Hillary Clinton will finish off Republicans in 2016 says Maureen Dowd

The "Great Communicator" a.k.a.Thacthers lackey is the one who brought this mess down on the country with his relentless pursuit of less taxes on the richand business and the weakening of government regulation of finance.

I wish the likes of Stevenstar would keep out of Irish affairs . For his information Gerry Adams seems to have gotten somewhere ,he sits in the National Parliament ! As for poor Madeliene she seems to have a problem with spelling !!!!

Madeliene you are an unfortunate human being and I use the term lightly.

Hillary Clinton is a LIAR and a TRAITOR and willl finish off NO Republican Conservatve In America ! We want our Country resored form the ignorant, greeddy, envious liberals, and NO MORE Kennedy's, and NO MORE CKLINTONS!

Someone tell Stevenstar not to shout please! Also doubt very much StevieS has ever even been to Ireland. If he was familiar with Ireland he would know that Gerry Adams is quite popular and topped the poll in Louth/East Meath!

Writing the obituary for the Republican party might be a tad early. Predicting that the Republicans will repeat the mistakes of 08 and 12 is just common sense.

That's the story, but don't worry, Republicans aren't capable of seeing themselves and doing something about it. You can show a bulldog a mirror, but it won't make him wipe the slobber off his jowls.

One can only hope!

Autotarveler fails to balance his pro GOP sentiments by naming any 'Polarizing" republicans like Boehner and co. and the Teaparty wannabes who lost their seats in the 2012 election. As far as Rice is concerned she was the subject of a vicious attack by "polarizing" senators (Cain and Grahame). Republicans find POTUS a "polarizing" figure therfore using the emotional term "polarizing" means little or nothing.

IRISH REPUBLICANS ARE A DYING BREED THANK GOD AND NOW WE ALL WANT TO LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE.. IM IRISH I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND I LOVE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THE UK ... I WISH AMERICANS WOULD KEEP OUT OF IRISH AFFAIRS... EVEN WITH PEOPLE LIKE GERRY ADAMS WHILE HIS GOTTEN NOWHERE HERE IN IRELAND HIS STILL POPULAR IN AMERICA AND THAT TELLS ME ALL AMERICANS SHOULD MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS UNLESS YOU WERE BORN HERE IN IRELAND

in saying the GOP world would It was just a select world: the G.O.P. universe of arrogant, uptight, entitled, bossy, retrogressive white guys. Bobby Jindal is Indian American, Marco Rubio is Cuban American, Herman Cain is black, etc. Maureen is in fact the one who refuses to change and demonstrates selection. Maureen likes to hawk the mantra of the day which of course is believed by those who voted for Obama. But I can assure you, zero interest rates are NOT normal. We're $16.3 trillion in debt and Democrats are pushing for more debt and that is NOT normal. 47 million people are on food stamps. True unemployment is around 20%. We have a savings rate that around a pitiful 3.7%. At least half the country is shocked and dismayed by the irresponsibility of the Democrats, the other half of the country voted for Obama and is passing marijuana laws by state.

You Guys are all missing the trick here!! Oh sure Hilary would like to be President; but who says that its automatically the chair in the Oval Office. Why not the chair in the Aras? Why has she made the unique offer to the people of Ireland to be their advocate when she leaves her current office? Watch this space :)

If the Republicans can nominate somebody that can express their positions in an intelligent manner, they could win.... McCain and Romney could not speak at all. The two Bushes made it despite speech problems...Speaking well could be Chris Christie. All you gotta do is listen and learn from The Great Commmunicator Ronald Reagan.

i have my doubts that Hillary will run in 2016,though I know many people want her to, as for finishing off the Republicans turn about would only be fair-play,they certainly tried very hard to finish off Bill Clinton and almost destroyed his marriage.Boy has he disappointed them,he's more popular now than ever.

Then there's the US mid-term elections in 2014. They might well follow the 2010 elections which put the US House of Representatives strongly in GOP control. If the US economy doesn't recover, expect that not only will the House stay in GOP hands, but the lessons learned in 2012, with respect to putting up poor candidates in Senate races, the US Senate is likely to fall into GOP hands as well. Then there's the little issue that Ms. Kelly seemed to ignore, that 30 of the 50 state governors are Republicans and many state legislatures are in Republican hands. Far from being dead, as Ms. Dowd would seem to suggest, the GOP will lick their 2012 wounds, learn from their mistakes, and most likely come roaring back in 2014, as they did in 2010, and be well positioned for the 2016 presidential elections. Ms. Clinton is a flawed candidate, one who carries much of the same baggage that Gov. Romney did in 2012. She represents the past and if found complicit in the Libyan cover up, she will be all but unelectable in 2016. Plus there are many younger potential Democratic candidates waiting in the wings, like candidate Obama did in 2008, that will have no reservations in taking her down as he did in 2008. Richard Truesdell California, USA