Stay with me here: Data Point #1: Barack Obama's free-fall in the polls. Data Point #2: Hillary Clinton's rising popularity.
The next steps:
December, 2010: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton resigns. Says she's "accomplished what she set out to do" and has "restored America's position and standing in the world." Will devote time to writing a "major book about America's challenges, and opportunities, in a complex, multi-polar world."
June 2011 - August 2011: The Clintons, inexplicably and very publicly, summer on Squam Lake, in New Hampshire. Lots of Hillary sightings in and around the area, criss-crossing the state. Bill and Hillary at the farmer's market. At a county fair. You get the idea. 'What's she doing in New Hampshire?' the media wonders.
Labor Day 2011: Delivering the Goods: What I Learned at the State Department, What I Learned from Main Street hits the bookstores. It's a big bestseller. And very critical of the Obama administration.
September 2011: Terry McCauliffe block-books a couple of floors in the Hampton Suites in Iowa City, IA, and the Manchester Marriott in Manchester, NH.
October 1st, 2011: It's on. Official. Announcement on Jay Leno during her book tour.
January 16th, 2012: Iowa Caucuses. She wins?
January 24th, 2012: New Hampshire primary. She wins?
You didn't think she was really going to give up, did you?
Woo Hoo!!! I love this scenario, and yes, it makes perfect sense.
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