extraordinarily different from what they consider to be a radical republican view of the world. and that i think will keep them together, even if bill clinton says things that are offscript that cause ripples along the way. larry, i still think hillary clinton, maybe it s the way i ve looked at her and tracked her from before, that she will run a notch or two the right of president obama, especially on foreign policy. she will point out that she is not taking her positions supporting the iraq war, that she will run as maybe the margaret thatcher role you are to be as a woman, even if these days, you have to be positioned a bit more hawkish than the average democratic presidential nominee. what do you think? it s my belief. actually, that s a very good point, chris. look, if she wants to do one thing different from obama electorally, it will be to try to bring back appalachian state voters into the democratic party. let s be honest. it s because of race mainly that they abandoned th
would be a closer call. her primary is there be a woman president in her lifetime. this is very important to her. how do you know that? she s told this to interviewers over many years. right now she s the most likely person to fulfill that dream, and she knows it. does that mean she is definitely running? no. there are things that could come up. but i think she is likely to run. and she s going to have, as you indicated, there will be bumps in the road, but here s the reason why i think this partnership, which is not a close personal partnership. remember, the obamas didn t invite the clintons for dinner until the beginning of the second term. so this is not personal. it s political. and politically, the reason that they re so close is that they really don t disagree on very much. they look at the world in pretty much the same way, which is extraordinarily different from what they consider to be a radical republican view of the world.