She's in for the fight of her life, it will make dodging those snipers fresh out of her helicopter seem like a walk in the park. She actually once said she was named for Sir Edmund Hillary, btw.
I am increasingly of the opinion that she will not. I started a thread last fall to that effect citing a list of issues beginning with her age and health. Since then she has done nothing to disavow me of that notion as she has done nothing.
The party took a serious hit last November and we saw the power people falter badly, Debbie blew it with "we know we are right....", and Obama renewed his resolve to make congress a personal war. There has been no leadership, but a few heads pocking up to see if they can see their shadow while eying a shot themselves.
After November, she had two choices; rise up with a new, but subtly stated message. One of "we need to do things differently..." or back Obama 100%. She did neither which tells me:
Her and the grandmaster - and he
is - have no idea where the political winds are shifting.
She is less than enthusiastic.
They have some skeletons in the political closet Obama is holding as a trump card...
And, she is not getting good, professional advice.
You strike when the opponent is weak and you are strong, a rattlesnake that has not eaten will run not bite. She is not striking at anything which tells me she is weak. You ride the crest handed to you always prepared to shift with the current and the wind, and she watched a tsunami go by without a blink..."we need to change how we do things..." would have held her in the spotlight, above Obama as the party was reeling from a bitter and predicted defeat.
In short, she seems to have stopped being a politician. If you're not prepared to slice your own kind from asshole to earlobe, then you do not belong in the game.