It is hard to believe, but Politico has published an article speculating about two possible candidates for the Democratic nomination for President in 2016 almost seven months before we settle who will sit in the Oval Office on January 20, 2013!
And get this: the two political figures mentioned are both New Yorkers, a state thought by many to have no role in the future of Presidential races, but anyone thinking that would be wrong!
The two are Secretary of State and former Senator Hillary Clinton, wife of the 42nd President, Bill Clinton, and Governor Andrew Cuomo, son of former Governor Mario Cuomo, himself the subject of much speculation for President in the 1990s, but never running.
Speculation is rampant, although Hillary denies it, that she might be tapped for Vice President in place of Joe Biden, or that she will just retire for two years, write a book, relax, and then come back and run for President, but with Andrew Cuomo not allowing that to stand in the way of his own ambitions.
And then, outside of the Politico article, there is speculation that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York will also wish to move ahead and seek the Presidency in 2016!
Imagine New York being a center of Presidential speculation, and we don’t even know if the President in office will be leaving in 2017 (Barack Obama), or be finishing his first term in office (Mitt Romney)!
Hello Professor,
I have made the comment that for the last 20 years I have been over saturated and inundated with the political process which has only gotten longer and more intolerable compounded year after year.
So I guess we have now digressed to the point that we are now addressing the 2016 election. I’m going to curl up in the fetal position in the corner of my family room now.
HAHA! I love your sense of humor! 🙂
However, as a political “junkie”, which I am obviously, I actually love starting to think of the next election after this one, as it is likely it will have both sides competing without an incumbent President, which is always much more interesting than when a sitting President or Vice President is running for President.
Of course, Joe Biden might run, and Hillary Clinton, as part of the administration, might run, so maybe there will not be a true “outsider” as we had in 2008 for the first time since 1952, and only other time in the 20th century, that being 1920!
If you think 1908 or 1928 fit, they do not, because in both cases, a cabinet member (Taft and Hoover) ran for President, and if Hillary ran, it would be the same situation.
So again, only 1920, 1952, and 2008 are true “outsider” elections where no President, Vice President, or cabinet officer was on the ballot for President!