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Washington Hillary Rodham Clinton is now 100 percent certain to run for president, up from 98 percent, sources from her nascent campaign tell Politico. She came to that decision right after Christmas, and plans to announce her campaign in early April.
Was there any doubt that former Secretary of State Clinton would run? Nope, at least not in the past several months. Methodically, carefully, she has been building her team and lining up donors. And now, perhaps, the biggest question is whether any Democrats will make a serious run against her for their partys nomination.
Martin OMalley, who just left the governors chair in Maryland, has long been preparing to run. But he is holding back. Ditto Vice President Joe Biden, who has long wanted to make a third try for the Oval Office. Last week, he told ABC Newss George Stephanopoulos that theres a chance hell run, but hes seen as ready to run only if Clinton doesn't. Jim Webb, a one-term former senator from Virginia, says hes running, but hes a long shot.
Then theres Sen. Bernard Sanders (I) of Vermont, a self-described socialist who caucuses with the Democrats. He feels its important for progressive views to be represented in the campaign, and he may run possibly as a Democrat if Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) of Massachusetts doesnt.On Monday, he announced trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, both early nominating states, as well as Pennsylvania signs he may get into the race.
So far, Senator Warren insists shes not running, and her actions bear that out. But Senator Sanders isnt seen as a major threat to Clinton the way Warren would be.
For Clinton, theres no reason to announce anytime soon. Polls show shes the prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination, without any formal announcement.
"It makes no sense to announce what she's doing now," a longtime Clinton confidante told the New York Daily News. "There's no advantage for her to become the lightning rod of the Democratic Party. I would not pick a date: I would try and stay out as long as I possibly could.
The sooner Clinton announces, the sooner President Obama faces the label of lame duck and the sooner she returns fully to the campaign spotlight, with all the intense scrutiny that brings.
Besides, this past weekend showed that the Republicans are giving political reporters plenty to write about and that Democrats may well be better off sitting back and letting the opposition display its internal divisions. Between Sarah Palins rambling presentation and Donald Trumps musings about 2016 at the Iowa Freedom Summit, plus the sight of four other possible GOP contenders at a Koch brothers event in Palm Springs, Calif., the Republican Party is giving us a rerun of the messy 2012 nomination process that ended with the Democrats holding onto the White House.
Not that Clinton can sit back and assume anything. The GOP field has some new faces that make it stronger than the 2012 field, starting with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Soon enough, apparently, Clinton will announce her candidacy, and the reality of another presidential campaign will hit her.
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Will Hillary Clinton run for the Democratic nomination unopposed? (+video)
Hillary Clinton faces a stiff challenge in constructing a lean and mean campaign team that avoids the drama and leaks that hurt her 2008 effort.
Clinton is working with an enormous Rolodex that includes aides and advisers from her days as senator and secretary of State, as well as from her husbands time as president.
Many of those people want very badly to be a part of another Clinton campaign and possibly another administration.
The problem is their circle is only getting bigger in light of the people shes brought on, going all the way back to Arkansas, said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist.
Some are advising Clinton in the lead-up to a campaign announcement to mimic President Obama, who, in 2008, relied on a small set of advisers including David Plouffe, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs.
The small cadre of advisers resulted in a disciplined operation from top to bottom on strategy, messaging and even leaks to the press.
Its really why we won, plain and simple, explained a senior campaign staffer on the 2008 Obama team.
Early plans indicate that Clinton will rely on former Obama and Bill Clinton adviser John Podesta as her campaign chairman, with longtime aides Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, Philippe Reines and Jake Sullivan serving as advisers.
Robby Mook would serve as a campaign manager tasked with handling day-to-day operations.
Other senior advisers are likely to include Clinton favorites Minyon Moore, whose stock is continuously rising, one source says, as well as Tom Nides, who served as deputy secretary of State under Clinton; and Dennis Cheng, the top contender to handle Clintons campaign finances as The Hill reported last week.
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