If you’re wondering why Hillary Clinton won’t go away, this news might explain why. There’s speculation that Hillary might run for president again in 2020.
Ready to go through the 2016 election all over again?
Philippe Reines, who worked for Hillary Clinton going back to 2002 and was her senior adviser at the State Department, made the argument to Politico Friday that the former Democratic nominee might actually be the party’s best hope for defeating Trump in 2020. He said no other Democrat has “anywhere near a base of 32 million people,” especially not Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) or Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). The party, he feels, shouldn’t dismiss her as a failed candidate because she’s “smarter” and “tougher” than most, and she “could raise money easier than most.”
But it doesn’t sound like this is just wishful thinking on his part. He really thinks it could happen, saying the chances of Clinton running in 2020 are “not zero.”
Publicly, Clinton has said she will not run again, but Reines doesn’t sound so sure she’ll keep her word on that. Politico explored Clinton’s careful re-entry into the political arena, noting that she’s going on tour with former President Bill Clinton this fall and has reportedly even called up journalists who cover the White House to put out “the occasional feeler.”
This is clearly a person who is incapable of self-reflection. She is one of the most hated politicians ever and should be in prison for numerous crimes. Yet despite these obvious problems, she is considering taking another shot at the presidency.
The thing is, the Democrat Party is a mess. There is no clear party leader and the party has been taken over by minorities, crazy lunatics and Marxist radicals. So considering all the chaos, it would not surprise me if Hillary tried a third run.
But at this point, the Democrat Party is way to radical for her to win in a fair race. She’d have to work with the party to rig the nomination process like she did in 2016. It’s highly doubtful that the party has the appetite for that sort of thing this time around.
