SOURCE: Hillary Clinton will announce her 2016 campaign this weekend

[riversedge]

Source: Businessinsider.com



Hunter Walker

Apr. 9, 2015, 5:42 PM 9,143 17


A source with knowledge of Hillary Clinton's plans has confirmed that she will officially announce her 2016 presidential bid on Saturday or Sunday. This will be imminently followed by campaign travel.

A spokesperson for Clinton's campaign team did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Clinton has long been expected to enter the 2016 race. Polls show her well ahead of all her likely Democratic and Republican rivals.

She has been ramping up her presidential preparations including leasing office space for a headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, and hiring key staffers.............


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[VanillaRhapsody]

1. And so it begins!!!!

[hrmjustin]

2. Rejoice!

[riversedge]

4. Those really are joyous bells. Thanks

[hrmjustin]

5. Here are some more. takes a minute to get them going.

[riversedge]

37. I finally found some time to listen. whow. Hard to imagine such

huge pieces of irony can sing in so well. Thanks.

[ananda]

3. Beautiful!

And strong!

[L0oniX]

6. R.I.P Democratic party.

[840high]

36. God help us.

[LovingA2andMI]

45. Yep, indeed--- some higher power need to help us...

[Larry Engels]

62. She looks kinda cute in that picture.

But then, she's standing right next to Kissinger. That would make anyone look better by contrast.

[LovingA2andMI]

74. Hillary was in her element....

In that scenario one always looks their best....

[Larry Engels]

76. Eewww.

That's creepy.

[BlueStater]

7. Yawn.

x infinity

[Smithryee]

8. Good luck to her, but she will not secure the nomination

Just watch and see...

Go Bernie!!

(Oh, of course, I will vote for Clinton if she is eventually the nominee)

[WillTwain]

14. Bernie

will shock the experts.

[stonecutter357]

9. K&R!

[freshwest]

10. The rightwing nutsosphere will explode. Also, I'll skip DU to avoid the predictable media spin. n/t

[DonCoquixote]

11. Good

She needs to have her camp set up and her guns blazing before Scott Walker and Jeb Bush do. All this 'waiting" is only undermining her, it's time to give the GOP a chance to take their first shots, and by that I mean start to sound foolish and walk into the machine gun fire that her camp will hopefully have ready.

Please please please, keep Mark Penn away, and please keep Bill from trying to grab the wheel.

[Hoppy]

12. I can't wait.

[blkmusclmachine]

13. We can, and MUST, do better. A LOT better.

[wheniwasincongress]

15. Has she decided if she's running yet?

[realFedUp]

32. WTF

You didn't understand the thread? She is announcing on Sunday. Keep up.

[wheniwasincongress]

35. It was a joke

Because over and over and over she has claimed she hasn't decided yet, when the entire time we knew she had decided!! YOU keep up!

[PeteSelman]

16. I wonder how much money she's raised.

100 million? 200? More?

[davidpdx]

18. I've been guessing for awhile at least a billion already

We'll see if I'm right or not. I think she'll have a billion already raised and then will raise another billion.

[Major Hogwash]

20. Her PAC has already released their numbers, $700 MILLION!!

If that doesn't put the fear of gawd in you, nothing ever will.

[davidpdx]

22. It doesn't surprise me much

I think whomever wins is going to end up spending $2 billion (primary and general election).

[riversedge]

38. The other side will spend the same probably. I do

not like it but feel helpless to try to change anything.

[davidpdx]

49. Yeah, until Citizen's United is overturned that is true

That really fucked us.

[olegramps]

66. Well, its one way to get some of the money the 1% stole from the workers.

Maybe that is what they are really talking about with "trickle down economics."

[Fearless]

40. I wonder how much she'd need to buy democracy?

Or anyone for that matter.

[LovingA2andMI]

46. Well, when one has friends like these....

The money buckets are endless....

[Major Hogwash]

50. She has enough to buy the election.

This has nothing to do with Democracy.

[Larry Engels]

63. Jeebus! nt

[truthisfreedom]

17. Next President of These United States!

No Question.

Now let me get back to setting up my retirement program.

[cali]

21. sorry, there is doubt that she'll be the next president.

if anyone can blow it (again) it's Hill.

[realFedUp]

34. Blowing it?

She ran neck to neck with Obama. The young people who bought into his promises of hope and disappointed by the second year.

People who wanted Hillary the first time are more driven this time.

[cali]

56. she blew it. she had every advantage and lost.

[Larry Engels]

64. She had the disadvantage of over-exposure.

She had a past, a history, and a personality that people were tired of. She still has that disadvantage.

[davidpdx]

19. Hillary will the primary be over by February 5th?

Or whatever day Supertuesday is this time around.

[BooScout]

23. Been waiting a long time for this!

[ibewlu606]

24. So what?

Yes the bells of joy are ringing.........on Wall St., on Main St, it's more struggling from paycheck to paycheck.

[Buenaventura]

25. Has she picked a party?

[hibbing]

27. Hehe

Good one

Peace

[realFedUp]

33. Really?

NT

[LovingA2andMI]

47. What else is there to say except....

[ibewlu606]

54. Good one!

I think she HAS picked a party. The party of pure, unadulterated greed.

[brooklynite]

59. Well, let's review her record...

pro choice, pro LGBT rights, pro social security, voted against Bush tax cuts, Secretary of State for a popular Democratic President...

[Indepatriot]

26. Guess Goldman Sachs gave the go ahead...

[Beacool]

28. Good, let the games begin.

[freshwest]

44. They already have...

[EEO]

29. Ugh.

[Novara]

30. If she is the nominee....

....of course I'll vote for her. But I'd love to see Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren get into the race - at the very least to challenge her on some of her more mainstream/right leaning positions. I think only by having a progressive contender (or two) can the narrative change to more progressive matters. Even if they say they're not running (Ms Warren) or have no chance of winning (Mr Sanders), I'd love to see a challenge. If for nothing else, to get the public talking about progressive issues.

I'd like to see Democrats start acting like Democrats, dammit!

[realFedUp]

31. Love. love, Love it!

I'm feeling better about the future. Thank God she decided to run. The wimpy white guys on the right will make some WAM but have no chance in hell.

And Rachel, your producer made u have Chuck Todd on your show? Let's cut these guys down to their sizes right from the start.

[Fearless]

39. I'm sorry, I don't give a damn.

[LittleGirl]

52. sad to say I don't either

I just don't have high expectations of her. She is not my choice. Warren or Sanders I would bend over backwards for, but not her. I wish her the best but I think she will bury her own campaign just like the last one. sigh.

[rury]

41. Let the cackling and the

tales of dodging of sniper fire in Bosnia begin!

Hillary

She lost me at "hardworking white Americans."

[BlueStater]

43. We have *such* great candidates this season.

Hillary and Jim fucking Webb. I'm so excited I may fall into a coma.

[brooklynite]

48. Care to share with us the effort YOU'VE made to find a better candidate?

Called anyone? Sent an email? Stopped by their office?

Or just posted messages on a blog complaining that you aren't being GIVEN a choice...

[BlueStater]

51. If you don't like my "complaining" about them, then too goddamn bad.

You could just ignore me.

I expected a more impressive field like the one we got in 2008, considering it's, once again, a wide open race (Biden may or may not run but I don't think most people are taking him very seriously as a presidential contender). Instead, we're getting the lamest field in my lifetime. I've never seen anything like it. No one in the Democratic party today seems remotely ambitious and they're all seemingly content with letting Queen Hillary waltz her way to the nomination with only token opposition. It's disgusting.

At least Martin O'Malley actually has the fucking guts to challenge her. He has my respect for that.

[brooklynite]

57. "We're getting"...

Last time I checked, politics (particularly for people who frequent a political blog) is something you DO. " people who run for office because they choose to. Your option, if you don't like the choices, is to encourage someone else to run, or run yourself, but in some way affect the outcome. But of course, complaining is so much easier...

[1StrongBlackMan]

53. I'm really starting to wonder about some of the folks on DU

They Want/Demand a Vigorous Primary ...

But ...

(Presumed) Candidate 1: No good! She doesn't talk about economics in the way we want to hear it ... even when she does, she hasn't!

(Presumed) Candidate 2: No Good! He IS talking about economics the way we what to hear it; but, we don't believe him!

(Repeatedly Stated) Non-Candidate 3: Yahhhhh

(with a smattering of, it doesn't matter because the banksters rule the world)

[Rose Siding]

58. Do men cackle too?

[rury]

71. Some men do cackle just like Hillary does.

[zentrum]

42. Depressing.

[DCBob]

55. I think this ends any remaining speculation that Elizabeth Warren will run.

Good luck to Hillary. We desperately need to beat those RW lunatics!

[Corey_Baker08]

60. Hillary Clinton Received Over 18 Million Votes In The 2008 Primary...

No other Democrat that is currently considering running with the exception of VP Biden or ANY of the Republican Candidates Have ever received 18 million votes ever.

I applaud her courage & commitment in running for President. I hope that when Elizabeth Warren endorses her the Clinton bashing will cease.

Some on DU seem to forget who our actual opponents are in this Election, The GOP and perhaps even more dangerously the Tea Party, if you think Hillary would be a bad President, your forgetting about how bad A President Walker, President Bush, President Cruz, President Trump, President Paul and President Carson would be.

I am not implying we should all declare Hillary our Nominee, that's what the Primary will decide and that is your opportunity to have your voices heard.

However Let us not forget who the opposition really is in this election, so instead of tearing Democratic Candidates down, let's focus our attention on lifting The Democratic Party up in Senate & House & races for the Governorships across the country and tear the Republican Candidates down!

[BlueMTexpat]

61. YESSSSS! I am with her all the way.

No, she doesn't espouse every single one of my views/policies/hopes/wishes. But she espouses most of them. She is also a warm, funny, intelligent, compassionate, caring and sensitive human being who is a very quick learner. She is willing to put herself out there for what is likely the most taxing job in the world, to withstand the piles and piles of RW fascist and misogynist SH** that will come her way, and to fight for those who are vulnerable.

She also has great respect among the international community, which carries a lot of weight with me in particular. There is NO Republican - announced candidate or otherwise - who is even within striking distance. None. The KKKlowns who have announced so far, their sycophants, and any of those we know who are considering a run, are at best embarrassing. At worst, they are literally insane and the non-US world knows it.

Given how outspoken Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been lately - even more so than usual - and the rave reviews that both have been getting, I fully expect that Hillary has been paying attention. That will make her an even better candidate.

If she ultimately becomes the Dem nominee for 2016, I believe that Martin O'Malley would be a great Veep pick. He is a great person and I really miss him (after having just spent a couple months in MD, my US state of residence - MD went a bit nuts and elected a GOPer in November). If O'Malley is on the ticket, none of our best Dems in the legislative branch would have to relinquish a seat, nor would any sitting Dem governors.

Best of all, Elizabeth and Bernie can keep on doing their superlative jobs in the Senate and encouraging others to return to their true Democratic roots! If Howard Dean could return to the DNC, we could also rebuilding the 50-state networks to what they were when he left, which would lead to great benefits for progressives everywhere in the US. The DNC since Dean has squandered that legacy. What a shameful and terrible waste!

[zentrum]

65. Why is the Democratic Bench

…so thin? I love Bernie but I think we all know he can't win if only because he doesn't have that media charisma the country seems to demand. And Warren won't run.

Where are the nationally recognized Democratic candidates? And please don't say Kerry. He buckled under in 2000 and wouldn't fight for the election he won. And is now 15 years older and staider and stiffer than ever.

Where is our bench?

[LovingA2andMI]

75. Many Progressives are Getting Behind This Guy....(quiet as kept)

[McCamy Taylor]

67. Happy dance!

All the negative posts at DU about Clinton make it that much easier for me to support her, because if people are really that afraid of Clinton, then the only way to relieve them of their fear will be to show them that a Clinton presidency will not be scary. I expect a lot of enlightenment to come out of her administration.

[Stellar]

68. I will be glad when this election is OVER.

nt

[Faryn Balyncd]

69. She should also announce her opposition to the Fast Track bill that will be introduced within the

... week.

And her opposition to the total elimination of the estate tax on multi-billionaires which will be introduced Wednesday. (which will, coincidentally, allow trust fund babies to inherit billions tax free and proceed to structure their finances so that their income is in the form of capital gains, resulting in a maximum total federal tax rate of 15%, a rate which is not only a fraction of the taxes paid by the vanishing middle class (income tax + self-employment or payroll tax), but less than the taxes paid by the majority of the 47% of Americans who were falsely maligned by Mitt Romney as "paying no taxes", all of whose earned income is bears a 15.3% tax rate, with 7.65% paid directly by them, and 7.65% paid "by the employer" but born ultimately by the employee in the form of lower wages.)

I will work my rear off for the Democratic candidate in 2016, whoever she or he is.

But if we are to turn back the forces of evil, our candidate needs to be willing to work his or her rear off for the vanishing middle class.

Starting by using one's influence to defeat the current attacks by the corporatists and the agents of the 1%.

[IkeRepublican]

70. Not too happy about that

Given Bill's NAFTA and abolishing Glass-Stegall, she'll most likely and gladly approve TPP because I don't think Obama's going to do it unless he does it in December 2016 or early January 2017...which is pointless if Hillary wins because she'll take care of it.

Really, I believe all she'll be is a Republican that throws a few bones to part of the African American community and some Silicon Valley folks needing the funds for the next big thing. Outside of that, the 99% will still be hung out to dry since Saint Ray-gun.

Christ, I wish Warren had the media and funding power to rattle the Dems out of their corporate haze.

[OhZone]

72. Simply -

OHYEAH!

[stonecutter357]

73. K&R!

[William769]

77. Sorry late to the party on this one.