– ‘All signals go’ –
Still, “everybody’s got to wait for Hillary. She’s got the lead on the money train,” said University of Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs, who has tracked political races for years.
Amid the will-she-or-won’t-she lull, Republicans are not idle. They have attacked Clinton over her handling of the Benghazi crisis, launched websites aimed at derailing her potential candidacy and published an anti-Hillary e-book, “Failed Choices.”
Many Republicans simply assume Clinton is the one to beat in 2016.
“All the signals are go” for a Clinton run, observed Senate Republican Dan Coats, citing her book and her whirlwind speaking schedule.
“I’m just assuming she’s going to run until she says otherwise.”
Even if Clinton pulls out, there is no well-financed Republican front-runner to put Democrats at a disadvantage, noted strategist Madden.
“Republicans still have to get our own house in order on who our nominee will be, and it is as wide open as it has been in a number of cycles,” he said.
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