Facebook Group Wants Hillary for President in 2012

A Facebook group called Hillary Clinton for 2012!! is organizing a meeting in Washington to discuss plans to coax Hillary into running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012.

Secretary of State Clinton has said she has no interest in running again for public office.

But the Facebook group’s organizer and publicist, Will Bower, said, “We are simply aiming to keep HRC’s strongest supporters united for if and when that day comes when Hillary either challenges in 2012 and/or makes a run in 2016.” So reports Paul Bedard in his Washington Whispers column for U.S. News & World Report.

“And, of course, to rally as many people as possible to strongly encourage and petition her to do so — preferably the 2012 option,” Bower added.

Hillary Clinton for 2012!! says on its Facebook page: “Like Hillary, we believe there's nothing that we can't do if we put our minds to it. Now we've got a lot to do. We've got to roll up our sleeves and get back to work for the American middle class and the American people that Hillary truly supported throughout her campaign. An agent of change and a champion, Hillary will emerge stronger than ever in 2012 and take back the White House.”

A television ad that ran in September touted Hillary for president in 2012: "She has more experience working in and with the White House than most living presidents. She is one of the most admired women in our nation's history. Let's make sure the president we should have elected in 2008 will be on the ballot in 2012.”

The commercial was paid for by a Chicago dentist and aired in several cities beginning with New Orleans.

And a Newsmax/SurveyUSA poll conducted after the midterm elections found that Clinton would trounce Barack Obama by a 20-percentage-point margin in a head-to-head race.

The poll asked: “If there were an election for president of the United States today, and the only two names on the ballot were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, whom would you vote for?”

Sixty percent of respondents chose Clinton, while 40 percent chose Obama.