Newt Gingrich: If Hillary Clinton Runs In 2016, Republicans 'Incapable Of Competing'
9:30 am - 12/10/2012
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regularly brushes off the idea of a 2016 presidential bid. But if she were to run, at least one prominent Republican thinks his party would be completely outmatched.
"The Republican party is incapable of competing at that level," Gingrich said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press."
"First of all, she's very formidable as a person," he said. "She's a very competent person. She's married to the most popular Democrat in the country; they both think [it] would be good for her to be president. It makes it virtually impossible to stop her for the nomination."
In addition to having Bill Clinton's support, Hillary Clinton would also have the backing of President Barack Obama, who will still be a "relatively popular president," Gingrich added. "Trying to win that will be truly the Super Bowl."
Most people agree with Gingrich's assessment. A recent Washington Post poll found that 57 percent of people would support Clinton as a 2016 presidential candidate.
By Jennifer Bendery. Posted: 12/09/2012 11:38 am EST | Updated: 12/09/2012 10:54 pm EST
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"The Republican party is incapable of competing at that level," Gingrich said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press."
"First of all, she's very formidable as a person," he said. "She's a very competent person. She's married to the most popular Democrat in the country; they both think [it] would be good for her to be president. It makes it virtually impossible to stop her for the nomination."
In addition to having Bill Clinton's support, Hillary Clinton would also have the backing of President Barack Obama, who will still be a "relatively popular president," Gingrich added. "Trying to win that will be truly the Super Bowl."
Most people agree with Gingrich's assessment. A recent Washington Post poll found that 57 percent of people would support Clinton as a 2016 presidential candidate.
By Jennifer Bendery. Posted: 12/09/2012 11:38 am EST | Updated: 12/09/2012 10:54 pm EST
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So now they're finally going to stop pretending that somehow it's a fact he'll go down in history as the worst President ever?
She should totally run. I'd love to see a landslide win and more republican butthurt.
Edited at 2012-12-10 09:52 pm (UTC)
Rape culture as applied to politics, where she's seen as the desirable candidate BECAUSE she said No.
o_O I thought we saw her as a desirable candidate because she's pretty awesome and qualified, what with all her experience. I'm sorry, this is a weird statement. I don't think a subset of the populace wishing she would run is akin to rape culture. Rape culture applied to politics would be Hillary not wanting to run, being forced to run, and then being unhappy and being blamed for it because she "didn't protest enough" against running in the first place.
Biden will turn 74, he won't run either.
My mom figures that if Chelsea has a couple kids, then maybe Hillary will decide she'd rather spend time with them than spend at least four years dealing with all the crap associated with being president.
Edited at 2012-12-10 10:41 pm (UTC)
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I want her to run on a purely selfish level of knowing she'd get shit done. But I don't because it seems like she's getting over the whole political power games, since she's just barreling through stuff now. I don't want her to go down as ineffective because Congress will make the biggest deal ever that a female has power, after all they've done and do to strip away rights. That makes me tired just thinking about it.
just think of all the Batfamily-related puns we could make