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Returning to New Hampshire, Hillary Rodham Clinton thanked voters Sunday for teaching her about "grit and determination" during her 2008 presidential campaign, reaching for her family's old political magic to help fellow Democrats.
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The former secretary of state campaigned in New Hampshire for the first time since October 2008, joining with two of the state's most vulnerable Democrats - Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Gov. Maggie Hassan - in an all-female pitch to voters in the midterm election's final weekend.
Clinton's visit stoked speculation about another presidential run, capping a two-month string of campaign appearances in the nation's top Senate and gubernatorial battlegrounds.
"Starting way back in 1991 you opened your homes and your hearts to us," Clinton said, recalling the first presidential bid of her husband, former President Bill Clinton. "And in 2008, during the darkest days of my campaign, you lifted me up, you gave me my voice back, you taught me so much about grit and determination."
The rally at a community college in the home of the nation's first presidential primary was eagerly anticipated by Democrats, many of whom still remember Bill Clinton's resiliency in 1992, a second-place finish for which he famously nicknamed himself the "Comeback Kid."
Following a loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton staged her own rebound here in the state's presidential primary and later joined with the future president in New Hampshire after ending her White House bid - in a town appropriately named Unity.
Six years later, Clinton remains the dominant figure in a potential Democratic presidential primary to succeed Obama, and the rally served notice of her popularity here. The mere mention of her name by Shaheen and Hassan brought loud chants of "Hillary," bringing a smile to Clinton's face.
"She is here to help keep us going so we can keep our state moving in the right direction," Hassan said.
In her remarks, Clinton honed in on a number of local issues, noting Shaheen's support for jobs at the Portsmouth Naval Yard and legislation to help small businesses gain access to credit.
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Veteran Hillary Clinton advisers say she shouldnt accelerate her early 2015 timetable for announcing whether shell run for president, despite calls from prominent backers of President Barack Obama for her to enter the race soon after Tuesdays congressional elections.
In interviews and e-mail exchanges, six political operatives closely aligned with Clinton offered up overlapping lists of reasons why they dont expect her to jump in this year.
Shes more popular when shes not directly engaged in electoral politics, shes better off waiting for things to settle out after whats expected to be an ugly election night for Democrats, and she benefits from staying out of the fray while Republican hopefuls start to tear each other apart. Moreover, they note, Clinton said at an event in Mexico City in September shell decide probably after Jan. 1, 2015.
Cant we get through the holidays first? asked Paul Begala, the strategist who helped Bill Clinton win the presidency in 1992 and is a consultant for the Clinton-backing super-PAC Priorities USA. Do we really need to deny her her first Christmas with her first granddaughter? Really?
Clinton will spend November and December focused on philanthropy, policy matters and baby Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, said one Clinton adviser who like most of the others spoke on the condition of anonymity because Clinton is not discussing her plans publicly. A Clinton spokesman declined to comment but pointed to her past statement about timing.
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Veteran Hillary Clinton advisers say she shouldnt accelerate her early 2015 timetable for announcing whether shell run for president, despite calls from prominent backers of President Barack Obama for her to enter the race soon after Tuesdays congressional elections.
The mostly behind-the-scenes fight revolves around the question of whats best for the party now and for trying to keep the White House in 2016. But it breaks down mostly along an old fault line: Clinton versus Obama.
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Progressives have adopted a wait and see attitude toward Hillary Rodham Clintons presidential campaign after the former secretary of states latest attempt to transform herself into a populist champion ended with a thud.
Mrs. Clinton recently was forced to backtrack after she declared that businesses dont create jobs in America a comment widely interpreted as an effort to tap into the excitement around Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who has cultivated a cult following on the left with her little guy vs. Wall Street pitch.
Mrs. Clintons explanation she now says she was merely criticizing tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas did little to blunt attacks from Republicans, but it also raised fresh questions about whether the former first lady is capable of waving the banner for progressive populism or if shell wilt at the first sign of a backlash.
Analysts say the Democratic presidential primary largely will hinge on which candidate best embodies the populist sentiment bubbling to the surface in American politics and captures the passion of voters who believe the system is rigged against the 99 percent.
At this point, Mrs. Warren, who recently seemed to crack the door to a White House bid, clearly delivers that message better than anyone. But if she declines to run for president, the jury is out on whether Mrs. Clinton can effectively carry the mantle.
Folks are wary of her closeness to Wall Street Theres a wait-and-see approach, said Neil Sroka, communications director at the liberal PAC Democracy for America. She said months ago that if you were going to run for president you have to run on an idea, that is an essential quality of running. If she decides that idea is the fight against income inequality, then I have no doubt she will run a strong, compelling, forceful campaign on it. But she has to make that decision.
While Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, undoubtedly are part of the Democratic Party establishment, the former first lady seems to have decided that a populist platform is key to capturing her partys nomination.
On the stump in Massachusetts on Oct. 24, Mrs. Clinton struck a Warren-esque note with a sharp critique of the business community, perhaps an attempt to distance herself from Wall Street.
Dont let anybody tell you that, you know, its corporations and businesses that create jobs, she said at a rally for Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley.
Within days, however, she backtracked and claimed she shorthanded her position.
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