‘Oh No!’ Hillary Says Not Interested In Running For Veep

Pop that trial balloon.

After a series of headlines over the weekend, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she’s not interested in joining Michael Bloomberg on his ticket should he win the Democratic presidential nomination.

“Oh no! I’m just waiting and watching as this plays out. I will support whoever the nominee is,” Clinton said in Puerto Rico for a Clinton Global Initiative event.

Blogger Matt Drudge on Saturday reported that the former New York City mayor was eying Clinton as a potential running mate.

“Sources close to Bloomberg campaign tell DRUDGE REPORT that candidate is considering Hillary Clinton as running mate, after their polling found the Bloomberg-Clinton combination would be formidable force… MORE,” said one header.

“DRUDGE has learned that Bloomberg himself would go as far as to change his official residence from New York to homes he owns in Colorado or Florida, since the electoral college makes it hard for a POTUS and VPOTUS from the same state… Developing…” said the other.

News sites quickly jumped on the story.

“The top right-leaning news aggregator, citing sources close to the Bloomberg team, reported on Saturday that the former New York mayor is contemplating Clinton as a vice presidential running mate after his campaign’s polling found the combination would go over well with voters,” the Washington Examiner wrote.

“Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge said in a rare tweet, which he will likely delete, that the former mayor would go as far as moving his official residence from New York to Colorado or Florida, where he owns homes, so that he and Clinton are not from the same state during the race.”

Both of Drudge’s tweets are now deleted.

Clinton has kept open the option to run, despite her humiliating defeat in 2016, when she lost the Electoral College vote to Donald Trump 304-227.

In 2018, Clinton was asked, “Do you want to run again?” “No, no,” she replied, prompting laughter. Then she added: “I’d like to be president.”

Last November, Clinton told the BBC that “many, many, many people” were pressuring her to consider jumping into the 2020 race, but she said, “I, as I say, never, never, never say never. … But as of this moment, sitting here in this studio talking to you, that is absolutely not in my plans.”

About the same time, the Associated Press wrote a piece headlined: “Democrats’ 2020 race has a new shadow: Hillary Clinton.”

“The first woman to win a major party presidential nomination — and the national popular vote leader with almost 3 million more votes than Trump — Clinton remains a popular figure in her party, even after enduring criticism for losing key Midwestern states to Trump,” AP wrote.

At the end of 2019, Clinton said “maybe there does need to be a rematch. Obviously, I can beat him again,” referring to her pulling in three million more votes than Trump.

And then earlier this month, Clinton declared she wouldn’t run for a third time, but left open the option to join another candidate’s ticket.

“I never say never, because I do believe in serving my country, but it’s not going to happen,” Clinton told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.