December 12, 2012
Posted by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The
race for the White House will most likely be “wide open” after Hillary Clinton
serves her two terms as President, experts agree.
“What happens in 2024 is anyone’s guess—and if anyone tells you differently, they’re lying,” says political science professor Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota. “The only thing we can say with any certainty is that Hillary Clinton will be elected President by a landslide in 2016 and reëlected by an even bigger margin in 2020.”
“What happens in 2024 is anyone’s guess—and if anyone tells you differently, they’re lying,” says political science professor Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota. “The only thing we can say with any certainty is that Hillary Clinton will be elected President by a landslide in 2016 and reëlected by an even bigger margin in 2020.”
Mr. Logsdon says that possible Republican
Presidential candidates in 2024 could include Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan,
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, with
this caveat: “If any of those men have the misfortune of running against Hillary
in 2016 or 2020, she will defeat them so soundly that their political careers
will be finished and they will vanish from public life forever.”
As for the future of the Democratic Party
after Hillary’s two terms are over, Mr. Logsdon offers this prediction: “I can
tell you right now that Hillary’s Presidency will be so successful that she
will usher in a Democratic dynasty of sorts. I’m not a betting man, but if I
had to guess, I’d say that after eight years of Hillary there will be eight
years of Michelle, then eight years each for Chelsea, Sasha, and Malia.”
But “not so fast,” says Democratic
strategist Tracy Klugian, who believes such predictions sell Hillary short:
“Assuming her current poll numbers hold up in 2024, I think it’s safe to say
that Hillary Clinton will be the most popular President in U.S. history. In
that event, the Twenty-second Amendment, which limits the President to two
terms, will be repealed and Hillary will run again.”
Mr. Logsdon, however, scoffs at that
scenario: “If the Twenty-second Amendment is repealed, Bill will run again.”
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