{"id":107031,"date":"2018-10-29T15:14:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T19:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=107031"},"modified":"2018-10-29T21:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T01:40:57","slug":"shes-baaaaaaaaaaaack-hillary-finally-admits-id-like-to-be-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=107031","title":{"rendered":"She&#8217;s baaaaack! Hillary finally admits \u2018I\u2019d Like to Be President.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On Friday, failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stated she would \u201clike to be president\u201d during a live taping of Recode Decode at New York City\u2019s 92nd Street Y.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gallery_xlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gallery_xlarge-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-107032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gallery_xlarge-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gallery_xlarge-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gallery_xlarge-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gallery_xlarge.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-3.11.33-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-3.11.33-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"440\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-107033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-3.11.33-PM.png 582w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-29-at-3.11.33-PM-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>by Kyle Morris<br \/>\nBREITBART.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to be president,\u201d stated Clinton. \u201cI think, hopefully, when we have a Democrat in the oval office in January 2021, there\u2019s gonna be so much work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I mean, we have confused everyone in the world, including ourselves. We have confused our friends and our enemies. They have no idea what the United States stands for, what we\u2019re likely to do, what we think is important. So the work would be work that I feel very well prepared for, having been in the Senate for eight years, having been a diplomat in the State Department, and it\u2019s just gonna be a lot of heavy lifting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When questioned on whether she would be a part of the heavy lifting, Clinton said, \u201cI have no idea, Kara. I\u2019m going to, you know, I\u2019m not even gonna think about it till we get through this November 6th election.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKyleMorris\/status\/1056688542058008576\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1056688542058008576\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 56.2500%\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\">\n<div class=\"wvp-player-container\"><iframe id=\"player_tweet_1056688542058008576\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/videos\/tweet\/1056688542058008576?embed_source=clientlib&amp;player_id=0&amp;rpc_init=1&amp;autoplay=1&amp;language_code=en&amp;use_syndication_guest_id=true\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the 2016 election, Clinton garnered only 232 electoral votes while Trump received 306.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took 30 and a half states as the Republican candidate, while Hillary Clinton sealed 19 and a half states as the Democrat candidate in the United States presidential\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/01\/16\/huffington-post-contributor-hillary-clintons-failure-win-even-20-states-means-legitimate-president-elect\/\">election<\/a>\u00a0of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton\u2019s return as a potential presidential candidate in 2020 could not come at a worse time for Democrats. The Democratic Party is trying to seal the midterm elections and complete a takeover of the House majority for the first time in nearly a decade, but the race has tightened in the weeks leading up the November 6 midterm election.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton has been trying to help Democrats as much as possible but has not taken a high-profile role on the midterm campaign trail. But now that she is herself floating a potential presidential bid in 2020, she is deliberately inserting herself into the discussion with less than two weeks until election day.<\/p>\n<p>By most accounts on both sides of the aisle, Hillary Clinton\u2019s\u00a0return to national electoral politics would likely be a disaster for the Democratic Party. Republicans and Democrats\u00a0have spoken out about Clinton\u2019s negative influence on the Democratic Party in the midterm elections, and any effort by her to run for president again would likely only energize the GOP even more than the party\u2019s base is already fired up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longer a scandal-plagued Hillary Clinton lingers in American politics, the worse off House Democrats will be,\u201d\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton\/hillary-clinton-steps-back-fray-fundraise-democrats-fall-n902326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>\u00a0Jesse Hunt, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHillary Clinton is the kiss of death and she represents the part of the Democratic Party that led to historic losses and that elected Donald Trump president,\u201d said a leading Democratic strategist who\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/congress\/democrats-keep-kiss-of-death-hillary-clinton-away-from-campaign-trail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">requested<\/a>\u00a0anonymity due to fear of political retribution, per the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview in India, Hillary Clinton\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/wisconsin\/article\/2018\/mar\/14\/context-did-hillary-clinton-call-wisconsin-backwar\/?hootPostID=cac186478748abe186cc52faab2a9b1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">shared<\/a>\u00a0her thoughts on \u201cmiddle America.\u201d Clinton said she won \u201cthe places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic\u201d and \u201cmoving-forward,\u201d and she added that she did better in \u201cplaces that represent two-thirds of America\u2019s gross domestic product.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among other topics discussed in the\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.recode.net\/2018\/10\/26\/18030990\/hillary-clinton-facebook-recode-decode-kara-swisher-podcast-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">interview<\/a>\u00a0were Russia, Facebook, and the 2018 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/10\/28\/hillary-clinton-returns-id-like-to-be-president\/\">http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/10\/28\/hillary-clinton-returns-id-like-to-be-president\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stated she would \u201clike to be president\u201d during a live taping of Recode Decode at New York City\u2019s 92nd Street Y.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}