Two Internet sources are reporting Hillary Clinton has decided to announce her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in April. This would be a month sooner in the process than Barack Obama in 2007.
Donors have reportedly begun to grow restive amid allegations of corporate and foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. Such allegations could complicate Mrs. Clinton's campaign.
So, here we go again. The stage is being set for a redux of 2000 in which a Clinton administration member fell victim to charges of being soft on corporatism. Of course, we shall have to see how the campaign develops. And the economy itself will likely overshadow everything else. But if the economy sinks in 2016, Mrs. Clinton will likely receive blame, tied as she was to the Obama administration.
A challenge, whether formal or informal, from the left is a very real possibility, especially in the nomination process. But with the Green Party also active again, third-party influence next year could once again be a factor. What a tragedy it would be if a Democrat insufficiently loyal to traditional Democratic ideals (compromised by a sweet-heart relationship to Wall Street), would fail to surmount difficulties, allowing the Presidency to fall to -- whom -- Bush-Bush? Please spare me. Spare us.
Hillary Clinton Announcement Reportedly Set
Donors have reportedly begun to grow restive amid allegations of corporate and foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. Such allegations could complicate Mrs. Clinton's campaign.
So, here we go again. The stage is being set for a redux of 2000 in which a Clinton administration member fell victim to charges of being soft on corporatism. Of course, we shall have to see how the campaign develops. And the economy itself will likely overshadow everything else. But if the economy sinks in 2016, Mrs. Clinton will likely receive blame, tied as she was to the Obama administration.
A challenge, whether formal or informal, from the left is a very real possibility, especially in the nomination process. But with the Green Party also active again, third-party influence next year could once again be a factor. What a tragedy it would be if a Democrat insufficiently loyal to traditional Democratic ideals (compromised by a sweet-heart relationship to Wall Street), would fail to surmount difficulties, allowing the Presidency to fall to -- whom -- Bush-Bush? Please spare me. Spare us.
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Hillary Clinton Announcement Reportedly Set
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