Top Aide: Don't Expect Hillary to Serve Full Second Term

NewsMax.com ^ | 12/04/04 | Carl Limbacher

[kattracks]

The fundraising chairwoman of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2006 reelection campaign said Friday that Clinton shouldn't have to pledge to serve out a second full six-year term, leaving the door open for a White House run in 2008.

"I want to be very honest with you," campaign chairwoman Ann Lewis told ABC Radio's Sean Hannity. "Professionally, this is all about 2006. But if you ask me personally, I don't think Hillary Clinton should be held to a higher-double standard, different from people like George Bush - who also ran for reelection in 1998 then went on to a national campaign." Asked if a refusal by Sen. Clinton to promise to serve out her full term was part of a "planned strategy" to win the White House, Lewis said, "No. I just don't like to see women candidates being judged differently than men. I think we ought to all play by the same rules."

Whenever Clinton was asked about a 2004 White House run during this year's presidential primaries, she almost always invoked her pledge to New Yorkers to serve out her full Senate term.

On Monday, the New York Observer reported that by recruiting Lewis, Sen. Clinton was "building a full-fledged political operation and bringing a major figure in national Democratic politics to the hub of Clinton campaign headquarters at K Street and Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C."

Top Democratic political consultant Hank Sheinkopf was blunt about what Lewis' presence on Clinton's campaign staff means.

"That's preparation for a national race," Sheinkopf told the Observer. "They’re putting the players in place."

Editor's note:

[VRWCTexan]

"anne lewis" - sister of Barney Frank??

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I shudder to think of her as a candidate in 2008.

[Whataday]

New Yorkers are crazy if they elect someone who already says they won't do the full 6 years.....

[Conservababe]

So who says that she will be elected for a second term, anyway?

[Bahbah]

"I shudder to think of her as a candidate in 2008."

And especially if she is going to bring that awful Anne Lewis back into the public eye. Muting the tv when she shows up is insufficient. It has to be turned off completely.

[anniegetyourgun]

NYers are crazy.

[Jimmyclyde]

"anne lewis" - sister of Barney Frank??

Bingo...

Birds of a feather...

[anniegetyourgun]

Pull yourself together man, she will be....and we'll need you in the fight to expose "her highness."

[Wally_Kalbacken]

"I want to be very honest with you," campaign chairwoman Ann Lewis…

 

Who should believe her?

[An Old Marine]

Hillary will run for the Senate in '06 and New Yorkers will return her. As a New Yorker I can't explain it but thats the way it'll be. Still she's hated by plenty here and it won't be a walk away for her.

Rest up guys and prepare to rally the troops we're going to war in 4 years to finally stop the Clintons.

Who'll be our guy? Condi? Rudy? MaCain?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

She is part of the group David talks about in his book:

__________________________________________________________ _________________________________

Unholy Alliance

by David Horowitz
Hardcover - (September 2004) - $27.95

In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the “Great Satan” with America’s radical Islamic enemies.

[mhx]

I don't know... does the Governor get to appoint her replacement?

[ASA Vet]

What? You doubt the word on someone associated with a Clintoon?

[TWohlford]

YOU COWARDS!!!

If you're dreading Ms. Clinton's run for Prez, and can't bear the thought, then you should turn in your credentials as a conservative. C'mon, turn over your Limbaugh Letter and your GOP membership card, as well as your "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Member" coffee cup!!!

What could be more fun than to ask our Dem / Lib friends about Whitewater? and Cattle Futures? And about lost legal documents? Vince Foster? And best of all, her memory lapses while testifying?

Not to mention the fact that she'd have her voting record to live down, like John Kerry. In fact, there's a reason why only two sitting members of the US Senate have become POTUS.

The only thing we have to fear is if she gets elected due to the utter bumbling of "our side."

Therefore, fear not her candidacy, but rather, our own human fallibliity.

Jeez... what wimps.

[ASA Vet]

Who'll be our guy? Condi?

Yes, it will be incumbent VP Rice heading the ticket.
Hillary's worst nightmare.

[BIGLOOK]

I shudder to think of her as a candidate in 2008."

I shudder to think of her!

[Darksheare]

Who says she's going to even HAVE a second term?




Oh yeah, the massive Dem Fraud machien.
*sigh*

[ASA Vet]

I agree, I can only think of one candidate the commieRATs could run who would be better for us. That being a re-run by Comrade John "Hanoi" Kerry

[MisterRepublican]