Vice Presidency 2012

I think He's the best guy for the job.

Al Gore said when Obama was searching for a Vice President that he wasn't interested in doing that again. I don't see any reason to think Biden will not continue as VP. When an incumbent President doesn't have to face a primary challenge within his party the odds of re-election are very good.

However, your mileage may vary. ;)

Why not?

It all depends on who the opposition is bringing to bear against us in 2012... ;)

I hope it is 'Caribou Barbie'...Palin would insure an Obama win in 2012... ;)

Even though I voted yes, actually I think he "should" run for President instead, although I would support him as VP as well. However, you all know it's just a pipe dream. :rolleyes:

It is my understanding that Hillary wants to retire. Have you seen her lately? She looks totally worn-out and in need of a long rest. I think that her desire to be president is gone.

I disagree with this 100%.

Hillary looks better than ever.
and no one who has a presidential desire stops having it.

I bet George McGovern still wants to be President, and I bet Teddy still dreamed of it.

The presidency and vice presidency are instant immortals.
(So Al Gore is already on the "Immortal" list.

never will people forget any VP or President
(while it may leave their memory, it is there in any encyclopedia and google search. (Does anyone actually use an encyclopedia anymore? LOL)

I could see Biden (already immortal as VP, actually want SOS more than the VP)

we won't know this answer though til late spring/summer/ at the convention.

no reason to do this before then.

The one reason I think Gore won't is that now that he is a mega money maker,
he would have to divest all that, and its not that easy to separate current, say
from himself.

Hillary has said she only wants one term as SOS, and Biden was just given China
as his responsiblity(which is a big area, don't you think?)

we shall see

I've heard a lot of speculation that Hillary will be VP and Biden will be Sec'y of State. I think it would be a shame to not have a VP who can run as president in 2016, and Hillary would be a good choice.

And no, Gore will not run as VP. Can't see it . . .

I can't see Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016. She would be close to 70 years old. I'm all for it, but she will be too old.

think Golda Meir.
Hillary looks 20 years younger than Golda ever did.

I honestly don't see any other democrat strong enough to run no matter what age in 2016.
Alot of VP choices then, but not for President.

I don't believe Al will run.

Elizabeth Warren . . .

Did you see Hillary last night at the State of the Union Address? She looks worn out and I don't think that she wants to be anything anymore.

Ever since she grew her hair longer (following her presidential campaign), she has looked old and tired. It's very unbecoming.

From a male's point of view-
I think Hillary looks better now than she ever did.

And remember at SOTU- she and Leon were holding a major secret in that only
President Obama also knew, but it was not yet announced.

If you look at the clip where the President says something to both of them,
she is beaming.

That was the secret that the Seal team wentt to Somolia and freed the hostages.
(dang, if only that same seal team was around when President Carter was in office, he would have easily won election.)

Another great job done by our President on Foreign affairs.It really is getting to the point where he truly is going to be considered one of the top 2 or 3 presidents
on foreign issues (which 9 out of 10 times is considered more important than domestic ones, historically).

George W. Bush said the immortal words "smoke them out" and did absolutely
nothing.
Obama, ironically enough, does not ahead of time use bravado, he gets the job
done, then announces it.
(and they say the two are one and the same, what a lie it is).

I agree, Patsy, that Hillary looks worn out. It seems she started looking that way after she took the SoS position. That has to be a very stressful job. I tend to believe her when she says she is ready to get out of public office. Didn't she say something about going back into an advocacy position or something?

And EM, I also agree about the long hair. It does not flatter her at all. Her short stylish hairdos looked so much better on her. Sometimes I wonder if she didn't grow it out to look more stately like. She has the looks of a SCOTUS. Of course, I'm not trying to push anything here. Just an observation. :rolleyes: