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FRIENDS of Hillary Clinton have been whispering the unthinkable. Despite her status as the runaway frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president, some of her closest advisers say she might opt out of the White House race and seek to lead her party in the Senate. The former first lady longs to return to the White House with husband Bill as consort. Only last week she told television viewers America would be led by a woman one day. “Stay tuned,” she said. First, however, she has to win the election. Some Democratic party elders — the American equivalent of...

'Hillary for president' rally draws 20 instead of hoped-for 200 Tom Kovach of Mt. Juliet tries to persuade Greg Jones, left, and Ollie O'Hanlon, 16, right, to oppose Hillary Clinton as he protests near a Hillarynow.com rally in the Germantown neighborhood. DIPTI VAIDYA / THE TENNESSEAN By BONNA de la CRUZ Staff Writer Published: Wednesday, 05/24/06 A Hillary Clinton rally drew critics of President Bush, nonpartisan voters looking for a strong leader, and people who want to elect a female president. About 20 people attended the Tuesday event, the national kickoff for Hillarynow.com, a grass-roots group pushing to draft the...

Nina Burleigh Fri May 5, 11:08 AM ET Sometime later this month, way down on the Sewanee river -- or somewhere in Tennessee anyway -- a "Draft Hillary" party will take place, replete with red white and blue gingerbread cookies. I respect and admire Hillary Clinton, and I believe she means well, but this event should strike fear into our hearts. I'm all for having a female president and the Senator might even make a good one, somewhere and someday. The trouble is she can't be elected in 2008. It doesn't matter how many times she teams up with Bill...

By BONNA de la CRUZStaff Writer for THE TENNESSEAN Advertisement Published: Thursday, 05/04/06 A movement to draft Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president aims to prove Democrats can win in Southern states, and that's why they're launching their national campaign in Nashville later this month. The group, called Hillarynow.com, thinks she can appeal to the country-music and NASCAR-loving crowd associated with Southern towns such as Nashville, said Bob Kunst, the Miami Beach-based organizer. "The whole point is to go where we're not expected," Kunst said. The national kickoff will be a May 23 fundraiser for Hillarynow.com at a Germantown...

NEW YORK (AP) _ There were just a handful of people Tuesday at an unauthorized meeting of Hillary Clinton supporters who have set their sights not on her 2006 Senate re-election campaign but on putting her in the White House. Co-hosts Suri Harris and Alfred Schreiber said it was the first of many gatherings they plan to hold on the second Tuesday of every month in the hopes of building a larger network of supporters and volunteers for a potential 2008 Clinton presidential campaign. "This is a start," Schreiber said at a Greenwich Village restaurant that provided tables for the...

A Democratic activist in Virginia has formed a national Hillary Clinton for President campaign committee and said his dream ticket for 2008 is to have New York's junior senator paired with his own Governor Mark Warner. Peter Feddo, a former top official with the Young Democrats of Virginia, filed papers with the Federal Election Commission that allows his independent committee to raise and spend money promoting a Clinton 2008 presidential candidacy. Neither Clinton nor Warner has said they are running for national office, but both are considered hot prospects for 2008 by party leaders. National polls show the former first...

The liberal activist whose been trying to draft Hillary Clinton into the presidential race since 2004 says her husband is ruining her chances for the 2008 nomination. "Bill's position on trying to get her to be centrist is not relevant since 9/11," Bob Kunst tells the New York Post. "People are looking for a leader, not the same old politics." Kunst runs the web site HillaryNow.com. He ran TV ads in New Hampshire last year in a bid to get Mrs. Clinton to run against John Kerry. He now fears, however, that the old Clinton triangulation strategy is hurting Hillary...

Dear Friends, Hillary joined other Senate Democrats to speak on the Senate floor yesterday about problems with voting in the 2004 election, and why we must act to make sure that every American is able to vote, and every vote is counted. This was an important debate on an issue critical to the strength of our democracy, and one that Hillary will continue to work on. Read below for her full statement. SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON January 6, 2005 I commend Senator Boxer from California for joining with members of the House, most particularly Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, in raising the...

After failing to persuade her to run for president in 2004, Bill Clinton desperately tried to convince his wife Hillary to team up with John Kerry as his running mate, Clinton biographer Christopher Andersen said Thursday. "Bill Clinton told his wife, this is your best chance," he told CBS's "Early Show," confirming NewsMax.com's report on Tuesday. "As the poll numbers improved for John Kerry, Bill Clinton tried to convince his wife to go for it,” said Andersen, whose new book "American Evita" details the Clintons plans to return to the White House. "Publicly, [Bill] said she’d make a wonderful addition...

There is speculation again that The Poodle might pick The Hildabeast as his running mate. Right now, the smart money is on John Edwards, but the smart money is almost always wrong. So who will it be? And what is the thought process here? Think about Edwards. He must be wondering what would happen if he ran as the veep candidate, and Kerry lost! Edwards would then be forever tied to a losing presidential campaign. He has his own cachet to build on ... why tie his star to John Kerry? Drudge has a piece quoting a "top D.C. insider"...

****************************************Hillary for Vice PresidentSign the Petition on the Forum**************************************** Hillary fans are urging the John Kerry campaign, his supporters and concerned American voters to choose Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as his Vice President.  Hillary is the ideal Vice President for Sen. Kerry.   Her clear vision, established alliances and fierce commitment to staying the course in Iraq makes her the best possible person in this country, and possibly even the world, to restore America’s credibility and build a broader international coalition for a successful peace strategy in Iraq.   Hillary will not retreat. Americans can depend on her to strongly oppose any...

With Sen. John Kerry set to announce his vice presidential selection next week, two women's groups are publicly urging him to tap New York Sen. Hillary Clinton for the job. "We enthusiastically endorse Senator Clinton to be Kerry's vice president," said Mosemarie Boyd, spokeswoman for American Women Presidents and Ms. President PAC, in a Friday press release. "With Hillary on the ticket, John Kerry will win the presidency," she added, in quotes picked up by U.S. Newswire. "Senator Hillary Clinton offers the American electorate a reason to get energized about this year's election," said Boyd. "Her influence would contribute to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Two national women's political action groups today endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) as the vice presidential nominee to run with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites). American Women Presidents and Ms. President PAC say Sen. Clinton adds excitement and experience to the Democratic ticket that no other candidate could offer. "We enthusiastically endorse Senator Clinton to be Kerry's vice president," said Mosemarie Boyd, spokeswoman for American Women Presidents and Ms. President PAC. "With Hillary on the ticket, John Kerry will win the presidency. "Senator Hillary Clinton...

Even before his term of office expired at noon on January 20, 2001, President William Jefferson Clinton was quietly querying friendly members of the U.S. Supreme Court to see if they would be inclined to rule that the 25th Amendment prevented a president from serving more than two terms in the White House, or if there might be five justices on the high court who could be legally persuaded that the 25th Amendment didn't exclude the president from serving more than two terms, only that it prevented him from serving more than two consecutive terms. If the Justices could be...

How does Sen. John Kerry differ from Ronald Reagan? Let us count the ways. Here is an incident that didn't get much media attention, possibly because no cameras were running. Kerry had officially taken Memorial weekend off from campaigning. However, he was at the Vietnam Memorial shaking hands with tourists at about 9 a.m. on Memorial Day. (You probably are not aware of the fact that he is a decorated Vietnam veteran. He's modest and shy about his medals.) According to a June 7 Washington Times story, Ted Sampley, a former Green Beret who had served two full tours in...

Sen. John Kerry may have his party's nomination locked up, but rank and file Democrats would still rather nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton to run against President Bush this year, a new poll shows. In a survey of 500 Democrats and Democrat-leanining Independents, pollster Frank Luntz pitted Clinton against Kerry in a head-to-head match-up. Forty-seven percent said they'd dump Kerry if the former first lady would agree to be their standard bearer. Only 44 percent said they'd stand by their man. Luntz added the question to his poll after top talk radio host Rush Limbaugh asked him to survey Democrats on...

The shouts and the cheers were earsplitting. Women in the thousands waved and hooted with excitement. It was a massive crowd, but it was neither for pop-star Michael Jackson nor the rock star Bono --it was for Hillary. Hillary Clinton, the junior senator of New York, was back in town. The crowds that erupted when she appeared on the Mall included women of all ages, shapes, sizes and colors, drawn to Washington in support of many causes. Probably one in 10 was wearing a button reading "Kerry/Clinton '04'" -- not with reference to Bill Clinton but as a massive hint...

Hillary's path to the White House May 7th, 2004 Hillary Clinton is ambitious, audacious, and fully capable of creating devious, multi-step strategies. Blindsiding her fervent opponents, she may yet shock the world and realize her longstanding ambition to win election as President -- in the year 2004. Doing so would only require her to use tactics which she and her husband have already perfected. Small signs already indicate she and her husband are laying the foundations for a fascinating gambit which could land her in the Oval Office next year. Step one requires her to obtain the nomination as Vice...

The meltdown of John Kerry has begun. The Clinton wing of the party, realizing Kerry is on the ropes, is starting to make its move. The purpose? Hillary in 2004. I mentioned this possibility four months ago, and the inability of John Kerry to grab onto the Democrat base means curtains for him. The "party of hate" will do anything to defeat the man they hate with a passion - George Bush. Small events will now snowball at the Democratic National Convention in the great money pit of Boston, Mass. These events that are embarrassing to Kerry have not come...

New York - Sources high up in the Democratic National Committee say that there is a strong push for Senator Hillary Clinton to push for the presidential nomination this fall. One senior official as the Democratic National Committee stated "I just do not believe that John Kerry can beat George W Bush. He is not gaining any traction and is even losing support as he is letting himself be defined by Bush. It's going to be Michael Dukakis all over again. We need to make sure our candidate at this convention can unite all the democrats in our party, and...