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July 26, 2004
Clinton | Hillary Clinton As "Understudy"

That’s the term the Financial Times uses, noting that this year she’s “waiting in the wings,” and that:

when Hillary Rodham Clinton steps to the stage in Boston’s FleetCenter on Monday night, convention organisers will have little control over how many delegates use the occasion to boost the party star, not as a sitting senator or a former first lady but as a future presidential candidate herself.

For while the gathering is officially and overwhelmingly about trying to send John Kerry to the White House, it is unofficially and unavoidably also about the future of the Democratic party. And any discussion about future presidents among Democrats inevitably turns to Mrs Clinton, who was elected to the Senate from New York in 2000.

An interesting take on a somewhat tired story … read the rest here.



Posted by Alan at July 26, 2004 08:02 AM | TrackBack
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