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Hillary Clinton for President in 2016? As she steps down as Secretary of State all she wants to do is sleep

Guessing game starts over again for the certain favorite

ANTOINETTE KELLY,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 7:23 AM

Updated Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 12:26 PM

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Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, will she run for president in 2016?

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Will Hillary run in 2016? It's the question that her most ardent supporters have been asking themselves since 2008.

According to The New York Times, Politico reported that Public Policy Polling had determined that if the Iowa caucuses were held last week Clinton would get 58 percent of the vote. Joe Biden raked in 17 percent.

It's not as if she hasn't read the tea leaves herself. In fact, she says, every day strangers come up and tell her she has an obligation to run and become the nation's first woman president.

'Oh, I’ve ruled it out, but you know me,' she tells the Times. 'Everybody keeps asking me. So I keep ruling it out and being asked.'

What she has not done, supporters and critics note, is rule it out.

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Right now she'd rather list all the things she won't do when she's no longer secretary of state.

'I am so looking forward to next year,' she told the Times. 'I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven’t done it for 20 years. I would like to see whether I can get untired. I work out and stuff, but I don’t do it enough and I don’t do it hard enough because I can’t expend that much energy on it.'

At 65, you can't deny her the impulse to relax a bit. But it’s highly unlikely she will for long.

But there is the matter of her history to consider too. If Hillary Clinton ran for president again, the Times observes, she would probably be the best-prepared candidate in American history. She has lived in the White House, she has served in the United States Senate, she knows virtually every head of state in the world. She's more than ready.

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paddyo | Nov 14, 2012, 02:57 PM EST

After the investigation into Benghazi, she will stay in bed.

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BrianO | Nov 14, 2012, 10:14 AM EST

Time for the Irish Times reporters to do some actual work and report on some times that have relevance to Ireland or Irish themes. You have milked the election cow dry.

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longislander1940 | Nov 13, 2012, 11:59 PM EST

Heard she's wine tasting down under in Australia.

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longislander1940 | Nov 13, 2012, 11:53 PM EST

Another on that does not have to testify. I wonder what dirt Obama has on Hillary?

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mairint | Nov 13, 2012, 07:55 PM EST

Let her sleep, along with her agenda. Sweet dreams!!

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TisEyerish | Nov 13, 2012, 06:14 PM EST

Spare us, please...we have enough problems without having her in the White House. No, I'm not a Republican...I voted for Mr. Obama and am thrilled that he won re-election. I just don't think Hillary is worthy of being our President.

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alisaann | Nov 13, 2012, 04:23 PM EST

I think it's a LONG SHOT, that hillary will run for PRESIDENT in 2016....but, really only TIME will tell if she will....and then there's the fact: will the country be READY for a FEMALE PRESIDENT?...people are having a hard time dealing with having a BLACK PRESIDENT....again, only TIME will tell. alisa

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Murph46 | Nov 13, 2012, 03:41 PM EST

Look at all your posts Susan, YOU talk politics in each and every one -I have not addressed politics once!I am gonna put it simply ,so even you can understand.It ain't politics-it's treason to LET THOSE FOUR DIE!

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susan724 | Nov 13, 2012, 03:37 PM EST

Murph46- No that wasn't Mittens to whom I was referring with the dyed black hair, it was Reagan - who should have been tired for treason!

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susan724 | Nov 13, 2012, 03:35 PM EST

Murph46- Treason was providing arms to the Contra rebel groups with funds from sell arms to IRAN- The Democrats were going to try him for High Crimes and Misdemeanors but decided not to do so. That is a fact, he should have been impeached – dyed black hair and all! This is a political issue with you, why don’t you admit it!

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susan724 | Nov 13, 2012, 03:24 PM EST

PhlutiePhan - Pleeeez, what did Bush do when he received the warning that Bin Laden was going to strike?

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PhlutiePhan | Nov 13, 2012, 03:04 PM EST

Obviously, the death of Chris Stevens won't be on her resume' and she doesn't appear too woried about it.

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pilib04 | Nov 13, 2012, 02:20 PM EST

I'm with eiriamach on this one. If Hillary isn't running, I would certainly value her opinion on who should.

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irishrose524 | Nov 13, 2012, 01:29 PM EST

I'd vote for her :-3

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eiriamach | Nov 13, 2012, 12:39 PM EST

I remember the moment when I decided to support Barack instead of Hillary. The moderator in a 2008 debate asked whether health care was a right or a privilege. Hillary fudged the answer and showed she didn't understand the difference, while Obama unhesitatingly replied, "It's a right." Since that time, however, Hillary has learned and grown and served her country well. I'd support her now-- But -- there are hundreds of other qualified women. Hillary herself could probably name a dozen other qualified women in six seconds. Someone should ask her who she thinks should run.

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