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Hillary's Revenge

With any other POTUS-Secretary of State combo, this latest poll, in which Clinton enjoys significantly higher approval ratings than her boss (75 vs. 51), would be completely unremarkable.

But you have to marvel at a political landscape in which Clinton enjoys a 57 percent approval rating among Republicans--especially when you consider that the only people who still self-identify as Republicans are GOP die-hards, the very folks who, deep into the '08 Democratic primary, spent their days spinning out Hillary-the-Antichrist stories.

So just how badly would things have to go for Obama this term for Hil to make a run for it in 2012?

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COMMENTS (2)

12/16/2009 - 6:17pm EDT | dylanposer

I think you're wrong, Michelle. The dyed-in-the-wool GOP saw Hillary as the Antichrist up until Obama appeared to be in the lead right after the Virginia primaries in February '08. They then tried to frame Hillary as Jesus Christ him(her?)self to throw a death blow into the Democrats' splintering unity. It didn't work, and they went back to hating her. Now that Hillary is clearly less powerful, they like her better. Makes sense to me.

Not that the GOP is not completely insane.

12/17/2009 - 12:58pm EDT | MrCookie1

I think you underestimate the soul stirring impact among the dyed in the wool GOP now that they have realized that at the very least, Hillary is not a "Kenyan".

That important fact still counts for a lot in them thar circles.

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