Hillary rejected VP slot to ready her own 2016 run

The Washington Examiner ^ | August 17, 2012 | 11:54 am | Paul Bedard

[Repeal 16-17]

OMG, could Bill Clinton actually be the VP?

No. See last sentence of the 12th Amendment.

[SueRae]

Easy...that would be John effin...he’s been grooming his international cred of late.

[GraceG]

She’s running for Anti-Christ in 21016.

She will be almost 20,000 years old.... Will she be able to do it?

[Leep]

As long as she aint nowheres tired she could run. Although,she would be up against the vast right-wing conspiracy.
Anyone brave enough to take sniper fire in Bosnia is tough enough to be President.

[kevao]

LOL!

[skinkinthegrass]

the picture @ #65g@wd! ...that's a face that could / would
launch 1000's of lunches on the west coast.
almost as bad as the Helen Thomas photos (no graphics please! :)

[MNDude]

I doubt there’ll be much clinton nostalgia left over by then. It was already mostly gone 4 years ago.

[VanDeKoik]

She has not forgotten 2008.

Even I think she was just royally railroaded by the Obama machine.

As far as she is concerned they can sink.

[Polyxene]

There is not enough botox and spackle in the world to make this face media-friendly — not now and especially not in four years!

[RedMDer]

Support Free Republic.

[CyberAnt]

And .. don’t put it past the Clintons to undermine this regime under the table. They’ve been known to do worse to people who cross them.

[Leep]

She will be almost 20,000 years old.... Will she be able to do it?

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Well, there is no age limit. Although,I would have to do a google search to find out but I think she has to be the spawn of Satan.
In which case about half the Democrat[ick] Party leadership qualifies.

[skinkinthegrass]

LOL!
LOL!
LOL!
GREAT PHOTO...(a re-thread of Malaise Carter campaign :)
really a great graphic of the Democrat campaign in '12.

[mass55th]

"...top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett put the vice presidency on the table during a lunch with the secretary of state."

Nice to know who's really running the country. All we have to do when Hillary runs in 2016 is point out that we've already had two female Presidents...Obama, and Valerie Jarrett.

[montag813]

She rejected a chance to be one hearhbeat away from the president and a chance to run as a surviving incumbent?

And one heartbeat away from the first Black president, whose demise would leave her with immense sympathy and power not unlike LBJ enjoyed? With the Clintons' history of "removing" those who got in their way, one would think this offer would interest her.

[GOPJ]

I don’t think she was even asked to be VP at the supposed meeting a couple of days ago. But I do think she was called to consult (as a sort of proxy for her husband) in the selection of a replacement for Biden.

Everything you said makes sense... even up to the part about being consulted about a replacement. My doubts come from the way the press dealt with Biden's gaffes. The norm for a democrat is for the press to ignore 'slips'. That didn't happen - and I doubt Obama or his people have the power to pull press strings on this level - mockery of a Dem VP... That's more a Clinton gift via James Carville and his type...

That said, I'm standing with you on this one... she was not asked directly to be VP but was asked for her opinion on a replacement...

[Lakeshark]

Smart move if it's true.

She can't risk losing and becoming a scapegoat which is a strong possibility, maybe even a probability. If Bambi wins, he might be the most unpopular president ever after his second term.

She can run with or against Bambi in 4 years if he wins, depending on how the second term works out. She can run against Romney in 4 years if he wins.

Win-win-win in her mind.

[mass55th]

I’m betting Cuomo will throw his hat into the ring in 2016. He’ll have run for re-election as Governor by then.

[ari-freedom]

"As long as she can do the DOWN AND DIRTY she will stay awake all night."

I dunno...