Hillary Looks Very Strong For 2016

(This caricature of Hillary Clinton is by DonkeyHotey.)

Hillary Clinton has said she is not interested in running for president in 2016. I'm sure the Republicans hope that is true, but frankly, almost no one believes it. Most people think after resting for a while, Hillary will change her mind and run for her party's nomination again. And unless something huge and unforeseen happens between now and 2016, she is assured of getting that nomination (and have a very good chance of winning the general election).

Public Policy Polling has done a survey to see what the public feels about who might follow President Obama to the White House -- and they find that right now, Hillary is the clear favorite. Here are the numbers:

DEMOCRATS
Hillary Clinton...............58%
Joe Biden...............19%
Elizabeth Warren...............8%
Mario Cuomo...............3%

REPUBLICANS
Marco Rubio...............22%
Paul Ryan...............15%
Chris Christie...............13%
Jeb Bush...............13%
Mike Huckabee...............11%
Rand Paul...............10%
Bobby Jindal...............4%
Rick Perry...............3%
Susana Martinez...............1%

Clinton...............49%
Rubio...............41%

Clinton...............50%
Ryan...............44%

Clinton...............46%
Christie...............41%

Clinton...............49%
Bush...............43%