Is this diary outdated and strange? No it's a fact that the New York Daily News is reporting under the headline "No political race in sight, but Hillary Clinton's camp is election-ready"
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton says running for office isn't on her "radar," but she still has an eight-person political team and sports two overflowing campaign war chests.
Clinton's failed presidential bid is now $1 million in the black, and her old Senate campaign committee has $2.1 million in the bank, much of it transferred in from the presidential account.
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When I saw this headline I know what the Daily News wanted you to think was that Hillary Clinton is waiting for the right time to resign from SOS and run for President against Obama. Does it play on the 2008 primary wars? That has to be it right? Well it is just a plain old interesting article.
THere are some interesting facts and tidbits all throughout this article.
The worker noted John Kerry didn't terminate his 2004 White House campaign for more than three years after he lost.
One of Clinton's remaining campaign workers said they were just there to wind down what was essentially a $250 million business, and would soon cut staff to five people.
This really stuck out because it is correct. Hillary for President started in like 2007 and became a huge operation and how would it vanish overnight? It takes a while to wind down big operations.
She officially pulled out of the political arena in January when she became secretary of state. But Clinton's campaign Web site continues to accept contributions.
Larry Sabato says the following:
"It raises questions about that nascent presidential campaign for 2016 - and she didn't close the door on that, if you read her remarks carefully," said the University of Virginia's Larry Sabato.
He is talking about 2016 already! As has been pointed out HIllary would be 70ish but younger than Bob Dole and John McCain. Of course this may be different because she'd be 70 year old woman.
In the article it is mentioned that discussions are taking place on whether to give the money to charity or other candidates.
The aide also said Team Clinton is looking to liquidate her presidential bank account, either by giving the money to other candidates or donating it to charity.
Good for her that she was so successful in getting rid of that ENORMOUS Debt and everyone including Mark Penn has been paid for their services.