jimnyc
05-19-2014, 02:19 PM
Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus says that he doubts whether former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek the presidency in 2016.
Even if she does, Priebus doesn't fear her as a candidate, he said Sunday.
"Given the month she just had, I doubt whether or not she will run for president in 2016," Priebus told NBC's "Meet the Press" host David Gregory. "I know a lot of people around her want her to run, and I think that they're purposely creating this environment around here which is causing us to talk about her today."
Earlier this week, strategist Karl Rove attacked Clinton's health, suggesting she suffered traumatic brain injury from a 2012 fall.
Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, insisted she works out regularly and is in "better shape" than him. And while he said there was nothing to Rove's charge, the ex-president acknowledged a candidate's health is fair game in national campaigns.
In addition, Clinton has been under attack for her handling of the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya and on her record on the terrorist organization Boko Haram, which kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian teenaged girls from their school and threatening to sell them.
The State Department, under Clinton, refused to designate Boko Haram — which is affiliated with al-Qaida — as a terror organization. That designation was not made until last November, well after Clinton had resigned as secretary of state.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/priebus-clinton-2016-run/2014/05/18/id/571950/
Even if she does, Priebus doesn't fear her as a candidate, he said Sunday.
"Given the month she just had, I doubt whether or not she will run for president in 2016," Priebus told NBC's "Meet the Press" host David Gregory. "I know a lot of people around her want her to run, and I think that they're purposely creating this environment around here which is causing us to talk about her today."
Earlier this week, strategist Karl Rove attacked Clinton's health, suggesting she suffered traumatic brain injury from a 2012 fall.
Her husband, former president Bill Clinton, insisted she works out regularly and is in "better shape" than him. And while he said there was nothing to Rove's charge, the ex-president acknowledged a candidate's health is fair game in national campaigns.
In addition, Clinton has been under attack for her handling of the 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya and on her record on the terrorist organization Boko Haram, which kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian teenaged girls from their school and threatening to sell them.
The State Department, under Clinton, refused to designate Boko Haram — which is affiliated with al-Qaida — as a terror organization. That designation was not made until last November, well after Clinton had resigned as secretary of state.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/priebus-clinton-2016-run/2014/05/18/id/571950/