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Hillary Clinton will announce Sunday that she’s running for President again, reports the New York Times. That’s no surprise, but for me it’s not good news.
If elected, she’ll be 69 when she takes the oath of office. Only Ronald Reagan was older upon taking the oath of office for the first time. Her face is lined and doughy. She’s visibly a step slower. Yet she remains the politically tone deaf, selfish and self-centered Hillary of yore. She has exactly the wrong personality to be President.
According to many reports, she’ll run a gender identity politics campaign: elect the wise grandmother, benefit from her incomparable life experiences, trust her to do the right thing and not be the toady of the investment bankers who bankroll her and the Clinton Foundation. Oh, and she’ll keep the Big Dawg under control and out of sight.
She probably can beat Jeb Bush, as his candidacy would neutralize the dynasty issue. But if she’s the Democratic candidate, I think the Republican ticket will be Walker-Rubio or Kasich-Rubio, Bill Clinton will be her albatross, and she’ll lose the election.
Update. At Vox, Matt Yglesias provides identifies a think tank’s report (PDF) that may summarize Clinton’s pro-middle class, ignore the poor, don’t be an Elizabeth Warren, Blue Dog economic agenda.