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  • BY KERRY LEARY

  • Hillary 2016? What about Chelsea 2032? The media is chattering about former President

  • Clinton’s daughter Chelsea and wife Hillary Mondayand the possibility of presidency

  • for both. For now, Chelsea’s predictably backing Mom either wayand sounding pretty

  • political in the process.

  • As a daughter, I very much want her to make the right choice for herself. I know

  • that will be the right choice for our country and i'll support her in whatever she chooses

  • to do.” 
Arianna Huffington didn’t do much dancing

  • around the topic on the Sunday shows, saying Hillary isobviously running.” In an

  • op-ed, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd says it’s a “silly question.”

  • Of course Hillary is running. I’ve never met a man who was told he could be president

  • who didn’t want to be president. So naturally, a woman who’s told she can be the first

  • commandress in chief wants to be.”

  • Ready or not, the money appears to be in motion. A writer for Mother Jones asks if the super

  • PAC, Ready for Hillary,” is “a legit group or a love letter from adoring fans.” With

  • backing from both Harold Ickes and James Carville, it “ ... appears to be the real thing.”

  • The Hill conducted a poll over the weekend that found a majority of voters — 51 percent

  • to be exactbelieve Hillary is running for president in 2016. And 41 percent think

  • shell win the Democratic nomination.  
The Washington Post’s Ed Rogers says

  • it’s way too early to talk about 2016 — but even he couldn’t resist. His column calls

  • Hillary’s presentation skills, “just okay ... Not good and not even close to great.”

  • One problem Hillary won’t havealthough Republicans wish otherwiseis the legacy

  • of Bill Clinton ... the wordsPresident Clintonare associated with good times.”

  • And those times could continue to roll right on into another generationas daughter

  • Chelsea describes a situation that might vault her into the family business.

  • Chelsea said she strongly supports her elected officials right nowbutif at some

  • point that weren’t true and I thought I could make a meaningful and measurably greater

  • impact, you know, I’d have to ask and answer that question.”

  • A writer for the Inquisitr notes, “She’s already off to a good start, what with all

  • that not giving a definitive answer stuff.” 
But it’s not the first time Chelsea allegedly

  • dropped a hint about getting into politics. She also mentioned it in an interview with

  • Vogue in August. Sound familiar?

  • " ... if there were to be a point where it was something I felt called to do and I didn't

  • think there was someone who was sufficiently committed to building a healthier, more just,

  • more equitable, more productive world? Then that would be a question I'd have to ask and

  • answer." Hillary Clinton has not announced if she is

  • considering a 2016 run.

Image Source: Barbara Kinney Photography

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