Robert Reich today
I've known Hillary Rodham Clinton since she was a college freshman 48 years ago (Hillary Rodham, then). I have no doubt she'll run for president in 2016, nor do I have any doubt that she'd make a fine president. Regressive Republicans will, of course, do everything in their power to prevent her from becoming president. Their continued obsession with the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, news stories now being floated about State Department disarray under her watch, rumors of Department officials consorting with prostitutes -- all of this, and much more can be expected over the next three years. Our presidential campaigns are almost permanent, the regressives' venom is unfathonable, and their scorched-earth partisanship is worse than ever. But HRC is by now well-accustomed to their attacks. Her skin is much thicker than it was when they began going after her in the Clinton Administration (remember Whitewater? Vince Foster?). She knows how and when to respond forcefully. She will not formally announce until she absolutely must, which will help, but she will be a visible and compelling presence between now and then nonetheless. I hope she takes good care of herself. The nation needs her.
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