Comments on: Hillary Clinton Returns to the Senate http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hillary-clinton-returns-to-the-senate/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:17:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hillary-clinton-returns-to-the-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-428231 James Joyner Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:28:27 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/hillary-clinton-returns-to-the-senate/#comment-428231 <blockquote>If Obama loses in November, do you really think "this was her last, best hope". It would seem to me that in such a case, she would be the front runner in 2012.</blockquote> In 2012, it will have been a dozen years since Bill left office and 20 since he was first elected. His network will be less beholden to him. Further, losing this election fight has tarnished his brand. It's hard to fathom what she'll be in a better position, then, four years from now.

If Obama loses in November, do you really think "this was her last, best hope". It would seem to me that in such a case, she would be the front runner in 2012.

In 2012, it will have been a dozen years since Bill left office and 20 since he was first elected. His network will be less beholden to him. Further, losing this election fight has tarnished his brand. It's hard to fathom what she'll be in a better position, then, four years from now.

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]]> By: yetanotherjohn http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/hillary-clinton-returns-to-the-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-428196 yetanotherjohn Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:59:59 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/06/hillary-clinton-returns-to-the-senate/#comment-428196 If Obama loses in November, do you really think "this was her last, best hope". It would seem to me that in such a case, she would be the front runner in 2012. If Obama loses in November, do you really think "this was her last, best hope". It would seem to me that in such a case, she would be the front runner in 2012.

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