Quote (thundercock @ Apr 10 2014 10:42pm)
I can't see her being a two term president. That job takes A LOT out of a person. Both Clinton, Bush, and Obama have aged terribly. She'll be 68 in October next year and if she's (un)fortunate enough to win the election, that would make her the 2nd oldest president to be inaugurated. Though, her parents did live a long time so she has longevity in her.
As for the dodging capabilities of Bush and Clinton...it shouldn't surprise anyone given that politicians are so good at dodging the issues.
Nah, if there was any hesitation at all whether she was in for 8 years then she wouldn't even run, and likely wouldn't have even made it to this stage of the invisible primary. As a matter of importance that comes in the first round of questioning in the vetting and organization of a campaign, a period that's already passed for her. The party needs to know that you're in for a full 8 years considering how often presidents fall into the dead space of politics and how long those periods last. If she has plans to run (looks exceedingly likely that she does) then those plans are to run twice.
Fortunately because she's a female she's actuarially better off, and if she won she'd be inaugurated in a stage similar to George H.W. Bush when he won at 64 and in a better stage than Reagan when he was inaugurated at 70. But considering that Reagan was suffering from Alzheimer's at the end of his presidency the health is never a slam dunk.