I can't imagine the Clinton's egos being able to accept a self-imposed exile.  Bill especially has fought and clawed his way into the national limelight and since he's barred from further time in office, he's completely dependent on keeping in the limelight to feed his ego.  Hillary although less likeable than Bill, is nonetheless very ego driven needs to have that public exposure.  Of course, she's got her Senate seat and that may be enough, but I'd fully expect her to challenge for the presidency again in 2012.

Not that I think it's going to happen, but if the Clintons were to decide to leave public life, this would be an opportunity to go out with a bang.  Get up on successive nights and rip Obama to shreds to the horror of the left and MSM and the delight of the rest of us.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

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First clue. Has anyone heard Hillary, Bill or any of their surrogates even get upset over the use of Hillary's quotes against Obama in McCain commercials?

Hillary and Bill have been pushing just the right buttons to make sure Obama is not elected so Hillary has 2012 locked up. What they have not considered is new competition of younger and more dynamic men and women contenders.

How many FBI files were in the Clinton White House? 

Limited Disclosure:  I used to belong to the Sierra Club untill they went crazier. Worse of all, I was bribed by Exxon with free New Orleans Saints glasses with fill ups in the 70's.

It's so hypnotizing, I can't look away from that expression on her face. She's got that Lady MacBeth look to her and it gives me chills it's so evil looking!

Personally, I think it's kind of sad (granted that it sounds more like a baseless opinion than anything else). What it really comes down to is that the Clintons were not EXTREME enough. When I was 18, I registered as a Democrat, and in the words of Ronald Reagan, "I didn't leave the Democratic party; the party left me."

Keeping the country out of the hands of the liberal extremes is a job worth doing, but I'd like to see the donkey kick off these loud mouthed, far left elements that have dragged it so far off the mainstream that they can't win an election. For all of Bush's lack of popularity, he still beat the best the Democrats could offer. Twice. And their solution? Go even MORE extreme!

I miss the two party system. You know, back when you could get two candidates and feel that both had merits and could lead the country. Now we get moderate Republicans but the Democrats are so far left, I can barely see them anymore. I want the old Democratic party back -- back before George Soros and Hollywood told them what to think and fed them biased half-truths to push the gullible down a particular lane of thought.

I don't think the Clintons will EVER go away.  She has wanted this for her entire life, and she is too smart and too politically savvy to crawl away and lick her wounds and never be seen again.  If she and Bill can't stage a coup at the convention this year, she will spend the next four years ramping up her 2012 campaign.  And even though the media adore Obama right now, Hillary will still be a go-to person for interviews and commentary to criticize whatever the next president says or does.  Bill and Hill can't stand not to be in the limelight, and I think they see themselves as the second coming of the Kennedy clan to be the elder statesmen in the Democrat party, especially with Ted Kennedy dying.  (I guess it's a good thing they came from small families, or we'd NEVER be rid of Clintons!)

They're too young, too ambitious, too politically savvy and too power-hungry to just go away.  And I even wonder if they're grooming Chelsea for a life of "public service."