NEWSMAX: Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday cast doubt on speculation she might run for the White House in 2016.
In an interview taped for National Public Radio, Clinton was asked what questions she needs to answer for herself as she decides whether to run for president.
“I’m not even posing those questions. I am really looking forward to stepping off the fast track that I’ve been on. I’ve been out of politics as Secretary of State. I don’t see myself getting back into politics,” she said, according to an excerpt of the interview… (more)
EDITOR: Clinton is 65. She would be 69 by the time she became president and, assuming two terms, 77 at the end of a presidency. She has been ‘First Lady’ for eight years, a U. S. Senator for eight years, and Secretary of State for four years. The recent years of almost continuous travel must have put a strain on her health, capped off by her recent serious concussion from which she has apparently not fully recovered. (She now wears glasses which reportedly correct for double vision.)
Joe Biden is already 70 and would start a presidency at 74, completing a second term at 80.
We think that it is time for the Democrats to come up with some younger choices.
