Sen. Clinton says 2nd White House run is unlikely

[pkz]

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the chances of her running for president again at near zero — slightly higher than the chances she gives for becoming Senate majority leader or a Supreme Court justice.

In an interview aired Tuesday on "Fox & Friends" on the Fox News Channel, Clinton, D-N.Y., was asked the chances, on a scale of 1 to 10, that she would be the next majority leader in the Senate.

"Oh, probably zero," she said. "I'm not seeking any other position than to be the best senator from New York that I can be."

Being nominated to the Supreme Court?

"Zero," Clinton said. "I have no interest in doing that."

Running for president again?

"Probably close to zero," she said. "There's an old saying: Bloom where you're planted."

The former first lady, who was elected to the Senate in 2000 and re-elected in 2006, said she looked forward to working as a senator with a Barack Obama administration.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_s_future

[SuperTrouper]

1. She'll be our standard bearer in 2016

[Captain Hilts]

5. Too old. nt

[WI_DEM]

10. Why? she'll only be 68.

[Captain Hilts]

19. I actually think that's too old to start in the job for anyone. nt

[BluegrassDem]

12. Claire McCaskill in 2016

We need new blood. Not really interesting in seeing the Clinton show all over TV again.

[LibraLiz1973]

2. How about Secretary of State?

[Arugula Latte]

3. Thank goodness.

[Barack_America]

4. What's wrong with being a damned fine Senator?

Would anybody call Teddy's career "lackluster", following his Presidential run?

[blue_onyx]

6. Well, she can still do a lot of good for our country

Running for president is hard so I don't blame her if she doesn't want to run again.

[Beacool]

7. Here's hoping she changes her mind.

Some of us will try hard and we'll probably have 8 years to convince her.

:D

[Secret_Society]

26. Ditto

[kennetha]

8. She has to say that.

If she were looking to run again, it would probably be in 2012. But there's a little problem about that. She'd be either running against an incumbent McCain (or Palin, if the old fart were to have croaked) -- which means Obama would have lost -- or she'd be running against the incumbent of her own party.

She will run again if and only if Obama loses. That's highly, highly unlikely at this point. Ergo it's highly, highly unlikely that Hillary will run again.

By 2016 who knows what new faces will be on the scene, what new stars will have arisen. We dems may have screwed up royally or we may be like the New Deal -- where we rule basically unchallenged for a very long time.

[washingdem]

11. Agreed. She will have to wait 8 years to run, and that's too far off for her to openly speculate abo

ut.

[TheDonkey]

9. Yes, just like Biden was "not the guy"

[vanderBeth]

13. Okay then.

[shaniqua6392]

14. "There's an old saying: Bloom where you're planted."

I really like that. I think she is a great Senator and America is lucky to have her.

[mkultra]

15. there must be room for someone with her backgroupnd in this adminstration

i would be surprised if she wasn't asked to help in some way.

[LisaM]

16. I really don't think that an electorate that refers to a 72-year old man as Gramps

has a chance of getting behind a 68-year old woman. Even now, when she's just 60, people posted that outdoor picture of her that made her look wrinkly about 100 times - on a supposedly progressive forum, no less.

Sorry, ageism, especially for women, is too rampant in our culture for her to have another chance. This was it, and it's gone.

[Captain Hilts]

18. I hadn't thought of that. Ageism works against women MUCH worse. nt

[Beacool]

21. The irony is that she doesn't look like that in person.

She does have the normal skin of anyone her age, but she's quite pretty in person, much more so than on TV.

[Bad Thoughts]

17. What happened to the Governor'sMansion? n/t

[chicagoexpat]

20. I love the way Hillary can reach across the ideological divide and join forces with

right wing maggots when it serves her personal ambition. It shows how broad minded she is, she'll seek support from anywhere, including from those who think she's involved in murder & drug running -- if there's something in it for her personally.

She's the true hope for Republicans who are searching for a way to come back.

http://loomisnews.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/right-wing-maggots-for-clinton-in-pennsylvania/

[Beacool]

22. Ever tried staying away from a Hillary thread?

You poison each thread of hers with your virulence.

Not nice.........

[chicagoexpat]

25. Progressives who refuse to remember the past are condemned to the dust bin

Fool me once, shame on u;

fool me 3 or 4 times -- I must be a Clintonista

[Beacool]

31. Your objection is duly noted.

Next time she runs for office, just don't vote her.

:shrug:

[Metric System]

23. You're tiresome.

[democrattotheend]

24. I kind of hope she does run again in 2016

I had my issues with her in the primaries but I admired her for a long time before that and am starting to admire her again as she makes good on her promise to campaign hard for Obama. I guess it depends who else runs 8 years from now, but right now I find myself hoping she decides to run again.

[Captain Hilts]

34. This was her chance and it's over. nt

[TheKentuckian]

27. Time will tell

I could totally understand not really wanting to go through it again.

I will say that once your around 70, in general women are more with it than men. I think she maybe could run in 2016 but I'm starting to believe that younger people might well be better suited for the job.

Energy and mental flexibility are tremendous resources for a President to draw on.

[roseBudd]

28. PUMAS need to hear this since 2012 is why they back McSame

[thenam]

32. PUMAs won't hear anything.

The core PUMA people have an ideological filter that borders on fanaticism. The news source for these Hillary quotes will be declared to be "in the tank for Obama". The PUMAs think they know what Hillary thinks better than Hillary herself :D

[nsd]

29. What's so terrible about being a US Senator?

People always seem to be job-searching for Clinton (Supreme Court justice, Senate majority leader, president in 2016). But why? I think being a senator would be an awesome job -- one lots of people would love.

[pkz]

30. oh you know....you might be a terrorist...

a Muslim, pal around with the wrong crowd, not have a birth certificate that proves you are a U.S. citizen, or you might be a threat to National Security...no experience, the list is endless

:sarcasm:

[nichomachus]

33. Translation

"Oh, probably zero," she said. "I'm not seeking any other position than to be the best senator from New York that I can be."

Translation: I want to be on the Supreme Court so bad I can taste it. I've already started twisting arms among power Dems. Failing that, I'll take majority leader in a heartbeat.

For the record, she doesn't have to stop being senator from New York to be majority leader.

[eridani]

35. A Senator with seniority has quite a bit of power

If she ever gets tired of it, she could go for doing for women's issues what Al Gore has done for global warming.