Is This Poll Foreshadowing???

I always tell friends, colleagues and family, "Never Count Out the Clintons!" They rebound like nobody else and this poll proves it. Bill Clinton has the highest of "positive feelings" of political figures. This tells me two things:

1) Americans forgot or forgave him about his 8 year record in the White House, namely his finger-wagging denial.

2) Obama should be nervous as there is someone waiting in the wings:


That's right! Where Bill goes, Hillary also goes and she will benefit from Bill's rebound. (Who passionately supported her 2008 campaign, and will do the same in 2012.) Hillary will be back, standing on her own, and likely challenge Obama in 2012. I do not think she ever got over 2008 (nor has Bill) and has been brewing since, even though she is serving as his Secretary of State. After reading the Halperin/Heilemann book Game Change, earlier in the year, I was taken aback at how the Obama-Clinton rift was deeper than any of us had ever imagined! The authors also discussed how, in the interest of not being perceived a racist, the Clinton campaign held back on much of Obama's past that the media, outside of Fox News, refused to cover. Come 2012, Obama will have a political record on which to run, and in Clinton's view, he'll have to defend that record, along with his past, as everything with Hillary Clinton this time around will be fair game.

The only way she will not run is if Obama's approval rating rebounds, something I do not believe will occur. Once the Midterm Elections pass, keep an eye on when and if she resigns her post as Secretary of State. If Hillary Clinton is out by March, she will likely be challenging the incumbent president in 2012, something we haven't seen since 1980 when Ted Kennedy challenged Jimmy Carter. And if this does happen, I suggest to my fellow Conservatives and Republicans to have your popcorn ready, as this will be more entertaining than going to the movies!