Or at least Vice President, as Obama’s running mate in 2012.
Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal on Hillary Clinton’s increase in stature, gravitas, and polling numbers while so many other Democrats are headed in the other direction.
"The latest Rasmussen Reports polls show the dramatic decline of the presidential approval index, the difference between those who "strongly approve" of Mr. Obama's performance and those who "strongly disapprove." It began at plus 25% when the new president was sworn in, and has steadily declined to minus 13%.
It isn't just the president whose poll numbers are falling fast. According to recent Harris polling, Vice President Biden viewed favorably by 26% of the public and unfavorably by 45%. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does even worse, 20% positive to 49% negative. A June Nevada poll gave Sen. Harry Reid, the majority leader, 33% approval and 52% disapproval.
But the greatest contrast and most interesting statistic is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's ratings: 45% favorable and only 35% unfavorable."
Okay, it’s Rasmussen; but who can really argue with a straight face that Hillary hasn’t come out stronger since Obama won the nomination, and the office. Of course, all polls push the ideology of those that write the checks (we won’t get into why the DK opinion poll has disappeared from the front page after months of trumpeting its results....), but there is some grain of directional insight in this.
Of course, Hillary has also wisely stayed in the background as so many around her are imploding – so we’ll have to see if her positives are due in part to Americans’ notorious attention deficit disorder.
Whatever the case, a strong argument can be made for Hillary as Obama’s VP in ’12, if not in ’08.