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:''Main article [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign]]
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Upon being elected to the United States Senate in 2000 Hillary Clinton was declared the inevitable successor to George W. Bush by Clinton mainstream media surrogates and pundits.
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Upon being elected to the United States Senate in 2000 Hillary Clinton was declared the inevitable successor to George W. Bush by Clinton mainstream media surrogates and pundits. <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2007/07/hillary-the-inevitable-002123 </ref>