there are calls for john boehner to name women to the two committee chair postses in the new congress. that s because the other 19 committee chair slots were as you can see here all filled by men. it s been a hot topic among republican women on capitol hill. i wish we weren t having to address that issue. i would like to have thought that we could have had women chair men, but the fact that this is the kind of the way it has turned out, we have to continue to highlight the qualified women that are in our conference. let s bring in michael steele and kiki mcclain. good morning to both of you.
this this demographic shift, the question is is it a democratic coalition or is it an obama coalition? i think one of the answers to that could certainly be hillary clinton, who could most certainly hold that coalition he together. she s widely favored among afterwardses and latinos. certainly she s a favorite of women as well. one of the questions, though, if presidential elections are always a referendum on the future and looking toward the future, i think one of the questions she would have to answer is whether or not she embodies of future or whether or not she faces marco rubio, who is younger and a cuban, that might be a problem. obama ran a very effective race against her, tieing her to the past. these are campaigns that we ve seen typically candidates run and run very successfully. kiki, the only challenge facing here is the tendency of the united states voters in general elections not to like to see one party stay in office too
she will take some months to consider and get her head clear and stay home for a while and read novels and enjoy life. at some point do the other candidates have to decide whether to run or won t run. assuming she will run or won t. like cuomo and o malley and people like joe biden. i have to tell i i think people that will really want to be president run regardless of who is in the field. they may have staff or strategists who suggest not this year, not next year, but people who truly have that fire in their belly, the passion to serve in that capacity, they re going to run regardless of who is in the field. as you well know, chris, from your years of coverage, rarely does it end up in the way it looks on the front end. so wise. kiki, thank you, because you can t predict the future and you never know who is your opponents. when we return let me finish with hillary. she has a to do list facing her
get rest. will she run for president next time in 2016? kiki mcclain is a democratic strategist and a senior adviser to the 2008 presidential campaign. i think this is going to be in the back of every washington and capitol and political conversation i m part of or anybody for the next few years, because we know barack obama is president for the next four years, which opens up the mystery can whoshgs the name knee for next time. we won t drag on this story. what can you tell us here? the democratic feerd, andrew cuo cuomo, people like martin he omall dwri from maryland, these are governors of new york and maryland. do they stay in the circle knowing they don t know how hillary is going to move? absolutely. i think everything will wait to see what hillary clinton will do. one of the big questions democrats face is as they look
welcome back. secretary of state hillary clinton made clear after she leave leaves the cabinet is to get rest. will she run for president next time in 2016? kiki mcclain is a democratic strategist and a senior adviser to the 2008 presidential campaign. i think this is going to be in the back of every washington and capitol and political conversation i m part of or anybody for the next few years, because we know barack obama is president for the next four years, which opens up the mystery can whoshgs the name knee for next time. we won t drag on this story. what can you tell us here? the democratic feerd, andrew cuomo, people like martin he omall dwri from maryland, these are governors of new york and maryland. do they stay in the circle knowing they don t know how hillary is going to move?