Hillary Clinton for president?
“So far she hasn’t said she would, but I think it’s not a bad idea,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC’s Jonathan Karl in an interview on Wednesday to promote his new book “In My Time.”
Cheney declined to say whether he thought the current Secretary of State would have been a better president than Barack Obama, but called her a “pretty formidable individual.”
“I think she’s probably the most competent person they’ve got in their– in their cabinet. And– frankly, I thought she was gonna win the nomination last time around,” Cheney said. “Maybe if– the Obama record is bad enough– and these days it’s not very good, given the shape of the economy maybe there will be enough ferment– in the Democratic Party so that there will be a primary on their side.”
During the interview, Cheney criticized several of the Republican presidential candidates, including front-runner Rick Perry whose comments about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Cheney described as “over-the-top.”
While Cheney sounded positive notes about Clinton, he said not to expect him to endorse anyone on the Republican side anytime soon.
“I don’t plan to endorse anybody till we get a lot farther down the road,” he said.
(Source: ABC News)
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At no point in history has an elected president ever been sucessfully challenged from within their own party. The times an elected president wasn’t nominated for a second term, the opposition won the election (consider Johnson in 1968, but the Republicans won the election, Polk in 1848 but the Whigs won the election). Ford and Carter were both challenged within their own party, and while renominated, neither won the general election (and Ford wasn’t elected to begin with).
If Hillary wants to be President, she should do a good job as Secretary of State – avoid picking fights – and go for 2016 (by which time she’ll be a senior statesman as well).
Akuperma! That’s the point, if Hillary jumps in you can say good bye to Obama and his leftist liberal party, we call democrats. How sweet!
But she won’t. She is not ignorant of history. She wouldn’t win, and would destroy her career in trying.
Cheney’s problem is that he is part of the “Wall Street” or “Country Club” wing of the Republican Party, which is being repudiated by the rise of the “Tea Party” movement. Given that Obama is way to far to the left for their tastes, and the Tea party too conservative (at least in economic matters), the “Country Club” Republicans may be thinking of an alliance with modern Democrats to run a third party (something not done sucessfully since 1860, which was a 4-candidate race won by a radical with 39% of the popular vote).
Akuperma,
For a while it looked as if your were coming around to the Right side however it seems you are headed off a cliff here.
The point is that our faithful former Veep is pushing buttons. He has known which buttons to push for 30 years & he does a great job at it too!!
Cheney has been a “Country club” Republicans throughout his career. The Bush administration distinguished itself with massive deficit increases and corporate welfare, laying the foundation upon which the Obama administration built.
The Tea Party movement is in essence the revolt of the Sam’s Club Republicans against the Wall Street Republicans.
In an election based primarily on economic policy, the Wall Street Republicans may feel much more comfortable with Obama (who is a great believer in welfare for friendly corporations) than in the Tea Pary whose ideas would require the private sector to makes its profits by hard work rather than being well connected to the government.
Akuperma,
Now you are confirming that you are lost. Oh well.
I knew it was too good to be true.
akuperma:
James K. Polk and Lyndon B. Johnson did not seek another term.
Franklin Pierce was denied renomination in 1856 in favor of James Buchanan.