Arianna Huffington: Hillary Clinton is 'Obviously Running' in 2016

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><img alt="abc arianna huffington this week jt 130407 wblog Arianna Huffington: Hillary Clinton is Obviously Running in 2016" height="269" src="http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/abc_arianna_huffington_this_week_jt_130407_wblog.jpg" this="" title="Arianna Huffington on " week="" width="478"/><p>Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on "This Week with <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365355449435_1">George Stephanopoulos</span>." <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365355449435_5">North Korea</span> roundtable guests included ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent <strong><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365355449435_4">Martha Raddatz</span></strong>, who just returned from reporting at the North Korean border; New York Times chief Washington correspondent and author of "Confront and Conceal" <strong><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365355449435_2">David Sanger</span></strong>; Fox News anchor <strong>Greta Van Susteren</strong>; and ABC News' <strong>George Will</strong>. Joining Greta and George on the "This Week" powerhouse political roundtable was president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group <strong>Arianna Huffington</strong>; Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist <strong>Paul Krugman</strong>; former Reagan budget director <strong>David Stockman</strong>, and author of "The Great Deformation: the Corruption of Capitalism in America."</p><p><strong><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365355449435_6">Huffington</span> wishes Hillary would have taken 'more time'</strong></p><p>HUFFINGTON: No, no. She's obviously running. But what I was hoping is that she would have taken to more time to become what she called herself, untired.</p><p>STEPHANOPOULOS: Untired.</p><p>HUFFINGTON: Untired. That was her term, you know? She wanted to sleep in. To be able to recharge herself. She hasn't given herself that time. And I think that's sending a bad message to women that the only way to succeed, the only way to run is to drive yourself into the ground.</p><p>After all she collapsed, she had a concussion. And right now you see a greater debate among corporations among corporations, among individuals, how can redefine success? How we can actually reduce stress and burnout? Which is having a terrible impact on our health care system.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Van Susteren says inside North Korea, 'they think we're getting ready for war'</strong></p><p dir="ltr">VAN SUSTEREN: The whole time we were there, all we saw was preparation for war…If you go inside, they have been at war with us since the early 1950s. They think that every single one of us is spending every Saturday night sitting around planning how to get them while we're busy ordering pizzas and Chinese food carryout, they think that we're getting ready for war.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Sanger and Raddatz agree a North Korean missile that heads 'right into the water' is the best option</strong></p><p dir="ltr">SANGER: A test that went right into the water would be the best thing that could happen. It's better than sinking a ship…</p><p dir="ltr">RADDATZ: As long as no one responds.</p><p dir="ltr">SANGER: Yeah.</p><p dir="ltr">RADDATZ: That would be best.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Stockman thinks 'the machinery of government is massively failing'</strong></p><p dir="ltr">STOCKMAN: I think the machinery of government is massively failing. And that's the problem we face. And it's a real threat to Main Street economy, and that's why the numbers are far more serious -that you heard Friday- than is being suggested by the White House.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Huffington says everyone should 'lighten up' over Obama's Kamala Harris comment</strong></p><p dir="ltr">HUFFINGTON: Everybody should relax. Lighten up. It was an aside. It's unbelievable. George and I were talking in the green room about the GK Chesterton quote, "If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of modern morals, it's the modern strengthening of minor morals."</p><p dir="ltr">Mock outrage. I mean I wish there was more outrage about the jobs numbers than there was about, than we had about Kamala Harris.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>On Harris comment, Will commends the President for finally saying 'something accurate'</strong></p><p dir="ltr">WILL: First, the President finally said something accurate and we should treasure him for this. Second, there is nothing, no growth industry in this country like the manufacturing of synthetic indignation.</p><p><strong>Krugman calls Obama's Kamala Harris comment 'dumb'</strong></p><p>KRUGMAN: This is, it was dumb. And it's right to slap him for it. But you know, there's a little bit of pig in all of us. I speak from personal experience. So there we are.</p><p dir="ltr"><em><strong>Like "This Week" on Facebook <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FThisWeekABC">here</a>. 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Arianna Huffington: Hillary Clinton is 'Obviously Running' in 2016

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Too early for 2016? Not for Hillary Clinton's fans

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><p class="first">WASHINGTON (AP) — <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364934969926_1">Hillary Rodham Clinton</span>, perhaps as popular as ever in her 22 years in national politics, is taking steps as a private but famous citizen that fuel fans' hopes she will run for president in 2016.</p><p>Clinton, who resigned in February after a much-praised stint as secretary of state, was scheduled to speak late Tuesday at an awards ceremony at Washington's Kennedy Center.</p><p>Her first public speech since leaving the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364934969926_4">State Department</span> seemed unlikely to produce a major policy or political address. But political buzz about 2016 is inevitable, especially since <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364934969926_2">Vice President Joe Biden</span> — another potential Democratic candidate — was scheduled to speak later at the same event.</p><p>Clinton, 65, has said she has no plans for a second presidential bid, but she hasn't ruled it out. Democrats argue among themselves whether she has the desire and energy to go through the grueling campaign process she knows so well.</p><p>But many see her as a prohibitive favorite whose big head start might deny funds and volunteers to other contenders.</p><p>A Washington Post-ABC News poll in January found that 67 percent of Americans held a favorable view of Clinton. That's her highest rating since the poll began measuring her popularity in the 1990s. It includes her eight years in the Senate.</p><p>"It's hard to overstate the breadth and depth of enthusiasm for a Hillary run," said Doug Hattaway, a former Clinton campaign aide and now a Washington-based consultant. She built a national base of supporters in 2008, when she lost a hard-fought nomination fight to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364934969926_3">Barack Obama</span>, and she's widely respected after heading the State Department, Hattaway said.</p><p>"A lot of donors, volunteers and potential campaign workers will wait to hear what she decides before committing to other candidates," he said, although "anyone with their eye on 2016 is already working on it."</p><p>A group called Ready for Hillary launched its fundraising campaign Tuesday and planned to rally outside the Kennedy Center during Clinton's appearance.</p><p>Mo Elleithee, a top spokesman for Clinton's 2008 campaign, said it's much too early to press her for an answer.</p><p>"My advice to everyone is to chill out," Elleithee said. "There's no need for all this breathless anticipation," he said, adding that political activists should focus on next year's mid-term elections.</p><p>Noting that Clinton has said she has no intention of running, Elleithee said, "I think that's where her head is." But he said he shares "the enthusiasm" for a Clinton candidacy.</p><p>There may be no one in America with a clearer view of what it takes to run for president.</p><p>Clinton was a highly visible adviser and defender of her husband, Bill, then the Arkansas governor, when he was elected president in 1992. Her eight years as first lady included the excruciating Monica Lewinsky scandal and her husband's impeachment.</p><p>On the same day her husband's successor was elected, Clinton handily won a Senate seat from New York. She breezed to re-election in 2006 and was the early favorite for the 2008 presidential nomination.</p><p>But Obama, then U.S. senator from Illinois, used his early opposition to the Iraq war, plus a keen understanding of how to win small states' delegates, to outmaneuver the Clinton team. Obama promptly tapped his former rival to be secretary of state, assuring Clinton another prime post at the center of national policy and politics.</p><p>Some Democrats want younger candidates, noting that Clinton will turn 69 shortly before Election Day 2016, and Biden will turn 74 soon after. Those drawing notice include New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 55, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, 50.</p><p>As runner-up in the 2008 Democratic primary, Clinton arguably is the party's heir apparent. Republicans, not Democrats, typically nominate the next-in-line contender.</p><p>With the early GOP presidential picture wildly scrambled, it's possible that Republicans will tap a newer, younger nominee while Democrats may turn to one of the nation's best-known figures, and certainly the most high-profile female politician.</p><p>Clinton and Biden were appearing Tuesday at the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards, highlighting women's issues. Clinton is scheduled to speak Friday at the Women in the World Summit in New York.</p></div><img border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" width="1" /><br /><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/too-early-2016-not-hillary-clintons-fans-202429264--politics.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Too early for 2016? Not for Hillary Clinton's fans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton , perhaps as popular as ever in her 22 years in national politics, is taking steps as a private bu...

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