AP/ February 27, 2009, 9:52 AM

Clinton Says She Won't Run Again

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the chances of her running for president again at near zero - slightly higher than the chances she gives for becoming Senate majority leader or a Supreme Court justice.

In an interview aired Tuesday on "Fox & Friends" on the Fox News Channel, Clinton, D-N.Y., was asked the chances, on a scale of 1 to 10, that she would be the next majority leader in the Senate.

"Oh, probably zero," she said. "I'm not seeking any other position than to be the best senator from New York that I can be."

Being nominated to the Supreme Court?

"Zero," Clinton said. "I have no interest in doing that."

Running for president again?

"Probably close to zero," she said. "There's an old saying: Bloom where you're planted."

The former first lady, who was elected to the Senate in 2000 and re-elected in 2006, said she looked forward to working as a senator with a Barack Obama administration.

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renonv5 says:: Let''''s see... a larger percentage of voters are women but it is a mans fault a loser cannot get elected. YOu must be a frustrated female, mad at the world and men in general. Posted by guysdigdirt

Next you''ll tell me that women run this country. Get your head out of the sand and grow a set.; reply

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guysdigdirt says:: I became an Obama volunteer in OH mainly because Palin scares the *** out of me,
Posted by Grizzster

Funny Paliln scares the **** out of you, probably due to the inexperience but you will vote for someone with little more experience who has no background of action to back up anything he says, will not let us see what he was doing or pushing in his college years and has a questionable background in many differnt ways.

You are all messed up richard.; reply

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guysdigdirt says:: I wonder what it''''''''s going to take for a woman to ever be elected President Posted by SamTheTVCat

It will take men stepping down off their self-constructed, elevated platforms and growing a set of ba!!s.
Posted by renonv5

Let''s see... a larger percentage of voters are women but it is a mans fault a loser cannot get elected. YOu must be a frustrated female, mad at the world and men in general.; reply

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renonv5 says:: I wonder what it''''s going to take for a woman to ever be elected President Posted by SamTheTVCat

It will take men stepping down off their self-constructed, elevated platforms and growing a set of ba!!s.; reply

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abman827 says:: Well that''''s one lying corrupt democrat down. Now if Obama would just pledge to take his politically corrupt, lying self back to Chicago where his BS goes unnoticed, and promise to never run for president again, the country would be in good shape. But no he continues to blurt out promises to his voters about changing the Washington political establishment he has been a big part of for his whole three years in office. Bush has pretty much been rendered useless for the rest of his term, but to elect Obama to lead this nation when he couldn''''t even lead a troop of boy scouts, is far more dangerous than anything Bush did in the last 8 years.

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Posted by gameoverdems at 04:38 AM : Oct 15, 2008

Agreed....Obama would be a joke as presidency. His time as president will just be spent paying back all the people that put him in this position. And he won''t have anytime to help us Americans.; reply

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grizzster says:: Obama wins and runs again as the incumbent in 2012...that means it''s 2016 before she can make a serious bid once again. A McCain presidency would have given her another shot four years from now. But eight years? The whole world can...and will...be changed by then, and how old would she be in 2016?

Intersting how she waited to see which way the wind was blowing before she made her announcement...and the wind is blowing Obama''s way (double-digit lead) so she is facing reality now.

I became an Obama volunteer in OH mainly because Palin scares the *** out of me, but if Hillary had won the nod, Sarah would still be an unknown and this campaign would still be a horse race. And I''d be sitting this one out and writing in Mickey (as in Mouse)...or Harry (as in Truman) on Nov. 4; reply

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cheteunice says:: YEA! Great news--GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!; reply

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txgrouch2007 says:: This side of her -- articulate, straightforward and lacking self-promotion, is a side that I haven''''t seen.
Posted by sueg48 at 05:52 AM : Oct 15, 2008

The fact that you DIDN''T see it during the campaign is WHY SHE LOST.

Now she''s doing a Al Gore - attempt to appear moderate so people will think it "safe" to vote for her next time.

NOPE! SORRY! NOT BUYING IT!!!

And much as I''d like to believe it - we KNOW she''s LYING when she says she won''t run again. That''s just the wolf in sheep''s clothing.

WE KNOW SHE''S LYING.; reply

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sgreenwald says:: As a lifelong Democrat (and a woman), I have NEVER liked Hillary Clinton -- until this interview. If Hillary had spoken this way during the campaign, she would have been President. This side of her -- articulate, straightforward and lacking self-promotion, is a side that I haven''t seen. And I like it.; reply

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samthetvcat says:: PS So many States haven''t even ever had a female Governor - California, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, etc . . .; reply