Chuck Todd: ‘Entire Machinery’ of Dem Party Is Behind Hillary Despite No Announcement

‘If there is suspense, then she’s doing a disservice to the Democratic party’

TODD: “Here we are, on January 1st, and we don't have any serious candidate. If you actually look back the last time we've had open presidential races, people have announced right after the midterms. There seems to be a collective like decision by everybody, 'slow down, let's wait 'till March or April before we actually get this race started.'"

GUTHRIE: "On the Democrats side you can understand it because I think a lot of people are waiting to see what Hillary does."

TODD: "Right."

GUTHRIE: "I mean, in your mind is there is an real suspends left whether or not she's going to run?"

TODD: "Not any more. If there is suspends then she's doing the disservice to the Democratic Party. The entire machinery of the Democratic Party is already behind her. I mean you have people that are going to leave the White House -- John Podesta -- officially, in order to go be chairman of the Hillary Clinton campaign. And it's like a known fact, it's not like, 'Oh, he might do this.' So if she suddenly pulls the plug on this it would leave the Democratic Party in a real load of pain."

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