November 5, 2010 11:49 AM

Hillary Clinton Rules Out 2012, 2016 Presidential Runs

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Stephanie Condon
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Hillary Clinton (Credit: CBS)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is once again shooting down the idea she will run for president in 2012 or 2016.

While in New Zealand as part of a two-week Asia-Pacific tour, a reporter on Friday asked Clinton whether she had ruled out running for the presidency through 2016, according to the Associated Press.

"Oh yes, yes," Clinton replied. "I'm very pleased to be doing what I'm doing as secretary of state."

In a separate interview with TV New Zealand, Clinton said the United States "should be" ready for a female president, but that it would not be her. "But it will be someone, and it is nice coming to countries that have already proven that they can elect women to the highest governing positions that they have in their systems," she added. New Zealand has had two female prime ministers.

Clinton has said repeatedly she has no intention of running for president again, but that has not stopped speculation or interest in the idea. A Gallup poll in September showed that more than a third of Democrats would support Clinton were she to challenge President Obama in the primaries for the 2012 election. The first 2012 presidential ad was even in support of Clinton.

Clinton and the White House have also had to shoot down rumors that she would replace Vice President Joe Biden on the 2012 ticket.

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Stephanie Condon is a political reporter for CBSNews.com. You can read more of her posts here. Follow Hotsheet on Facebook and Twitter.

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by rjm3610 February 27, 2011 4:26 PM EST
Time to take your pills and go to bed.
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by tonyrmusic February 27, 2011 12:46 PM EST
Hillary and Obama is better than any shyt you voted for. Sarrah Failin & McBrain? Really? what a joke. Bush? And Bush again, thats you anser? Reagan? Ford? Nixon? Tell me something I dont know, which one brought us out of a deficit? None. They put us in one, or deeper into it. Bush, his father and grand father worshiped the devil. But that explains everything. Go burn your crosses and write your opinions in your Satanic bibles to keep for yourself, because I dont want you hear your bull about Hillary whos a good woman. You got the nerve to cast the first stone.
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by tonyrmusic February 27, 2011 12:35 PM EST
All you Nazi's are idiots. you talk shyt about Hillary, About Obama, and continue to suck on the tip of Bush's dik and the rest of the rats that ******* tis country up. Now you re-elected the same snakes that drove us in the ditch, but yet your boo hoo hoo, I lost my home, I lost my job. Good for ******* you. you got what you voted for. I like Obama, but wont vote for him again, he dosent have the spine to fight snakes but Hillery does. *** U All. Im laughing at ya!!
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by rjm3610 February 27, 2011 4:27 PM EST
Put the cool aid down and step into reality
by bobsouls December 1, 2010 3:34 AM EST
Why go through the expense of running for office? Opposition to the Tyrant Obama grows daily. But that doesn't change the fact that most Americans still hate her. Hillary has got herself into the Constitutional line of succession. Binden is just a fall down the stairs. Pelosi is off the board. Reid is a failed mob lawyer without a power base. Anyone checked to see where the Clinton's old buddy, J. Dale Davidson is hanging out lately?
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by tiredofthebs November 8, 2010 11:30 PM EST
You HRC bashers are starting to annoy me (AGAIN!). Question .... exactly what has President Obama accomplished since being elected?! Obamacare is a joke! Cash for Clunkers only DECREASED the availability of affordable used cars! And the Mortgage Relief efforts by this administration have failed miserably. Too bad SecState Clinton isn't running. Because you can bet that INDEPENDENTS will back a GOP candidate this time around. I only hope that the DEMS who were mesmerized by President Obama's speeches have learned their lesson. But I know that probably haven't. Sad. Mrs. Clinton, please reconsider.
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by rjm3610 February 27, 2011 4:29 PM EST
She approves of genocide. Abortion in case you don't understand.
by BLKPREZ44 November 8, 2010 1:18 PM EST
"Missy" Clinton's kitchen stove is calling her name
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by RedWings_ninety_one November 8, 2010 12:13 PM EST
Darn, I'm gonna miss the opportunity to not vote for her..maybe later in the future
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by rf35 November 8, 2010 12:13 PM EST
I kind of wish she would run. I'd vote for her again. Of course at this point, anything would be an improvement over the last ten years.
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by RunsWithWolves November 8, 2010 9:14 AM EST
It is politically savvy to rule out running until you actually run. Everybody knows that. Good Luck Hillary - you are a great and wise leader. ----BTW, Hillary looks much better in her longer hair.
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by Empire--George-- November 8, 2010 10:55 AM EST
I suspect she thinks we are going to forget the 10-20 times she said one thing and did the complete opposite.....her and her husband are pathelogical liars, so whatever they say is just hot air. OF course she isn't running in 2012, Barrack DumBama is running.
by ItsJo November 7, 2010 9:32 PM EST
BTW: Remember Hillary's-"It take a village to raise a child"? NO, it takes their two parents. Her version is that of the Hitler Youth Camp
that took children at young ages and indoctrinated them into Hitler's
thinking. Hillary herself stated not long ago-"I am a modern Progressive". That's true, and she JUST as Obama is a Studen of Saul Alinsky's: "Rules For Radicals". Look up the late Barbara Olson's book on: "Hell To Pay"---she exposed Hillary for what she really is-
a Power/Money Monger. Look it up on the net and read a few excerpts.. though, I don't think you will be surprised by Hillary's lying and two-faced ambitions.
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by documemts November 8, 2010 6:26 PM EST
"Her version is that of the Hitler Youth Camp" LOL.
by legacyABQ2 November 30, 2010 8:21 PM EST
Good lord ItsJo

Lookup the word hyperbole
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