Is Hillary getting overexposed?

[Averroës Nix]

At some point she needs to transition from her current status as a more neutral-seeming public figure to political candidate. No matter how gradually this happens or how long she waits to do it, this process will cause a lot of people who like her now to sour on her.

[Bull Moose Base]

I think she can go another year before announcing.

[Mister Mets]

I think so.

It comes with benefits and drawbacks.

There is less room for plausible Democratic candidates to get attention.

But she is seen as a partisan figure, a senator turned cabinet member rather than an Eisenhower. That's problematic in a general election.

And her unforced errors might have the O'Malleys and Bidens of the world thinking they have a shot.

Agreed. Partisan figures are NEVER elected President. Nearly every President ever elected has an Eisenhower-esque background and it really unique circumstances for someone who has held a political office before to be elected President.

It depends on the goal posts.

I think Hillary Clinton has a good chance of being the next President. She also has a good chance of losing an election (be it a primary or the general) to the next President in a race where she's one partisan officeholder out of several.

Every single president we've had since Eisenhower has been a partisan office holder.

Sure. As have the losing presidential nominees.

When running for President, it's better to be Eisenhower than Nixon, but Nixon can still become President.