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Autumn

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3. Thank you for posting this. I love this article.
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 03:57 PM
Dec 2014

This part right here just made my day, Liz may not run but Hillary may not be wearing that crown easy.

And if there is something more to this than a means of keeping the spotlight on herself — if she really is planning a run — this is a smart way to go about it. If you’re a first-third-of-your-first-term senator, and the party apparatus is rallying itself around Hillary Clinton, with all the implicit threats to would-be viable challengers that that implies, play-acting modesty is wise. You’re just keeping your head down and focusing on your Senate business and the people of Massachusetts, etc., you’re not thinking about the White House and all that fancy stuff. Then, once all the pressure is bottled up, and a sizable element of the party is begging you to run, you can jump in with an “aww shucks, well, sure.” It gives off the appearance of being drafted. You wouldn’t have dared considered storming Hillary Clinton’s coronation on your own, but now you have no choice.


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Not a bad point wc89 Dec 2014 #1
1968. 1988. Proud Public Servant Dec 2014 #2
Thank you for posting this. I love this article. Autumn Dec 2014 #3
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