Sen. Clinton dismisses 2004 speculation

[AP]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Hillary-Clinton.html

"I am absolutely ruling it out"

[Nottingham]

1. Hillary is ONE SMART LADY!

DNC and DLC better start Waking up and Get With IT!!

Hillary isn't Bailing them Out! :bounce:

[diplomats]

2. It didn't make any sense for her to run

I'm glad she cleared that issue up.

[tsipple]

3. Of Course...

...REALLY slow news day, I guess. Thanks, Drudge, for the hype. (Not.)

[concord]

4. Yippee Skippee!!

not that I took this rumor seriously ;)

:bounce:

[GemMom]

8. I'm not sure what to believe

I don't really know what to believe at this point. On one hand she tells Europeans one thing, on another hand she tells Americans another.

http://www.offnews.info/novedades/ultimo/hillary.htm - Excerpt:

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has subtly but carefully altered her stance on running for president in 2004.

Senator Clinton has made some revealing statements while on her book tour in Europe that indicate she is moving to a 2004 run.

During her trip to London this weekend, Mrs. Clinton hinted during a television interview that a 2004 run "might happen."

Appearing Friday on BBC Channel 4's "Richard and Judy Show," Mrs. Clinton was pressed on whether she might challenge President Bush as early as next year.

"You never know what might happen," she told the TV duo, after first dismissing as "rumors" reports that she was considering a run in 2004.

The day before, Mrs. Clinton was challenged by BCC radio interviewer Martha Kearney, who complained that the top Democrat's often-repeated answer that she has "no intention" of running for president in either 2004 or 2008 "doesn't really rule anything out, does it?"

"Well, but it is as close as I can come," Mrs. Clinton responded.

[w4rma]

10. Sen. Clinton has repeatedly said she won't be running in '04 for President

Promised voters full term
On Monday, however, Clinton definitively ruled out a run for the White House in 2004.

"Let's say Gore loses. That means the Democratic Party has no incumbent. Are you interested in that office in '04?" King asked Clinton in an interview taped at the White House.

"No, I'm not," she replied.

"Not at all?"

"No. I am intent upon being the best senator that I can be. That is what I want to do," Clinton said.

Clinton said she had promised New York voters she would serve out the full six-year term and that she intended to keep that vow. That was "as definitive as I can get."
Hillary Clinton rules out White House run in 2004 - December 12, 2000

McAuliffe, the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee and friend of former President Bill Clinton, told reporters, "I feel pretty safe saying, making a Shermanesque statement here, that Hillary Rodham Clinton will not run for president in 2004."

The reference was to Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, who once said, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected," when asked about running for President.
McAuliffe Predicts No Hill on the Hill in 2004 - Mon, Feb 5, 2001

Pressed to clarify

Mrs Clinton was pressed to clarify a statement she had made on Thursday about the presidency being "not something I am going to be doing" at the annual conference of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington.

She was later asked by the Post whether she was ruling out a run for president not just in 2004, but in 2008 and beyond.

"Yes," she replied.
Hillary rules out presidency - Saturday, 7 April, 2001

But when pressed about her own possible presidential plans, she said it was not going to happen.

Mrs Clinton shook her head: "I don't even want to talk about this. It's not anything that's going to happen," she said.

"I don't have any long-term plans," she said when asked about running for a second Senate term in 2006. "I'm pretty focused on day-by-day."
Hillary counts herself out of White House race - Thursday 30th August 2001

[Jacobin]

5. Thank Goddess

Don't put the screws to the brave and struggling Dems who are putting their hearts and souls into this race, breaking ground, and finally getting some traction with the "librul press"

[11cents]

6. The usual dirty business

The story was an obvious RW plant, probably intended to discourage the Clark candidacy.

[Ripley]

7. If anything was Rove this was it.

I seriously can't believe Hillary would back out on her word she has given many times recently in public that she would finish her term in New York. She has said over and over that she would not be running for pres in 04. Now think, what would everyone say if she did run?

LIAR, JUST LIKE HER LYING HUSBAND. Not very good.

She will not run folks. Neither will Gore.

Why do so many DUers want to draft people who do NOT WANT TO RUN??

People seem to believe every rumor around.

[rabid_nerd]

9. Unlike Al Gore....

Who has repeatedly refused to be so exact

[dansolo]

19. Al Gore was very specific in his last speech

He said that he wasn't going to join the candidates.

[onehandle]

11. Surprise!

Not really. I don't know why people keep falling for rumors.

She said she would SERVE HER ENTIRE TERM.

On the up side, the last few days of speculation likely made the GOP a pretty penny.


Happy?

[Rose Siding]

12. That's some Democratic stategist

Bush doesn't look beatable? That's not what Bill Clinton says.

[IndianaGreen]

13. It is the Republicans that are spreading this rumor!

Obviously they are trying to confuse the Democratic race. Heck, they even had an idiot saying that Al Gore was going to run!

I think the GOP is starting to worry.

[Rose Siding]

14. That's some Democratic stategist

Bush doesn't look beatable?

[DoveTurnedHawk]

15. MEME OF THE WEEK

Clearly, Hillary and Bill and their strategists are meeting on September 6 to ENDORSE WESLEY CLARK FOR PRESIDENT!!!

DTH

[tjdee]

16. How many times does she have to say this?

Glad to see she is finally giving them a distinct sentence/soundbyte "I am absolutely ruling it out".

Subtext there: Okay, dammit?!

[oasis]

17. KICK until they get it.

:kick:

[dansolo]

18. If this was in the NY Times today

Then why is Joe Scarborough making it sound like she is planning on running on his show tonight?

[oasis]

20. Joe never misses an opportunity to slam any Clinton. That's his job.

Edit to add: Killer Joe

[0007]

21. btt

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