Reply #26: Saying this accomplishes two things

[Nothing Without Hope]

1. It plants the seed of considering her for the presidency.
   
   
2. It demonstrates her loyalty to her husb…the (p)resident.

Of course she wants to be president. Her ruthlessness and ambition have landed her just a few steps away from it already. She certainly hasn’t been stopped by lack of competence or murderous negligence, her loyalty and connection to the blivet** and his cabal of neocons are all that are needed. Her coyness is repulsive and unconvincing.