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Hillary Clinton Says She’s Ready to Step Off ‘the High Wire of American Politics’

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It’s not the first time she’s said she’s leaving government service after her current job, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton definitively said today she wants out of politics.

During a town hall meeting with State Department employees this morning Clinton said she is ready to step off “the high wire of American politics.” She said she’s paying no attention to the battle for the Republican presidential nomination and hasn’t watched any of the debates.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/hillary-clinton-says-shes-ready-to-step-off-the-high-wire-of-american-politics

She did a great job. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I would have been happy with either her or President Obama in the White House in 2008.

(Edited for a better link. We've known that she will step down for some time. But not quite yet.)

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Hillary Clinton Says She’s Ready to Step Off ‘the High Wire of American Politics’ (Original post)	onehandle	Jan 26	OP
Speaking tours?	Taverner	Jan 26	#1
She's said before she's not running for anything in the future. nt	TheWraith	Jan 26	#23
She'll get highpaying, no-work jobs sitting on the boards of defense contractors	Ken Burch	Jan 26	#112
We love you, Hillary.	Skinner	Jan 26	#2
+1!!! nt	MADem	Jan 26	#16
Yes! Thank you Skinner. Hillary Clinton has served...	YvonneCa	Jan 26	#37
She was a cheerleader for what she knew was a useless war	Ken Burch	Jan 26	#114
And I disagrees with her and those who...	YvonneCa	Jan 26	#115
Agreed.	Firebrand Gary	Jan 26	#64
Some of us don't love her. Some of us are saying GOOD RIDDANCE because of what she has done. n.t	antigop	Jan 26	#96
And some of us can't stand Obama and there he is.	Beacool	Jan 26	#113
I'm not thrilled with either of them	Ken Burch	Jan 26	#116
K&r n/t	Politicub	Jan 26	#97
I have a feeling she'll be around in one form or another	donheld	Jan 26	#118
+ a million.	Raffi Ella	Jan 27	#135
+x100	emilyg	Jan 27	#136
she will be missed and I hope she stays in the public eye	wwytchwood	Jan 26	#3
I am sorry to hear this.	ScreamingMeemie	Jan 26	#4
We've known that for a year or so, haven't we?	lamp_shade	Jan 26	#5
Yes.	TheWraith	Jan 26	#24
Let her retire.	Pab Sungenis	Jan 26	#6
Excellent idea.	geardaddy	Jan 26	#8
I like the way you think! eom	Dulcinea	Jan 26	#9
great idea. nt	DesertFlower	Jan 26	#12
I LIKE this! Yes! Yes! YES!	BlueCaliDem	Jan 26	#19
Hillary is a tad too old to be nominated to the Supreme Court, she'll be 65 this year.	Tx4obama	Jan 26	#46
Dang. That's true.	BlueCaliDem	Jan 26	#117
The Four Assholes of the Apocalypse might as well be considered papal.	HughBeaumont	Jan 26	#50
That might be a good thing.	glinda	Jan 26	#49
Most excellent idea.	denbot	Jan 26	#61
Oh, yeah!!!! nt	valerief	Jan 26	#65
I can understand how she feels	MaineDem	Jan 26	#7
Hear, hear	primavera	Jan 26	#63
Thank you for your service,Hillary. Hope	sufrommich	Jan 26	#10
She looked really spent at the SOTU speech	Old and In the Way	Jan 26	#11
I thought so, too.	hamsterjill	Jan 26	#14
Digital television definition can be cruel, even on an analog television. nt	MADem	Jan 26	#17
she does look tired.	DesertFlower	Jan 26	#13
She did	politicasista	Jan 26	#45
It's odd this story isn't on cnn.com, msnbc.com, Google News, etc.	JaneQPublic	Jan 26	#15
Here are some links:	Skinner	Jan 26	#20
Great! Thanks (nt)	JaneQPublic	Jan 26	#22
This has been "out there" for a year or more. She's just prepping her team as we get closer to the	MADem	Jan 26	#21
Had she announced before that she was going to step down after the election?	Skinner	Jan 26	#25
I remember reading an article about this very thing about a year ago.	MADem	Jan 26	#29
OK. Apparently the "stepping down" part is not new.	Skinner	Jan 26	#26
I'm beginning to think that this is just an AP filler story.	onehandle	Jan 26	#33
Maybe swap out your story for this one?	Skinner	Jan 26	#34
Done. nt	onehandle	Jan 26	#35
What is "new" here is that she got all her peeps together in the auditorium at State.	MADem	Jan 26	#55
I wish her well and hope she gets to do whatever she wants to do.	Botany	Jan 26	#18
We should all be so lucky. nt	valerief	Jan 26	#66
Thank you Hillary. You have served your nation well.	rurallib	Jan 26	#27
I look forward to establishment of the -	DURHAM D	Jan 26	#28
I owe her my support if runs in 2016	bluestateguy	Jan 26	#30
I agree	DonCoquixote	Jan 26	#42
She is brilliant, and we were lucky to have had her for as long as we did. Thank you, Hillary!	juajen	Jan 27	#121
Hillary has done yeoman's work in a brutal job.	Ikonoklast	Jan 26	#31
She's hinted at this over the last few months	Warpy	Jan 26	#32
Hillary for USSC	Lil Missy	Jan 26	#36
Good riddance to DLC sHillary. Don't let the door hit you. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#38
Not cool. (nt)	Skinner	Jan 26	#39
Not cool that she sold out the American worker. nt	antigop	Jan 26	#41
What's not cool is your abject cluelessness.	MADem	Jan 26	#56
I've posted MANY times on DU about DLC sHIllary. WATCH THESE VIDEOS!	antigop	Jan 26	#71
Why don't you post your own threads instead of hijacking those of others?	MADem	Jan 26	#77
This message was hidden by jury decision.	antigop	Jan 26	#78
I won't watch them. They have nothing to do with the OP. Go peddle your gripes elsewhere.	MADem	Jan 26	#88
Thank you for the opportunity to draw attention to the videos and what DLC sHillary has done.	antigop	Jan 26	#93
So I'm not allowed to disagree with sHillary lovefest? n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#81
You're being DELIBERATELY DISRUPTIVE. nt	MADem	Jan 26	#89
NO, you're not allowing someone to disagree with the sHillary lovefest. WATCH THE VIDEOS! n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#95
This message was self-deleted by its author	antigop	Jan 26	#72
After all this time are you still clueless about the DLC? How pitiful. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#73
You are being rude, disruptive, hurtful and over-the-top--and I don't think I'm the only one	MADem	Jan 26	#79
I'm drawing attention to what she has done. I guess you can't stand the DLC being called out. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#82
No you are not--you are deliberately, with malice, disrupting a thread about her retirement.	MADem	Jan 26	#84
I'm saying GOOD RIDDANCE. I'm allowed to say that about a DLCer. No love lost. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#85
Good riddance? You mean you're leaving? Oh, happy day. nt	MADem	Jan 26	#90
You haven't addressed the videos and what she has done. GOOD RIDDANCE TO HER. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#92
What part of "I will not watch your thread-disrupting videos, you rude person" is unclear to you? nt	MADem	Jan 26	#94
HAHA. I'm "rude" because I point out why I say GOOD RIDDANCE. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#98
You are rude--and obtuse--because you persist in antisocial conduct. nt	MADem	Jan 26	#101
I'm sorry that you can't handle the truth about the DLC and what DLC sHIllary has done. n /t	antigop	Jan 26	#102
Here's the truth--you are a disruptor. nt	MADem	Jan 26	#103
Nope...just expressing my opinion of GOOD RIDDANCE on her retirement. The VIDEOS explain why. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#105
You lost your credibility	Speed8098	Jan 27	#133
You won't even watch the videos to find out why I say GOOD RIDDANCE. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#99
Now you're getting it--who ever said you weren't clever? nt	MADem	Jan 26	#100
I'm clever enough to figure out the damage the DLC has done. The videos demonstrate the damage. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#104
And I'm allowed to say "shut the Hell up!" Enough!	juajen	Jan 27	#122
Where's the rule that everyone has to be happy smiley about a pol's retirement?	tabasco	Jan 26	#86
The posts should at least relate to the OP. nt	MADem	Jan 26	#87
My posts do relate to the OP. GOOD RIDDANCE TO HER for what she's done. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#91
No one has responded to the videos....because you can't defend the indefensible. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#83
No one is watching them. Get a clue!	juajen	Jan 27	#123
What you said!	MADem	Jan 27	#126
This is a farewell thread? I thought it was in LBN	bread_and_roses	Jan 27	#128
Guess what? No one cares what you think. Thread derailer/disruptor=bad form. nt	MADem	Jan 27	#129
So it's now disruptive to call someone a DLCer? Interesting ...	bread_and_roses	Jan 27	#131
This message was hidden by jury decision.	lamp_shade	Jan 26	#51
Aw, someone doesn't like the DLCers called out. Too bad. nt	antigop	Jan 26	#76
I like to see antone do as good a job as she has. I wish she would stay.	The Wielding Truth	Jan 26	#53
Yes, she's done a great job selling out the American workers. WATCH THE VIDEOS! nt	antigop	Jan 26	#75
What a (((NASTY))) thing to say about a woman who has dedicated over half of her life in	Auntie Bush	Jan 26	#68
She's DLC. That says it all. n.t	antigop	Jan 26	#74
Why don't you let the door hit YOU in the ass?????	Beacool	Jan 26	#106
Tell that to the tech workers she threw under the bus. Ah, yes, NAFTA Bill. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#107
So...	blue_onyx	Jan 27	#120
So did you watch the videos I posted? They explain why I say GOOD RIDDANCE to her. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#108
Also do a search on DLC. Plenty of stuff posted on it. n/t	antigop	Jan 26	#109
I wish her well - and look forward to Chelsea helping us	TBF	Jan 26	#40
I hope she participates in public life but NEVER runs for office. EVER.	MADem	Jan 26	#57
Hillary Clinton has done an outstanding job. What an exception public servant	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jan 26	#43
she looked tired at teh State of the Union	Demonaut	Jan 26	#44
I wasn't a great fan of Hillary untill, ... ...	bayareaboy	Jan 26	#47
After retirement Hillary wants to work on womens' rights globally	Tx4obama	Jan 26	#48
John Kerry or (fingers crossed!!) Susan Rice will hopefully step in	Number23	Jan 26	#52
We don't want to take a Senior Senator out of the Senate!	MADem	Jan 26	#58
Absolutely agreed!	Number23	Jan 26	#59
She's a poster girl for strength, toughness and resilience. n/t	deacon	Jan 26	#54
Agreed! She's a poster girl for woman in general...what a super role model for women and girls.	Auntie Bush	Jan 26	#69
ah yes - all my role models defend cluster bombs	bread_and_roses	Jan 27	#132
The democratic party is fortunate to have her and so is America. Too	Liquorice	Jan 26	#60
Hear, hear!!!	Beacool	Jan 26	#111
She looks ill and she definitely looks like she just doesn't care. There's	Hestia	Jan 26	#62
She's just plain exhauster! You'd be too if you traveled the world repeatedly for 3 years.	Auntie Bush	Jan 26	#70
She looked very tired	Alcibiades	Jan 26	#119
The woman is in her mid sixties, and she doesn't have "hair and makeup" following her anymore.	MADem	Jan 27	#127
When I found out there is no real bed and no shower on the SOS plane I was shocked.	DURHAM D	Jan 27	#137
I agree--at least an air mattress in the back, or something!!!	MADem	Jan 27	#142
That woman has got to be EXHAUSTED.	BigDemVoter	Jan 26	#67
SecState has GOT to be tough	AnnieBW	Jan 26	#80
I will miss seeing her regularly,	Beacool	Jan 26	#110
I believe that she has done an excellent job as SOS -	BlueMTexpat	Jan 27	#124
I think she'll probably be a global advocate on women's issues	eridani	Jan 27	#125
NOOOOOooooooo..... . . . !!	Bruce Wayne	Jan 27	#130
This makes me so sad.	Raffi Ella	Jan 27	#134
I question the timing of this announcement. I love Hillary and hope to see her stay in politics ....	tropicanarose	Jan 27	#138
She was responding to a question.	Beacool	Jan 27	#139
Can't say I blame her. She's had to fight and fight hard, every step of the way. eom	tawadi	Jan 27	#140
I don't blame her - She's been great	WildFire43	Jan 27	#141

Response to onehandle (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 03:34 PM

Taverner (48,027 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. Speaking tours?

She's not going to run in 2012, and she might be too old in 2016....

Hillary Clinton Says She’s Ready to Step Off ‘the High Wire of American Politics’

1. Speaking tours?

23. She's said before she's not running for anything in the future. nt

112. She'll get highpaying, no-work jobs sitting on the boards of defense contractors

2. We love you, Hillary.

16. +1!!! nt

37. Yes! Thank you Skinner. Hillary Clinton has served...

114. She was a cheerleader for what she knew was a useless war

115. And I disagrees with her and those who...

64. Agreed.

96. Some of us don't love her. Some of us are saying GOOD RIDDANCE because of what she has done. n.t

113. And some of us can't stand Obama and there he is.

116. I'm not thrilled with either of them

97. K&r n/t

118. I have a feeling she'll be around in one form or another

135. + a million.

136. +x100

3. she will be missed and I hope she stays in the public eye

4. I am sorry to hear this.

5. We've known that for a year or so, haven't we?

24. Yes.

6. Let her retire.

8. Excellent idea.

9. I like the way you think! eom

12. great idea. nt

19. I LIKE this! Yes! Yes! YES!

46. Hillary is a tad too old to be nominated to the Supreme Court, she'll be 65 this year.

117. Dang. That's true.

50. The Four Assholes of the Apocalypse might as well be considered papal.

49. That might be a good thing.

61. Most excellent idea.

65. Oh, yeah!!!! nt

7. I can understand how she feels

63. Hear, hear

10. Thank you for your service,Hillary. Hope

11. She looked really spent at the SOTU speech

14. I thought so, too.

17. Digital television definition can be cruel, even on an analog television. nt

13. she does look tired.

45. She did

15. It's odd this story isn't on cnn.com, msnbc.com, Google News, etc.

20. Here are some links:

22. Great! Thanks (nt)

21. This has been "out there" for a year or more. She's just prepping her team as we get closer to the

25. Had she announced before that she was going to step down after the election?

29. I remember reading an article about this very thing about a year ago.

26. OK. Apparently the "stepping down" part is not new.

33. I'm beginning to think that this is just an AP filler story.

34. Maybe swap out your story for this one?

35. Done. nt

55. What is "new" here is that she got all her peeps together in the auditorium at State.

18. I wish her well and hope she gets to do whatever she wants to do.

66. We should all be so lucky. nt

27. Thank you Hillary. You have served your nation well.

28. I look forward to establishment of the -

30. I owe her my support if runs in 2016

42. I agree

121. She is brilliant, and we were lucky to have had her for as long as we did. Thank you, Hillary!

31. Hillary has done yeoman's work in a brutal job.

32. She's hinted at this over the last few months

36. Hillary for USSC

38. Good riddance to DLC sHillary. Don't let the door hit you. n/t

39. Not cool. (nt)

41. Not cool that she sold out the American worker. nt

56. What's not cool is your abject cluelessness.

71. I've posted MANY times on DU about DLC sHIllary. WATCH THESE VIDEOS!

77. Why don't you post your own threads instead of hijacking those of others?

88. I won't watch them. They have nothing to do with the OP. Go peddle your gripes elsewhere.

93. Thank you for the opportunity to draw attention to the videos and what DLC sHillary has done.

81. So I'm not allowed to disagree with sHillary lovefest? n/t

89. You're being DELIBERATELY DISRUPTIVE. nt

95. NO, you're not allowing someone to disagree with the sHillary lovefest. WATCH THE VIDEOS! n/t

73. After all this time are you still clueless about the DLC? How pitiful. n/t

79. You are being rude, disruptive, hurtful and over-the-top--and I don't think I'm the only one

82. I'm drawing attention to what she has done. I guess you can't stand the DLC being called out. n/t

84. No you are not--you are deliberately, with malice, disrupting a thread about her retirement.

85. I'm saying GOOD RIDDANCE. I'm allowed to say that about a DLCer. No love lost. n/t

90. Good riddance? You mean you're leaving? Oh, happy day. nt

92. You haven't addressed the videos and what she has done. GOOD RIDDANCE TO HER. n/t

94. What part of "I will not watch your thread-disrupting videos, you rude person" is unclear to you? nt