2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat Hillary's Not Telling Us
The former secretary of State hasn't been a politician since 2008. A lot has happened since then.By Beth Reinhard
February 3, 2014
When Hillary Clinton ran for president, Edward Snowden was still working in obscurity for the CIA. Drones were discussed as deterrents against illegal immigrants, not as counterterrorism killing machines. Lehman Brothers hadn't gone bust, and neither had the global economy.
So much has happened since Clinton quit the race on June 7, 2008; and her tenure as secretary of State plus a year away from public office has allowed her to avoid fervid political debates.
Even issues well trod by Clinton, such as gun control and health care, have taken on new context in the wake of Newtown and Obamacare. And unlike other potential presidential candidates who currently hold office and frequently deal with reporters, Clinton weighs in on the issues of the day only sporadically. When she was America's chief diplomat, it would have been inappropriate for her to comment on politics. Now a private citizen, she doesn't have to.
So when the National Security Agency was found to be spying on foreign leaders, the former secretary of State was mum. Americans cringed recently on learning that Clinton hasn't driven a car since 1996 but can only guess at the former senator's views on fracking in New York, her home state. Her position on Obama's executive order delaying deportation of children brought to this country illegally? Who knows?
"She's not a candidate, so we haven't sat around the table and said, 'OK, what do you think about these issues?' "said Kiki McLean, a senior adviser to Clinton during her 2008 campaign. "When she does weigh in, she does so from a very thoughtful and educated point of view."
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)focus-group tested first. Give her some time, it's early yet.
blm
(113,131 posts)from a WH mindful of protecting Clinton's candidacy. DU's been posting about both Clintons' support of Keystone since the beginning.
I understand WHY she's being protected on it, and WHY some good Dems opposed to Keystone will likely give her cover for it, BUT, I loathe that it is being done.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Beacool
(30,254 posts)If and when she announces her candidacy, then I'm sure that she'll have a platform. Until then, she doesn't have to say a blessed thing about anything.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,454 posts)Who wrote that line? Newt Gingrich???
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)and successful people use transit/travel time for work. Next they'll be charging that she only rides in airplanes and doesn't do her own piloting. LOL.
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Herself
(185 posts).... of elongating the smear campaign time period.
the tea part even figured out that the gop primary went on way too long.
Clinton will wait, as she should to run AFTER the 2014 interim election is decided.