Democratic Women Waiting on Hillary

NBC News: “While Hillary Clinton makes up her mind about whether to make another White House bid, other Democratic women with presidential ambitions aggressively insist they’re not running this time around. They’ve signed a letter encouraging Clinton to jump in. They’ve gone to early nominating states to tout her candidacy — while sometimes turning down their own invitations to those same states for fear of sending signals that they’re eyeing a bid.”

“The result, some operatives privately say, is that Democratic women not named Hillary are falling further behind in the so-called ‘invisible primary‘– potentially forsaking an opportunity to develop a national profile, build a fundraising network, hire key strategists, make high-visibility media appearances, and establish beachheads in early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire, moves that could help in 2016 and in future election cycles.”