After two years of speculation, Hillary Rodham Clinton officially announced on Sunday that will be running for president.
Clinton has long been considered a frontrunner in this election, despite the fact that no other candidates in the Democratic Party (as of press time) have announced that they are running yet.
“I’m running for president,” said Clinton in a heart-warming announcement video available now on YouTube for those who have not seen it. Clinton ended the video with her campaign logo and by saying “So I’m hitting the road to earn your vote — because it’s your time. And I hope you’ll join me on this journey.”
Anticipation will continue to rise as the campaign builds steam and we are sure all eyes will be on Clinton as she will no doubt be scrutinized by the media as she has in the past and rightfully so.
There’s a lot that Clinton will have to answer for and address when it comes to issues such as the State Department’s handling of the infamous Benghazi attacks as well as the scandal surrounding Clinton’s use of an informal email address to handle official government business.
We would not be surprised if Republican candidates, as well as the Democrats running against Clinton went as far back and pointed to the Whitewater scandal as a way to bring down Clinton’s current campaign.
Odds are, these two events will become the deciding factor on whether the Clinton campaign will be successful or not. If Hillary Clinton can overcome these events she might have the best shot of any candidate, currently running or potentially running, to win the whole thing.
Despite it being early in the race, Clinton has already seen what could be called a slight setback.
Over the weekend, current New York mayor Bill de Blasio – a former key member of Clinton’s 2008 run for president – held off on endorsing the former First Lady, New York senator and Secretary of State on an appearance on Meet the Press.
While it seems de Blasio is holding off on giving an endorsement in the interest of the Democratic Party, the event hit an awkward chord. Sending a message saying that even though he helped her run, he wouldn’t endorse his former boss flat out.
The kind of message that sends to the American voting populous is not one of confidence, but rather sends a note of skepticism in the candidate. Given much of the rhetoric surrounding Clinton’s announcement this week, it would sound as if though she has already been named the Democratic nominee.
She’s the first one in the pool and made quite a splash, but will have to fight off her own party members before she can get to the Republican candidate. (At this point in time, three candidates on the right have reared their heads – Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul.)
It is still early in the election process and nothing is a done deal. True, Clinton could make history if she were to be elected as the first female President of the United States.
But, it’s a long road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and anything can happen.
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