{"id":7779,"date":"2013-04-29T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T20:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2013-04-29T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T20:00:04","slug":"how-sure-is-the-political-press-that-hillary-clinton-would-win-in-2016-very","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/04\/29\/how-sure-is-the-political-press-that-hillary-clinton-would-win-in-2016-very\/","title":{"rendered":"How sure is the political press that Hillary Clinton would win in 2016? Very."},"content":{"rendered":"
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SOURCE: US STATE DEPARTMENT<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve seen a lot of articles written in the last six months talking about how tough Hillary Rodham Clinton would be to beat in 2016, for Democratic rivals and for Republicans like Marco Rubio and Rand Paul.<\/p>\n

Even Newt Gingrich chimed in last December, declaring on Meet the Press that the former Senator from New York would be a bruising opponent.<\/p>\n

“The Republican party is incapable of competing at that level,” Gingrich said, adding that<\/a> “trying to win that will be truly the Super Bowl.”<\/p>\n

So how deeply is this meme internalized, that if Clinton decides to run she’s a shoo-in?\u00a0 In an article this week for Politico, journalist Maggie Haberman wrote this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“And if Clinton runs in 2016, [current New York Senator Kirsten] Gillibrand\u2019s next chance at running wouldn\u2019t be for another eight years \u2014 a lifetime in politics, even for a younger senator.”<\/p>\n

The suggestion here is clear:\u00a0 Haberman thinks Clinton would win and she’d almost certainly be a two-term president, boxing out other Democratic (and Republican) contenders until the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n

Obviously there are some big caveats built into this.\u00a0 Clinton has yet to declare her intentions.\u00a0 And the ocean of time between now and November 2016 could bring a lot of big surprises.<\/p>\n

The midterm elections, for example, could give us a much clearer signal about the mood of the country and the appetite of voters for a continuation of a center-left Democratic administration.<\/p>\n

And then there is the wild card of Clinton’s opponents.\u00a0 Republicans are scrambling to find a more viable contender than Mitt Romney or John McCain.\u00a0 And Joe Biden is unlikely to step aside quietly, so that could get ugly.<\/p>\n

There is also the remote possibility of a truly dynastic face-off, with Jeb Bush appearing on the ticket opposite Hillary Rodham Clinton.\u00a0 That would be one for the ages.<\/p>\n

One side-narrative here is that for the first time in a very long while, New York state finds itself at the center of the political ring, with three very serious Democratic contenders — Clinton, Gillibrand and Governor Andrew Cuomo — all hailing, to greater and lesser degrees, from the Empire state.<\/p>\n

But for now the political press in Washington is clearly leaning toward a much simpler narrative in which Clinton’s time has come and the smart money gets out of the way.<\/p>\n

What do you think?\u00a0 An easy coronation for the first woman POTUS?\u00a0 Or is this chapter of American history still being written?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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