If Karl Rove wanted to jump start the conversation on a potential Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy, floating the idea that she might have suffered a traumatic brain injury in late 2012 was a good way to do it.
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Former President Bill Clinton brushed off that idea at forum last week, and even mocked Rove for the suggestion: "First they said she faked her concussion and now they say she's auditioning for a part on 'The Walking Dead,'" he said.
Although the former president testified to his wife's robust health, Rove, former President George W. Bush's political strategist, successfully got the political world talking about Hillary Clinton's age this week. That, he indicated, was the plan all along.
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For some, this was a legitimate criticism.
Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus observed on NBC's "Meet the Press" that there's no "graceful way to bring up age, health and fitness for a candidate that wants to be president of the United States." But in his opinion, the issues that should make Clinton rethink a presidential bid is "another month like she just had" where her tenure as Secretary of State was called into question repeatedly over issues like the ongoing investigation into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi and the kidnapping of Nigerian school girls by the extremist group Boko Haram.
That was the point made by former Vice President Dick Cheney, who said that any candidate is going to have to be open about their health. But, like Priebus, he suggested Benghazi might be a bigger issue for a Clinton presidential bid.
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Hillary Clinton's not a candidate, yet the talk about her doesn't stop