Why should she get out now that she and Bill have their eyes firmly on 2012? In my view, she will stay in as long as she can in order to do as much damage to Obama as possible, thereby ensuring a McCain presidency. She will only drop out if she and Bill conclude that the Dem base is about to figure that out and might hold what she and Bill did for Obama against her in 2012.
See, Kennedy, Edward J., career of. She won’t make the same mistake he did against Carter in 1980 because the Dem base never really forgave him for costing (in their view) Carter the election to Reagan. Notwithstanding, of course, the fact that it was the Iran Hostage Debacle, giving away the Panama Canal, and a host of other bonehead moves, that really cost Carter the election.
In typical Pol fashion, Bill and Hillary will want to sabotage Obama’s campaign without leaving any fingerprints and without taking any responsibility. Accordingly, Obama better be smart enough *not* to hire any of the old Clintonistas for his campaign. See Kerry, John, 2004 campaign of.
