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Home Front: Politix
Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress
2016-11-11
While some pundits are declaring the Clinton political dynasty dead, sources tell us that it is far from over. Chelsea Clinton is being groomed for the New York seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey.
You have to have a Clinton running for an office, or planning to run, in order to keep the Clinton Foundation in business. The day you have no Clinton running for anything, there's no influence to peddle...
Chelsea could run for the seat in NYC’s 17th Congressional District once Lowey, a 79-year-old respected career politician with nearly 30 years in office, decides to retire, we have exclusively learned.

Lowey’s district includes parts of Rockland and Westchester counties and, conveniently, Chappaqua, the Clinton family home base.

In August, Hillary and Bill Clinton purchased a home next door to their primary residence in Chappaqua for $1.16 million, which is intended for Chelsea, her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, and their two children, Charlotte and Aidan. While Chelsea currently lives, and is registered to vote, in Manhattan, she could easily make Chappaqua her legal residence in order to run for Lowey’s seat when it becomes vacant.

A source told us, "While it is true the Clintons need some time to regroup after Hillary’s crushing loss, they will not give up. Chelsea would be the next extension of the Clinton brand. In the past few years, she has taken a very visible role in the Clinton Foundation and on the campaign trail. While politics isn’t the life Hillary wanted for Chelsea, she chose to go on the campaign trail for her mother and has turned out to be very poised, articulate and comfortable with the visibility."
And dumb as a bag of hammers...
The source continued, "There has been a lot of speculation within New York Democratic circles about Lowey’s retirement and Chelsea running for the seat. There is a belief that Chappaqua is a logical place for Chelsea to run, because it would be straightforward for her to raise money and build a powerful base."

A spokesperson for Lowey -- who is serving her 14th term in Congress and was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1988 -- declined to comment.
They were too busy checking the good Congressman's food...
A spokesperson for Chelsea didn’t get back to us.
The Pubs won a hard fought victory. The inauguration for the new POTUS will occur Jan. 20th. Already, the Donks are considering how to extend the Clinton dynasty. Already, the Soros funded rent-a-riot crowd is out in the streets in full force across the country stirring up trouble and protesting the legitimate outcome of the 2016 election. The Pubs had better not be having notions of love, compassion, compromise, ignoring criminality, Kumbaya and reaching across the aisle because I can assure you the left is already plotting to "Take back their country" and turn the USA into a progressive nightmare for the rest of us. They assiduously and clandestinely gnaw away at the fabric of the country. If they had their way, the country would have a stacked SCOTUS and they would try to shift the demographics to ensure a Democrat dictatorship for the next 50-100 years. As Trump said, this was the last chance...he was right. It is best to push forward with investigations and not forget the rule of law. Those who have broken the law should be reminded that there are not two sets of laws; one for the wealthy and powerful and another for the rest of us. Push ahead on the Clinton Foundation investigation.
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Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2016-11-11 20:39  

#12  Which kennel is the grooming being done?
Posted by: Elmoth Black9155   2016-11-11 18:55  

#11  @#6 That's too generous. Hillary & Bill plead guilty to felony charges, pay an enormous fine with no jail time, your family leaves politics forever and we won't prosecute and jail Chelsea.
Posted by: Chantry   2016-11-11 18:44  

#10  A good friend once said (paraphrased) "they'd like to mold her into a politician but there's just not enough clay"
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2016-11-11 17:20  

#9  I suspect this has been a goal anyways, just now that mother is not going to be president, the time table has been forwarded.

Political appeal, she is still A league and is going to be call to pitch in the majors.

Still, offer Lowey a retirement package she can't refuse, put the machine to work in a solid dem district, get her in the House until a similar Senate position opens. In the meantime, a plum House assignment to learn the ropes of selling political power.

Thing is, she really isn't gifted in anything other than foundation receipts. Imagine trying to give advice to her. Say what you will about mother, she went through the hoops. This is spoiled brat untalented Hillary.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-11-11 16:28  

#8  I suspect this planning was all pre-election planning and Clinton allies wills scurry now that they are seen as damaged goods.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-11 15:12  

#7  ...but Bill is on his own.
Posted by: Capsu78   2016-11-11 13:12  

#6  Time for a little bit of unity, healing of the wounds, compromise and all that horse manure. So here's the deal: Chelsea doesn't run for office and Hillary doesn't get prosecuted. Take it or leave it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-11-11 10:42  

#5  Grooming.

And a lot of molding clay.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-11-11 10:31  

#4  Time to shut down that "charity" under RICO and revoke its status permanently. Chelsea's right in the middle of it. Let's see Obama give *her* a prospective pardon.
Posted by: KBK   2016-11-11 10:27  

#3  Grooming guy to assistant: "Get the hose, Charlie. Yeah, the industrial one..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2016-11-11 10:26  

#2  Grooming guy standing back and taking a good long look at this mutt; "I dunno. Gonna takes a LOT of grooming, might not be enough grooming materials on the planet".
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2016-11-11 07:53  

#1  Yet another reason the Clinton Foundation investigation must continue. Any bug man will tell you the job is not complete until the larvae are also destroyed.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-11-11 07:34  

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