What Hillary Clinton’s health means for 2016
But, even if Clinton has no long-term effects from this health scare, it will, without question, influence how she is covered if she decides to run for president in 2016. …
1. Clinton would be 69 years old if she runs in 2016. (Her birthday is Oct. 26, 1947.) That’s the same age Ronald Reagan was when he was elected president in 1980. Reagan remains the oldest person ever elected president. (John McCain was 72 when he ran — and lost — in 2008.)
2. This is the second time in the past 15 years that Clinton has had a blood clot issue. The first episode, which was significantly less serious, was in 1998 when she was treated for a blood clot in her leg. …
The simple fact is that running and serving as president is an incredibly stressful and demanding job. (There’s a reason that every president looks as though they’ve aged twice as fast as the average person when they leave the White House.) And, because of the pressures inherent in the job, one of the first hurdles any prospective nominee must clear is that he/she is ready, willing and, most importantly, able to perform the duties of the office.
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Who cares? Nothing will stop her getting the nomination if she decides to run. They could wheel her in in an iron lung and liberals will vote for her. It’s the womyn’s turn.
Rocks on January 3, 2013 at 3:26 PM
Reagan was too old…she is too old…just using their arguments.
right2bright on January 3, 2013 at 3:31 PM
She could be held up by two people like Weekend at Bernie’s and spend 2016-2020 as a corpse in the Oval Office, it won’t matter. First of all, the media will not report on her health at all, or if they do it will be about “how healthy she looks now.” Second of all, Republicans likely won’t run anyone good enough to beat her corpse in an election.
DrAllecon on January 3, 2013 at 3:33 PM
This Cillizza character, if that’s even his real name, is bordering on Thoughtcrime. It wouldn’t be the first time they jailed somebody for that.
forest on January 3, 2013 at 3:34 PM
Hollywood and the media will do everything they can to protect her, if she’s the chosen one for 2016, and there’s no reason to think that she won’t be.
I read that some guy from Korea has written a screenplay called “Rodham” about Hillary as a young woman and her romance with Bill. Sounds like just the type of thing Hollywood would grab on to to set up positive images of her for the public to see as we head into the election. There’s a whole generation that doesn’t know about the Clintons, so all they’ll know is what the media wants them to know.
If she does have any health issues, they’ll just remind everyone that Bill will be by her side and that by itself may get some people to vote for her.
sydneyjane on January 3, 2013 at 3:35 PM
Instead of worrying who the dems are going to run in 2016, the right needs candidates to step forward NOW and start running.
The right needs a real-time candidate, either a RELIABLE, conservative Republican or RELIABLE, conservative independent, to step forward NOW and start running a 24/7, minute-by-minute, 4-year campaign. The only effective way to fight back against dems is to respond to them real-time, not try to cram years worth of issues into a few short months. Sarah Palin or Allen West, for example, would be well-suited to this sort of campaign. There is no time to waste – it has to start now – start small and grow over the next four years.
Pork-Chop on January 3, 2013 at 3:39 PM
If she wants to be president, she should take up golf. 20-30 rounds per year has done wonders for keeping Obama’s stress in check; looking at him, you’d never know the guy even had a job.
You’d certainly never know by looking at the economy…
landshark on January 3, 2013 at 3:40 PM
Weekend at Hillary’s…how true.
right2bright on January 3, 2013 at 3:40 PM
Bill Clinton figures he can take over for her if she has any health problems….and all Democrats would let him!
albill on January 3, 2013 at 3:45 PM
It means nothing, except fun to watch the hypocrisy of the media/left.
Schadenfreude on January 3, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Will her health prevent her from being ordained president by the left/media?
A resounding no.
She’s the nominee. Get used to it
The campaign starts now for 2016
thurman on January 3, 2013 at 4:10 PM
Billy Jeff is looking pretty haggard. I don’t think he’ll be in any better shape in 2016. I think the more people see him and hear from him on the campaign trail, if she does run, the more people will remember his shenanigans from the 90′s. Of course, there are a heck of a lot of voters now who were babies in the 90′s and don’t know, or care to know, the sordid details of the Clinton era.
Qzsusy on January 3, 2013 at 4:11 PM
A reverse Woodrow Wilson. America’s already had it’s first female POTUS. She just wasn’t elected. Her name was Edith Bolling Wilson.
Resist We Much on January 3, 2013 at 4:17 PM
She did kill two navy seals, one ambassador and his aid without even breaking a sweat in Benghazi!
Killary 2016
“You think she was crappy as Secretary of State…wait until she is the POTUS!!!”
trs on January 3, 2013 at 4:25 PM
It means she’s done. No way can she run with the possibility of recurring problems like this. I don’t see her running. Besides, she doesn’t fit the winning formula. The Dems need someone of color at the top of the ticket. Race trumps gender every time and they figure they’ve got a winner with the combination they have now.
totherightofthem on January 3, 2013 at 4:55 PM