to lose faith and trust in the press, in banks, in sports heroes, and the clergy and just about every institution.
The former senator from New York said she will deliver an address in Philadelphia next month on the balance and transparency needed in national security policies. Later this year, she is planning a speech on Americas global leadership and our standing around the world.
Clinton, 65, is casting a large shadow over the political field, even though shes given no verbal suggestion that she plans to run for president a second time. The subjects of her speeches indicate that she plans to weigh in on the biggest division between the two parties and one likely to define the 2016 campaign -- the role of the federal government at home and abroad. Republicans are being pressed by small-government Tea Party activists to reduce the reach of Washington, while Clinton is countering that stance.
2016 Dominance
The former first ladys dominance in the pre-2016 maneuvering is so pervasive that shell also take center stage - - although not literally -- when the Republican National Committee gathers for a meeting in Boston starting tomorrow.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-13/clinton-answers-republican-messages-before-2016-primaries.html
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)I could take that meeting as Obama not giving a Clinton what they want. And Clintons do not like that. They like scraping servants.
So maybe Obama said he wasn't going to cover for her State Dept sex assault and pedophilia cover up scandal, or he wasn't going to kowtow to her wants and sign on Keystone just because a Clinton wants it.
Her talkie up in the OP sounds like a veiled criticism of the Obama administration, rather than a big sloppy thank you kiss.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)brooklynite
(94,502 posts)Obama Administration challenges Republican voter suppression
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=206728509
Hillary Clinton criticizes Republican voter suppression
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_23846726/sf-hillary-clinton-calls-defense-voting-rights
yep, definitely a blow-off by the President
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Obama asked her to lunch, let's not read too much into this.