My wife Hillary would make an excellent president, says Clinton

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Independent
By David Usborne in New York
01 March 2005


Speculation is mounting that Hillary Rodham Clinton will bid to become the first woman president of the United States after supportive comments were made by leading Democrats, including her husband, and polls showed public opinion in her favour.

Fuelling the gossip, Bill Clinton declared during a visit to Japan that his wife "would make an excellent president". While saying he did not know if she would run, he added: "If she did run and she was able to win, she'd make a very, very good president. I think now she's at least as good as I was."

Another Democrat who may have his own presidential ambitions, Senator Jo Biden, suggested his party's nomination for president in 2008 may be already be in the bag for his New York colleague. "She is likely to be the nominee," he said. "She'd be incredibly difficult to beat. She is the most difficult obstacle for anyone being the nominee."

The outlook for Mrs Clinton has improved since last November, when Senator John Kerry failed to win the presidency. The accepted wisdom at the time was that Mrs Clinton, 57, remained too polarising a political figure to have any realistic hope of rescuing her party's fortunes in 2008. But now a consensus is now emerging that the senator has been successful in recasting her reputation as a liberal out of touch with mainstream America whose army of fans were at least matched by the numbers of Americans who loathe her.

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WELL....he would say that, wouldn't he?