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Stephanie Condon /

CBS News/ September 3, 2010, 9:21 AM

First 2012 Ad: Hillary for President

There's plenty of speculation over who will run against President Obama in 2012 -- but few expect it to be anyone from his administration.

Nevertheless, the first television ad for the 2012 election supports Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president.

A Chicago dentist named William DeJean spent $5,000 to create the ad, which is currently airing in New Orleans, CNN reports. DeJean plans to run the ad in Washington, New York and Los Angeles and possibly Houston as well.

"I'm a dentist and I don't think this country is headed in the right direction," he told CNN. He said Clinton is the "most qualified" to be president. DeJean also reportedly paid for ads in support of Clinton during her 2008 presidential bid.

The Clinton ad features somber but uplifting music while the screen reads, "She has more experience working in and with the White House than most living presidents... She is one of the most admired women in our nation's history... Let's make sure the president we should have elected in 2008 will be on the ballot in 2012."

It ends with the tag line, "Start now. Where there's a Hill, there's a way."

Clinton has said unequivocally in previous interviews that she has no intention to run for president again.

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AMSCO00 says:
Should Hillary Clinton Run In 2012 Against Obama?
YES, YES, YES.... We need HILLARY, now more than ever OB has to go , we need the good times to return to the USA we need a CLINTON back in the white house to make it right. Yes Hillary please give us the help that we need now not 2016.
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edtalbot1 says:
It is about time to Democrats to wake up and smell the coffee. Obama is a terrible negotiator and an inept mediator. Hillary is safer for middle America. She would have not allowed this chaos. When there is a Hill, there is definetely a way. Count on me Mme Secretary wether independent or democrat, who cares. Again, this is the time and she is the ONE.
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MAXAEMILLION says:
I am a HUGE Hillary fan. However.. She made her mark on history.. She
has moved on. Time for everyone else to as well.
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funksoulbro2 says:
Man, what a Kool-Aid drinker. "One of the most admired women in our nation's history"??????? What opinion poll did that come from? The woman is pathological liar. (Just ask William Safire, now retired from the New York Times. This is also the woman who managed to rake in a cool $100,000 trading cattle futures with no experience and never having a loss day, a feat unequaled by the best commodity traders in the history of the markets. A feat which was easily understood by those in the financial business to be a vehicle for laundering a political payoff.
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NewsJnky replies:
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Hillary a pathlogical liar? Have you forgotten "weapons of mass destruction"??? Do you have a better candidate for the 2012 election?
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HillaryforPresident2012 says:
Please show your support by joining the "Hillary Clinton for President 2012" Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=157729667575746
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dibbs977 says:
Obama is our incumbent and the best---but I wish Hillary would be his Vice President. I like Biden but Hillary is a stonger running mate.
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RELIgulous says:
That clown dentist has not recovered from the defeat of the primaries.

?5000 well spent, jerk.
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slatep says:
I think Hilary would make a great President.

She was First Lady for eight years and tried to set up a health plan that would cover everybody, getting the funds to do this by simplyfing all the red tape involved and eliminating the opportunities for the doctors and hospitals to commit fraud.

The Republicans threw one tantrum after another, so frustrated by President Clinton's achievements; in spite of them.

Obama did not even have the experience it takes to run a business, much less a Country.

I know this part of my comment is going to send some of you ballistic, but she will have the advantage of being able to use her husband as a soundingboard..

OK, everybody who disagrees with this, ALL TOGETHER NOW,
AAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHH.!

Obama has shown his ineptitude at every turn and Americans are paying the price for it.

Personally, I am all for less government, less taxes and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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RELIgulous replies:
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Yawnnnn....
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thatavkguy says:
No better horror movie has been made. ?The Exorcist?, you have a new standard to top.
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Wolf1944 says:
I much prefer Taryn Southern's Hot 4 Hil video.
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