From The Hotline for Thursday, March 26, 2009

Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Thursday, March 26, 2009


It's been awhile since we've looked at Hillary Clinton through the prism of campaign/party politics. OK, maybe just a few weeks. Still, the past 24 hours have given us new reason to remember you can never count out a Clinton.

-- First, there was a CNN/Opinion Research poll that shows the Sec/State's job-approval stands at 71 percent. Not bad for someone who one year ago this week admitted she "misspoke" about sniper fire during a '96 trip to Bosnia. Also not bad, considering her numbers are 7 points higher than those for the man who defeated her in '08.

-- Next up, Planned Parenthood announced Clinton will headline a 3/27 awards ceremony in Houston. HRC accepted the invite well before she became Sec/State, but her appearance is a stark reminder of the big role HRC has played in abortion-rights politics ... and the bigger role women played in her '08 campaign.

-- Finally, speaking to NBC's Mitchell in Mexico, Clinton dabbled in domestic politics, voicing support for an assault-weapons ban but acknowledging the NRA is too strong, and the admin's plate too full, to make it a priority this year.

-- All of which raises the question, if Obama doesn't run in '12 (a possibility, he says), Clinton will, right? (Then again, maybe we should take a lesson from '08 and stop making bold predictions, at least where HRC is concerned).

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