(April 22, 2014 at 6:02 pm)Diamond Wrote:(April 22, 2014 at 5:56 pm)Heywood Wrote: Ambition fades with age.
I think idea of the baby having no impact on her decision to run is a bit ludicrous. What is more likely is the baby either gives her more cause to run or less cause to run. My gut feeling is she is thinking about how nice it might be just to be a grandma(in addition to thinking how nice it might be to president).
That may be, but how come we never hear of anyone saying this about male candidates? How come we never hear anyone say, "My gut feeling is that he is thinking about how nice it might be just to be a father/grandfather"?
What people say is not the same thing as what Hillary is thinking. Look, I'm not saying she shouldn't run because she is an old grandma. I am saying Chelsea's pregnancy is something else for Hillary to consider. Who knows, maybe Chelsea's pregnancy turns out to be the impetus that swings Hillary's decision to that of run(if she was on the fence). In my experience however, when people become grandparents, they start to look forward to retirement more which is why I think it makes it less likely she runs.
If I had to bet, I bet she runs. However my confidence in that bet took a hit when Chelsea announced she was pregnant.
