https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/08/why-hillary-must-run-in-2016/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:32:42 -0400<![CDATA[The presidency was once described by some historians as a prize, won in one election by this team, in another by that team. The metaphor suggests that elections are discrete and separate from one another and that the stakes aren’t much greater than those encountered on a game show. But that’s not the case anymore. Prize is the wrong metaphor for how we ought to see the presidency today. Now, we ought to see it as an instrument through which progress can either be advanced or retarded, and rather than thinking of each election victory as a prize, we ought to think of each as a step on a continuum.]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:55:48 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/08/why-hillary-must-run-in-2016-n98106