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Adviser: Clinton Actively Weighs '08 Bid
ap ^ | 12/3/06 | JOHN HEILPRIN

Posted on 12/03/2006 12:47:37 PM PST by mathprof

Democratic jockeying for the White House in 2008 intensified on Sunday with Indiana Sen. Bayh taking the first official step toward a run and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gauging support among fellow New York lawmakers.

Bayh said he would set up an exploratory committee to raise money and help assess his prospects. He plans to decide over the upcoming holidays whether to seek the Democratic nomination and announce his decision early next year.

"I'm distressed about the direction we're going in. We are a great nation with great opportunity. But we're not fulfilling our potential today," said Bayh, who planned appearances Monday in Iowa and next weekend in New Hampshire, two early states on the campaign calendar.

"We need someone who can deal with the dysfunction here in this city so that our government begins to empower our people to fulfill their potential. That's not happening. Someone who can unite Americans in a politics of common purpose," Bayh said. "If I can be that individual, so be it. That's what I'll be considering over the next several weeks."

Clinton, who easily won re-election to a second term on Nov. 7, "is reaching out to her colleagues in the New York delegation and asking for their advice and counsel and their support if she decides to make a run," a top adviser, Howard Wolfson, told The Associated Press.

He noted that Clinton had said she would begin actively considering a run after the election. "That process has begun," Wolfson said. He said he did not know when she might make a decision or set up an exploratory committee.

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack already is in the race and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is among numerous other potential rivals who are expected to decide within a few weeks whether to run.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electionpresident; hillary
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not a surprise, but drudge had this as his lead story
1 posted on 12/03/2006 12:47:38 PM PST by mathprof
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To: mathprof

Shocker ;)


2 posted on 12/03/2006 12:50:33 PM PST by Libertina
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To: Libertina

But her negatives are already being discussed at great length by her supposed supporters.

She has a slight chance for the nomination, no chance for election.


3 posted on 12/03/2006 12:55:08 PM PST by sine_nomine (Don't let another Bush lose another Iraq war.)
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To: Libertina

But her negatives are already being discussed at great length by her supposed supporters.

She has a slight chance for the nomination, no chance for election.


4 posted on 12/03/2006 12:55:14 PM PST by sine_nomine (Don't let another Bush lose another Iraq war.)
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To: Libertina

But her negatives are already being discussed at great length by her supposed supporters.

She has a slight chance for the nomination, no chance for election.


5 posted on 12/03/2006 12:55:16 PM PST by sine_nomine (Don't let another Bush lose another Iraq war.)
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To: Libertina


looks like the clowns are about to start the circus.


6 posted on 12/03/2006 12:56:05 PM PST by jocko12
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To: mathprof

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747895/posts

duplicate post


7 posted on 12/03/2006 12:58:40 PM PST by sodpoodle (Human destiny - who lost the road map?)
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To: jocko12

She says "Ya-know" about three or four times in one sentence. When she speaks off the cuff you quickly become amazed how vacant she really is. She will be flushed by the history books like the entity she is.


8 posted on 12/03/2006 12:59:07 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: sodpoodle

The HRC/BO ticket decision was made eons ago. Presently, Obama is just a stalking horse - to see how much of an impact he can add to HRC's ticket. Black, gentle, humorous, nice guy, no baggage.

Surely you have witnessed how the MSM is already promoting and hyping the Potemkin villagers.

One small concern - their initials:

Her Royal Crookedness (HRC) and Body Odor (BO) Watch for Obama to add his middle name Felix.

This is so predictable, it is horrifying.


9 posted on 12/03/2006 1:00:01 PM PST by sodpoodle (Human destiny - who lost the road map?)
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To: sine_nomine

LOL Well,I believe you NOW!


10 posted on 12/03/2006 1:01:55 PM PST by Libertina
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To: sine_nomine

Another rare triple!

Seriously, she is pondering how she could STEAL the '08 election. 60 Million people WILL NOT vote for that hag!


11 posted on 12/03/2006 1:08:31 PM PST by poobear (Political Left, continually accusing their foes of what THEY themselves do every day.)
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To: sodpoodle

That'd be good. Then he'd be a Big F--ing something that starts with O. We'd have to work on that.


12 posted on 12/03/2006 1:11:25 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: sine_nomine

Sorry, but you are being naive in your underestimating Hillary. Unless someone steps up to stop her, she is the next president.


13 posted on 12/03/2006 1:13:58 PM PST by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: mathprof
not good press to put clinton & weigh in on the same bi-line!!!!!
14 posted on 12/03/2006 1:19:21 PM PST by hnj_00
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To: doug from upland

Unless someone steps up to stop her.

Unless the press steps down.

This is fait accompli as far as the media is concerned.

GOP needs a Harry Truman, General Patton or a Winston Churchill. Some hairy, manly man, a leader of men.

Sorry, but I'm scared that we have become a nanny state at home and abroad.

sp


15 posted on 12/03/2006 1:20:33 PM PST by sodpoodle (Human destiny - who lost the road map?)
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To: mathprof

I know I have a "Run, H!, Run" sticker on the FRONT of my car.


16 posted on 12/03/2006 1:23:59 PM PST by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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To: Paladin2

You need a "Sorry I missed you" on the back of your car.


Love your tagline - very cleaver.,


17 posted on 12/03/2006 1:27:08 PM PST by sodpoodle (Human destiny - who lost the road map?)
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To: poobear

Someone should throw a bucket of water on her and see if she melts.


18 posted on 12/03/2006 1:29:42 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Don't Blame Me! I Voted for Republicans in 2006)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

sugar melts.....she ain't no molassses.....more like asphalt.


19 posted on 12/03/2006 1:32:32 PM PST by sodpoodle (Human destiny - who lost the road map?)
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To: sodpoodle
sugar melts.....she ain't no molassses.....more like asphalt.

More like a steaming pile of


20 posted on 12/03/2006 1:37:31 PM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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