Reply #12: Just started reading "The Case For Hillary"

[Yupster]

by Susan Estrich. Early in the book she addresses the question, but is she running?

Here's her answer...

"Nobody's trying to cnvince us that Hillary's NY constituents are flocking to vacation in Mn, Wi, Oh, three states she visited recently."

"Nobody really believes it's essential to have a state chair in Georgia when you're running for senator from New York."

"She has the best possible guy in her California chair..."

"Hillary made headlines recently by inviting her Iowa spporters to her Washington home..."

"In politics there are steps you take when you're running for Senate, and steps you take when you're running for President. When you're running for president, you put together a presidential-caliber PAC run by a veteran presidential-caliber campaign chief like Ann Lewis; you start hiring national organizers, you amass a bigger war chest than any other senator who is up for reelection, even before you have an opponent, you put your people in place in the apropriate think tanks, media groups, state parties and consulting firms, so everybody is ready to go. All of which senatorial candidate Hillary Clinton has done."

So Estrich is sure she's running, and she's a party insider for the last 30 years.

PS - One interesting tid-bit from the book is that during the entire Monica mess, Estrich knew Clinton was lying about having the affair with Monica. The reason she knew is that he had told her the truth early on. I wonder how many others knew?