Hillary Clinton leaves door open for 2020 run: 'I'd like to be president'

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during an event over the weekend left the door open to a possible 2020 run, saying that even though she doesn't want to run, "I'd like to be president."

Clinton's comments come as speculation has increased over whether she will launch another bid after the midterm elections. "Do you want to run again?" Recode’s Kara Swisher asked during a Friday night Q&A with Clinton.

"No," Clinton replied quickly, sparking laughter from the audience. But when Swisher pressed her further, she added: "I’d like to be president."

Clinton went on to say that "there’s going to be so much work to be done" after a Democrat "hopefully" wins the next presidential election. "The work would be work that I feel very well prepared for having been in the Senate for eight years, having been a diplomat in the State Department," she said, listing off the qualifications that she often touted during her previous run.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413572-hillary-clinton-leaves-door-open-for-2020-run-id-like-to-be-president

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. Lord knows she's paid her dues and then some

Sadly, the sexism and character assassination from the right and the faux-gressive Bust contingent make it impossible for her

[KCDebbie]

2. She should've been President!

[get the red out]

22. Definitely

Especially considering the Russian attack on our Presidential election. Illegitimate elections apparently lead to horrible consequences for our country considering 2000 and 2016.

[irresistable]

3. I can see why she would want to run, but this would be a tougher race for her.

There will be more competition this time....much more.

Whoever wins, the ads against Trump will write themselves.

[thesquanderer]

38. I agree, primaries would be much tougher on her this time...

Yes, there would be more competition. No one will defer to her as the presumptive front-runner. Nor will she likely be the only woman, thus splitting the votes of those who--at least all else being equal--really wanted to see the first female president. Also it is unlikely that she will quickly be down to only one barely threatening competitor, not to mention one who was not a particularly good debater. And she'd be going in as the only candidate who has proven that she is beatable by Trump (in terms of the electoral college, which is what matters). And there were polls in 2017 and 2018 still showing Hillary losing swing states that she lost last time.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. Dear Hillary

No one doubts that you are qualified. Or that you would make an excellent president. Or disputes that you would right the course of this country back to the proper path. You would restore civility, dignity, respect, intelligence, honesty back to our nation. The rest of the world would realize that we had come to our senses, and our allies would trust us again.

But do you really want to get pulled down in the gutter again ? It will be worse this time around. The cesspool that politics has become is ugly business. You thought last time around was bad ?

You won't remember me, but when you first discussed running for president, I wrote you an impassioned letter begging you to reconsider. I feared for you, your sanity, your better well-being. I foresaw all of the vile, vulgar, vindictive, venomous, vengeful nastiness that you eventually went through.

My heart broke when you were robbed of the victory that was yours - by over 3 million votes.

Please don't put either one of us through that again.

[jodymarie aimee]

25. agree

a million percent

[True Blue American]

27. Thank you

We need young,fresh candidates. I admire you, know you really won, Hillary, but it is time to retire and let the next generation take over.

And I say this as one of the older generation who remembers when a youthful JFK was elected. We had the same when President Obama was elected. Now,we need another and there are plenty ready and willing to serve. They need that chance.

[Evergreen Emerald]

45. "Young fresh candidates"

Does that include Bernie and Biden?

[True Blue American]

47. No

We have too many young candidates

DeWine is running for Governor in Ohio. 72,in Politics for 42 years. He looks old, his policies are just more of the old.

[Gore1FL]

40. +106

We don't need a rematch of 2016.

[obamanut2012]

50. Except she did not state she wanted to run or was running

More HRC bashing.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

63. I am most assuredly NOT bashing her.

Did you even read the original post ?

[Initech]

5. I voted for and supported Hillary in 2016.

But the absolute LAST thing we need is to go through the Sanders / Clinton shit again, that would almost guarantee us another 4 years of the fucking asshole who's in charge now. Nope.

[elmac]

14. Nothing against Bernie, I voted for him during the primary

but I would rather see HRC run than him. If she does run I hope he supports her run without running himself. That would be entirely up to him and he has every right to run again if he wishes.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. In such case, Sanders should stay out as well

So we don't have to go through that shit with his supporters tarring Biden, Harris or any other potential nominee (TYT has already started cherry picking issues for smear pieces deeming Harris and Warren as "not a true progressive," while ignoring Sanders' abysmal record on guns and other issues, and the Bust folks will do it to any candidate not named "Bernie Sanders" )

If Clinton running again is rehashing the past, then ditto for Saint Bernard. And especially so, given his behavior when it came to conceding.

[More_Cowbell]

17. Yes, I think the Democratic base might be more energized by someone new

Possibly someone not even on the radar yet. We shouldn't need *anything* to be energized, but we always will.

[True Blue American]

28. I agree!

Retire gracefully, your time is past.

[True Blue American]

48. Not to mention

Bernies 30 years in the Senate.

Vermont has lost their young. One Insurance company there,few Doctors and his wife is under indictment for lying to the banks to get a fraudulent loan.

[obamanut2012]

51. Except she did not state she wanted to run or was running

[elmac]

6. If she is willing and able to run in 2020

she would have my vote. She would be about 73 years old which isn't a problem age wise, would be younger than Reagan was. I hope she does run and I hope there is a country left when the election happens.

[shanny]

7. Please, no.

[NBachers]

8. I'm not going to join the "Please, no" crowd.

[marble falls]

9. 2018 first and then 2020.

[BlueMTexpat]

26. IMO, THIS is the best

response to this news.

We should be concentrating ONE HUNDRED PERCENT on 2018.

As for Hillary, to me, she is the ONLY legitimate President that I recognize right NOW - Electoral College be damned!

I do not NOW - nor EVER WILL - recognize Trump as a legitimate occupier of the WH! If he and the whole GOP cabal are NOT ousted SOON, we may actually be a dictatorship by 2020.

[marble falls]

31. You get a solid 'Amen' from me. She was robbed. 2018 first, redressing 2016 ...

comes in 2020.

[NCcoast]

10. Sorry, but no. Time to move on

[aeromanKC]

11. NO

I love Hillary, but NO for 2020!!

[Rizen]

12. She's qualified but

not the right person to run. She has too much baggage.

[StevieM]

13. This article is so ridiculous. She said she is not running and the headline reads"

"Hillary Clinton leaves door open for 2020 run."

You have to really want it in order to interpret her words that way.

[AlexSFCA]

16. we must look forward, I dont want to relive 2016 again

[srobertss]

18. Can't deal with this

I remember too clearly my neighbor’s picture of Bill as the devil back in ‘98. What aroused this level of animosity from the right? I have no idea since Bill was way right of me. And the animosity towards Bill is stuck on Hillary and I don’t want to deal with it again in 2020.

[C Moon]

19. She won. We all know it. That election was heisted by a mob.

And the same thing is happening in the mid-terms. Hopefully we can get enough of the good people out there to over-ride the GOPutin cheating: there's no Electoral College this time.

[airmid]

20. I would support her whatever she decides to do. That being said, Trump has riled the thugs on his

side up and any Dem running is in danger. But the Right's hatred of Hillary Clinton is frightening.

[stonecutter357]

21. #facknews !

[BluegrassDem]

23. I would love to see HRC as the HHS secretary in the next Dem administration

She is not running, but she wants to be involved in service. I don't see the next Dem president making her SOS again, but definitely could see her being involved in health care somehow.

[lindysalsagal]

24. Today, we need her to yell and scream about voter suppression in Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska,

colorado, indiana.

[gordianot]

29. No Hillary, no Bernie Sanders.

It is time for new possibilities.

[GWC58]

30. I'd love to have Hillary as president, but

Hillary please don’t put yourself through this again. 😕😰

[Jarqui]

32. As always, I'll support whoever Democrats select

I supported Bernie Sanders and liked his policies more with a fear of Clinton baggage.

I then supported Hillary as I would any Democrat. I sincerely felt she would be much better than Trump - his potential as a president frightened me. I felt she was cheated and those feelings have increased with the Mueller investigation.

Bernie is going to be 79 in 2020. I think the physical demands of the job are too great to start it at that age.

Hillary is going to be 73 in 2020. I worry about the physical demands of starting that job at that age. She had health problems during the 2016 campaign. And she's got the Clinton baggage that lowers her ceiling in an environment where the GOP/Russians are still cheating. We need a candidate with a significant margin to overcome that cheating.

My preference at the moment is to look at other candidates for someone younger, new and without as much baggage. A number of other women seem to have some potential and they intrigue me though I'll settle for the best person for the job.

[Vinca]

33. No. She's more than qualified and would make a great POTUS, but the chances

of her winning on try number 3 are zero. Same for Bernie. Love them both, but no.

[mtasselin]

34. NO

Absolutely not, her running will divide this country more, she is more than qualified, but that is not the answer, please put your ego to bed and let America heal.

[Crazyleftie]

35. The dems need NEW leadership

No to Hillary, Biden, Gore, and any old guard dems, including Hubert Humphrey

[Bengus81]

36. No...

[in2herbs]

37. Why not "settle" for being a USSC justice?

[NewJeffCT]

44. While she can no doubt do that

she's 71 years old. The next Dem president will probably name justices that are in their 50s.

[Rebl2]

39. Please, no

I voted for her in ‘16, but it’s time to move on. We need younger people please-it’s their time now. By the way I’m in my 60’s. Again no.

[Juneboarder]

52. Thank you!

I completely agree, and voted for Hillary as well in 2016 and 2008. Not again, though.

[KPN]

41. No. We need to go in new directions. Not same old same old.

[Adrahil]

42. love you, HRC. But no.

You would have been a great President. You SHOULD be President. Heck, you would be a Great President in 2020. But that ship has sailed. We have to move on.

[Blue_Tires]

43. really?

Link to tweet

[joshcryer]

46. I hope she runs.

I'm sick of the people who dare drop paternal "advice" for her.

[Juneboarder]

49. No, just no.

We've been down this rabbit hole before. We need a fresh, new face to take on these repukes that have a strong hold on our country right now. We cannot risk a repeat, as we should learn from our history so that we do not repeat mistakes.

[obamanut2012]

53. Except she did not state she wanted to run or was running

She literally didn't even come close to saying that -- this ie more public HRC bashing and clickbait.

[Me.]

54. I'd Like Her To Be President Too

But her running again scares me

[Wintryjade]

55. I could easily vote for her and she would be well ahead of most, knowing what to immediately

attack and address, while implementing.

[EleanorR]

56. if anyone wants to read the long and fabulous interview and not just the shit stirring from the Hill

It's excellent and well worth a read-

https://www.recode.net/2018/10/27/18032550/hillary-clinton-kara-swisher-92y-recode-decode-live-podcast-transcript

[saidsimplesimon]

57. She is wise to leave the door open.

There are so many excellent Democratic candidates already. I'm still not ready to comment on the 2020 primary season.

[qazplm135]

58. she's not leaving anything open

she told the truth, she'd like to be President. She also told the truth that she does not want to run again.

You can hold both those ideas in your head without cognitive dissonance.

[Mike Nelson]

59. I love how she gets...

… keyboards wagging.

[Power 2 the People]

60. I will applaud her if she decides to run.

Everyone has a right to run for office and they shouldn't be discouraged or ridiculed. Anyone who wants to move this country in the right direction and restore our dignity after this abomination currently occupying the Oval Office has my vote.

[Firestorm49]

61. Its time for her to give it up.

I don't care if we have a female candidate in 2020, just not her or Chelsea. The battle is over. Its time to move on. To suggest bringing her back into the ticket will spell disaster at a time when we need complete strength and no extraneous baggage, or, at least less than her revival would bring.

[Fiendish Thingy]

62. Hopefully someone will pop this trial balloon, and soon

It’s time for new blood, new ideas, new strategies.

The 2020 primary candidates will be announcing their campaigns by January, so these trial balloons by HRC, Biden, Avenatti and others should get popped quickly so that fresh candidates can enter the field without a lot of rumours and speculation on “will s/he run?” diminishing and distracting from the early attention and momentum.

[elocs]

64. I've thought for a long time now that she really wanted to be president but was laying in the weeds,

keeping her name out there, open to be drafted if there is no consensus candidate.
But what a boil on the asshole of life she would be as a candidate. Yes, insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result but I don't think she is up to the hard work of another campaign after she has done it twice already.
But I do think that Trump would love to run against her again. But he fooled America once and too many on the Left were complacent about the 2016 campaign, evidently thinking that Clinton would surely win which allowed them to throw away their vote until they found out that elections really do have consequences. We've all found that out.

[Maeve]

65. Sounds more like the writer wants it than like Hillary does

I think she's been pretty clear that another run isn't in the cards, despite the allure of it.

I voted for her before, I'd vote for her again, but I don't expect to have the chance to do so. But media cycles don't feed themselves....

[k-dub]

66. FAKE...she didn't leave open a run

Hillary, as smart and talented as she is, is NOT the only human on the planet that is qualified to be President for the Democrats. This is so stupid. There are plenty other great candidates, wish we would have seen a few more of them in 2016. Lets get them going and see what talent we have. I do know the minor leagues of the Democratic Party is loaded with talent.

[psychopomp]

67. No, thank you.

Time for somebody to unite the country. As qualified as HRC is, the country needs to unite and heal. HRC is just as polarizing as Spanky and that is not what the USA needs in leadership right now.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

68. No she doesn't

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413746-team-clinton-says-theres-no-way-hillarys-running-again

The Hill seems to be stirring up the shit.