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| Secretary Clinton holds a flag ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney, at the Department of State. |
The drum beat for Hillary in 2016 just gets louder all the time. Here's Paul Alexander at the Daily Beast:
The day after she returned to her job as secretary of state following a
month-long medical leave, Hillary Rodham Clinton held a press
conference, her first since she had sustained a concussion, due to a
fall, that lead to her absence. When one reporter asked if she was going
to retire once she left the State Department, Clinton countered: “I
don’t know that that is the word I would use, but certainly stepping off
the very fast track for a little while.”
For Clinton watchers who parse each of her comments for any clues about a possible 2016 presidential bid, this one delivered. “Hillary Clinton Rules Out ‘Retirement,’” one headline read. “Onwards to the White House?” another asked. By the end of the week, despite her recent health problems, a poll showed
Clinton the prohibitive frontrunner for the Democratic presidential
nomination and a formidable challenger to Chris Christie, the Republican
governor of New Jersey, in a possible general-election match-up.
Friends
close to Clinton say that her longstanding plan has been to take a break
after leaving her post as secretary of state before laying the
groundwork for a second run for the presidency. Her recent medical
episode underscores her need for a sabbatical. At the same time, though,
rarely has there been such a palpable groundswell of anticipation for a
politician’s potential run for office.
The reason is simple: Women see in Clinton a female candidate who could not only run for but win the presidency.
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