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Hillary in 2012?

This is an interesting scenario I found posted at "It Begs The Question" a weblog by Larry Wohlemuth.

A little background on Larry:

Born in Topeka, Kansas, USA, Larry Wohlgemuth brings with him a seasoned perspective and presents his views with a matter of fact and sometimes caustic style. Wohlgemuth sees today’s mass media as being owned by a handful of major corporations who use it as an outlet for public relations and propaganda. He believes these companies then sell contrived notions of truth based on what they want the masses to believe and people everywhere constantly fall into line, carrying out mandates against their own self-interest as a result. Wohlgemuth can’t help but howl at the moon when he sees examples of such mind-control and is driven to write for this very reason. He sees the overall American populace as some of the least informed and most jingoistic people on the planet, and it is his strongest desire to open people’s eyes and reignite their questioning natures. Wohlgemuth runs his own informative blog at It Begs the Question and brings an unfiltered and immutable perspective to RELATIVITY OnLine’s all star cast of international characters.

Here's his take on the 2012 presidential run. I can't say that I'm in favor of the scene, I can't say I'm against it. This will take much more contemplative thought in my mind to even say good or bad.
Love to hear your take on it.

Think I'll sit back and watch the ideas roll forth.

Hillary in 2012?
By Larry Wohlgemuth, on July 26th, 2010
It’s a long ways off, and it’s hard to imagine that Barack Obama has already been president 18 months, but I have to wonder. My friend, the union organizer, was the first to propose that we might be in for a change in 2012. He’s hearing things that are filtering down which suggest there’s a strategy at work.

You have to wonder if it’s possible, I mean could a sitting Secretary of State primary a sitting President of the United States? If you look at how things are shaking out it seems like the most logical alternative. My friend’s even suggesting that Obama may choose not to run. It begs the question, will we see Hillary Clinton run for president in 2012?

Let’s start at the beginning. Barack Obama inherited the worst set of circumstances of any president since the Great Depression, and he’s handled it magnificently. We’re the only industrialized nation without universal health care coverage, and he passed landmark legislation moving us in that direction. He’s pushed through legislation to control banks that rape, pillage and plunder the American people. With these and all of his other accomplishments he’ll be recognized with Lincoln and FDR as a man who helped save the Republic. Someday. But it’s taking a toll today.

The Republican Party is burdened with a xenophobic element, and Obama will suffer racially motivated attacks unlike any we’ve ever seen. Throw into the mix the revenge-minded corporations and the dimwitted teabaggers that foolishly vote against their self-interest, and it’s easy to see his re-election campaign will be brutal. Add in the fact that the economy will probably remain on shaky ground as Republicans work to defeat recovery legislation at every turn, and his re-election could prove problematic. Enter Hillary Clinton.

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