Did you think that you saw the last of Hillary Clinton?
Think again.
Yes, Hillary Clinton recently suggested that, according to her, many, many, many people” are urging her to make another run for the White House, despite previous failed attempts in 2008 and an especially heartbreaking loss in 2016, even after she made history as the first woman to win the nomination of one of the two major political parties. It was clear afterwards that she was devastated.
Still, she apparently refuses to rule out another run, according to her closest advisers. And these recent words seem to suggest that she is now very much actively contemplating making another White House run.
Here is a little bit from a recent Washington Post article by Felicia Sonmez and Robert Costa that makes clear just how seriously Clinton is contemplating yet another run for the Presidency:
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she is under pressure from “many, many, many people” to pursue a 2020 White House bid, but signaled that she isn’t planning to run — at least, not at the moment. Clinton made the remark in a joint interview with her daughter, Chelsea, on BBC Radio 5 Live. The two are in Britain to promote their new book, “Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience.”
“Are you going to run again?” Barnett asked.
“No,” Clinton replied. “Not, no. I’m --”
“That is 100 percent?” the host continued.
“So in a few days, I’m not going to open my newspaper --”
She was pressed again on this, and again, she seemed interested.
“Well, you know, I’d never say never to anything,” Clinton said. Later in the interview, Barnett again pressed Clinton on whether she is ruling out a 2020 bid.
“Well, look, I, as I say, never, never, never say never,” Clinton replied. “And, I will certainly tell you, I’m under enormous pressure from many, many, many people to think about it. But as of this moment, sitting here in this studio talking to you, that is absolutely not in my plans.”
It was hardly a secret that she had long, long wanted to become President of the United States. So much, it seems, that it still haunts her every single day, and perhaps that is why she simply cannot put the past behind her: Here's a bit from that same Washington Post article:
After Barnett pointed out that there are only “a few days left” within which to file for the nominating contests in the states with the earliest deadlines, Clinton acknowledged that “it’s way past time.” But she added that she thinks “all the time” about what kind of president she would have been.
One might wonder why. After all, she endured heartbreak and, let’s face it, humiliation. Her family and her name was dragged through the mud. She was the most hated and least trusted of ll of the major candidates for the White House in 2016, and that is saying something, since her final opponent was Donald Trump.
To my mind’s eye, the Clintons are relics of the past, and frankly, they should stay there. She already lost, twice. She offers no new ideas, not much energy, and it is clear that, come what may, a hell of a lot of the voting population of the United States will never, ever vote for her, come what may. She pulled off what seemed impossible prior to 2016, and I am not talking about an accomplishment on her end: she got Donald Trump elected into the White House. Frankly, that takes some doing. After all, how bad of a candidate do you have to be to make a moron like Trump look like the more trustworthy and likable of the two major party candidates?
Yes, I know some Hillary supporters would take exception to this, and find excuses for the shady actions that Clintons took to help get her elected. But the fact of the matter is this: Hillary asked for help from the Democratic Party leadership, and got it, even though they are officially supposed to remain impartial. Former President Bill Clinton then met with then Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the tarmac of a Phoenix Airport while his wife Hillary was under investigation, stopping all air traffic in the process,\. It was then claimed that they were just catching up on small talk, like the good friends that they are. Days later, the investigation into Hillary Clinton was ended. And let us not forget that Hillary was given a question to prepare for in the presidential debate by Donna Brazile.
Say what you will, but that hardly leads credence to the notion that Clinton stuck strictly by the rules, and did nothing to compromise the integrity of her becoming the official Democratic nominee, and the favorite to win the election. That fact that she still somehow lost speaks volumes about her actual electability, for that matter.
Tell you what: maybe Hillary knows, according to her, "many, many, many people" who urge her to run again. But those are people who likely say kind things to her, at least to her face. They are elites, and those elites helped her to get the nomination in the first place.
However, the results of the 2016 election are the strongest evidence available that, in fact, she should not make another run. After all, when she entered, no other major candidates entered the race, figuring that this was Hillary's nomination. At the time, only two other candidates - including a little known Senator from Vermont - actually entered. But that little known Senator, Bernie Sanders, became a household name very quickly. Clinton and others, including the major media, dismissed his candidacy and insisted that he was a "fringe candidate," yet he won a whole bunch of states - including 10 states in a row - and he drew even at some point with Hillary. She and her team may have waved this off, but it was clearly enough of a concern for Hillary that she sought help - again, illegally - from the Democratic Party elites. That was how vulnerable she was, in reality, when she was supposed to have locked up the nomination easily and quickly.
Then, she lost in the general election to a very, very weak and mediocre candidate in Donald Trump. He did everything possible to illustrate his lack of qualifications for the highest office, yet tens of millions of people voted for him instead of her. She was the most hated and distrusted major party candidate for such a high office in history, I believe. And Trump supporters had just enough votes in just enough places to win the election, officially.
If that is not enough evidence for her and her team, as well as her supporters, to clue them in that she will never, ever win the presidency, than I do not know what will convince them.
Hopefully, though, it will not require another surely failed run. If she enters, and if she somehow were to secure the Democratic nomination, she may accomplish another chapter in history that once seemed impossible yet again: making Trump the more trusted and more likable candidate, that he wins yet another term in office.
That would be disastrous for the country. And so would another run for the White House by Hillary.
With all of the money that the Clintons have made over their years of public service, maybe they can use some of that money and buy some perspective, and for once, do something that would be good for the country. That means not entering the 2020 presidential race.
Hillary Clinton says ‘many, many, many people’ are urging her to run for president in 2020 by Felicia Sonmez and Robert Costa, November 12, 2019:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hillary-clinton-says-many-many-many-people-are-urging-her-to-run-for-president-in-2020/2019/11/12/ec690f66-059d-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html
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