Hillary Clinton favorite to run for president in 2016, 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton The close runner-up for the Democratic nomination four years ago, former Secretary of State Clinton, would enter the 2016 cycle as her party’s instant front-runner. If anything, Clinton has boosted her stock since 2008, when she buried the hatchet with Barack Obama and took on the tough portfolio at State.
She earned high marks for her energetic performance. And for 10 straight years, she has topped the Gallup poll as America’s most admired woman. While still secretary of State, she insisted she was ready to step off the "high wire of American politics" after 20 years as first lady, senator, presidential candidate, and cabinet secretary.
But one last chance at breaking the highest, hardest glass ceiling and becoming the first woman president of the United States may be too tempting to pass up – even though she will be in her late 60s in 2016. Now, she’s mum on the subject, as she fills her time giving speeches, writing a book, and working on an early-childhood initiative through her family’s foundation.
But consider this: A high-powered political action committee called Ready for Hillary is going gang-busters, raising money and setting the table for a campaign. Several former top Clinton White House aides, such as Harold Ickes and Craig Smith, are advising the group. Clinton herself is not involved, but presumably if she truly had no intention of running for president, she would have told the group to stop.
A majority of rank-and-file Democrats are also ready for Hillary. Some 52 percent of Democratic primary voters want Clinton as their party’s nominee, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released July 25. Vice President Joe Biden came in second with 12 percent.
She earned high marks for her energetic performance. And for 10 straight years, she has topped the Gallup poll as America’s most admired woman. While still secretary of State, she insisted she was ready to step off the "high wire of American politics" after 20 years as first lady, senator, presidential candidate, and cabinet secretary.
But one last chance at breaking the highest, hardest glass ceiling and becoming the first woman president of the United States may be too tempting to pass up – even though she will be in her late 60s in 2016. Now, she’s mum on the subject, as she fills her time giving speeches, writing a book, and working on an early-childhood initiative through her family’s foundation.
But consider this: A high-powered political action committee called Ready for Hillary is going gang-busters, raising money and setting the table for a campaign. Several former top Clinton White House aides, such as Harold Ickes and Craig Smith, are advising the group. Clinton herself is not involved, but presumably if she truly had no intention of running for president, she would have told the group to stop.
A majority of rank-and-file Democrats are also ready for Hillary. Some 52 percent of Democratic primary voters want Clinton as their party’s nominee, according to a Public Policy Polling survey released July 25. Vice President Joe Biden came in second with 12 percent.
