Hillary Clinton - 2016 Decision Could Come in 2015

Hillary Clinton continues to play coy as to her presidential ambitions but possibly came a step closer to tipping her hand in an interview with ABC News’s Diane Sawyer.  Clinton in a nut shell said that she was waiting to get past the 2014 mid-term elections and then would make a decision possibly in 2015.  The Hill has coverage.  Here are highlights:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she does not plan to make a decision on whether to run for president before the midterm elections in November and is more likely to make the call next year.

“I just want to get through this year, travel around the country, sign books, help in the midterms elections in the fall and then take a deep breath and kind of go through my pluses and minuses about what I will and will not be thinking about as I make the decision,” she told ABC News’s Diane Sawyer during an interview scheduled to air Monday.

Clinton is currently considered the overwhelming frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination if she decided to run.

Sawyer asked if her delay in making a decision was holding the party back.  “No, people can do whatever they choose to do on whatever timetable they decide,” said Clinton.

In another story in The Hill, Clinto continues to have strong positives:

Fifty-nine percent of respondents in a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday said they approve of Clinton’s job at the State Department, compared with 34 percent who disapprove.Sixty-eight percent approved of Clinton’s performance in late 2012.

More than two-thirds of respondents, 67 percent, described Clinton, considered the 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner if she decides to run, as a strong leader, compared with 31 percent who said she is not.

Sixty percent said she is honest and trustworthy, compared with 36 who said she is not.

And 55 percent said they thought Clinton understands “the problems of people like you,” while 42 percent said she did not.