Hillary rules out run in 2004

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ALBANY, N.Y. - A drop in President Bush's poll numbers has increased speculation about New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton jumping into the 2004 Democratic presidential race — a notion the former first lady rejected Friday.
"I am absolutely ruling it out," Clinton said during a visit to the New York State Fair in Syracuse, N.Y. She had insisted in recent months that she will not consider entering the race for president this year even if that is what some Democrats want.
Friends and advisers maintain that she has no interest in 2004. Calling the speculation "unfounded," Harold Ickes, a top political adviser and former White House deputy chief of staff, said simply, "She ain't going to run."
A spokesman for the former first lady also sought to dampen the talk, at least for 2004.
"Senator Clinton has repeatedly said that she will serve out her full, six-year term," said Philippe Reines.
Hank Sheinkopf, a New York-based Democratic strategist who worked on former President Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, said that while there will be pressure on her to run, she probably won't because Bush does not look beatable, at least not now.

Well, I guesss we can kill that rumor!

[radwriter0555]

1. I told ya so!

I'm always right.

:)