"She wants to be president; she doesn’t want to run for president"

[mota bhai 2,675]

Over the 25 years Hillary Clinton has spent in the national spotlight, she’s been smeared and stereotyped, the subject of dozens of over-hyped or downright fictional stories and books.

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Every aspect of her personal life has been ransacked; there’s no part of her 5-foot-7-inch body that hasn’t come under microscopic scrutiny, from her ankles to her neckline to her myopic blue eyes.

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Remember the record, and you’ll understand why Clinton, although rested, rich and seemingly ready, has yet to commit to a presidential race.

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Clinton isn’t insane, and she’s not stupid. “When you get beat up so often, you just get very cautious,” says Mike McCurry, her husband’s former press secretary ... “She [has] had a very practical view of the media. … ‘I have to be careful, I’m playing with fire.’”

And while the white-hot anger she once felt toward the media has since hardened into a pessimistic resignation (with a dash of self-pity), she’s convinced another campaign would inevitably invite more bruising scrutiny, as her recent comments suggest.

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When asked why Clinton hasn’t done more to reach out to reporters over the years, one Clinton campaign veteran began to spin several theories. She was too busy, she was too prone to speaking her mind and the like—then abruptly cut to the chase:

“Look, she hates you. Period. That’s never going to change.”

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For much of her career, she has remained publicly unwilling (and, former advisers say, at times even privately incapable) of differentiating between malicious, coordinated political attacks and the legitimate scouring of her record undertaken by responsible reporters.

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Clinton has ... surrounded herself with media conspiracy theorists who remain some of her favorite confidants, urged wealthy allies to bankroll independent organizations tasked with knee-capping reporters perceived as unfriendly.

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“She wants to be president; she doesn’t want to run for president,” another Clinton veteran told us. “The worst part of running for president for her, clearly, is dealing with the press.”

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/hillary-clinton-media-105901.html#.U2Jy3_ldWc0

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Well, she is screwed, then -- not that she has a chance of winning. This is not the Philippines.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Well, she is screwed, then -- not that she has a chance of winning. This is not the Philippines.

I don't mean to sound sexist, but she will probably win if she runs. Many will vote for her out of the notion she will be the first woman president. People like to see historic events.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

As of right now, she'd beat Jeb Bush in motherf%^&*# Florida. Yeah, she'll stand a better than fair chance to win if she decides to run.

Edited May 1, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

To be fair, only the truly insane would ever run for President. We have a problem in our system with that.