She is a lawyer, mother, first Lady of Arkansas and the United States, U.S. Senator, United States Secretary of State and grandmother; could she now be President? Hillary Clinton is a polarizing public figure who has broken down many barriers in her lifetime. What is next for her remains a mystery. Hillary Clinton would be the first woman president if she decided to run and was elected. Although historic, it is not the only thing to make her appear the most qualified for the presidency; she brings a great amount of public service experience to the table. She has recently written a memoir titled “Hard Choices” after leaving her post as head of the U.S. Department of State about her time spent there.

After many decades in politics, many see her presidency as an opportunity to keep the White House in the hands of the Democratic Party once President Barrack Obama’s term is complete. Once a member of the Republican Party while growing up, she decided to switch parties because of the different directions the parties were taking in the era of Vietnam and civil rights. Sitting as perhaps the most well-known potential candidate for presidency, Hillary Clinton was viewed by many as the next democratic nominee in the 2016 presidential elections; even before the recent Republican power surge in the U.S. Congress.

In the days since the 2014 midterm elections, there has been a spike in articles from major news outlets,  such as MSNBC, Huffington Post and Politico looking ahead at the next election and a possible Clinton White House run. 

If Hillary Clinton does indeed decide to run, she would have a lot of support in her corner. A super political action committee, called Ready for Hillary, which is already responsible for raising millions of dollars and has only been operating for nearly two years. According to Hans Goff, the organization’s southern regional organizing director, this organization is the kind of grassroots support Clinton would need to win the presidency.

“Ready for Hillary is a national grassroots movement encouraging Hillary Clinton to run for president,” Goff said. “From the very beginning of this effort, we’ve sought to show Hillary that if she decides to run for president, she would have millions of Americans standing behind her, ready to help her win. What we are building is the type of early, grassroots support that is necessary for a successful presidential effort.”  

Goff said the organization is ready to mobilize at a moments notice.

“To date, our national grassroots network is nearly three million supporters strong, and growing. Those are supporters we can engage the moment she makes a decision,” Goff said.

This past summer I had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of Ready for Hillary outside of Washington D.C. and was astonished by all of the interns and staff members working there. I felt a sense of creativity and innovation in the air while touring the office. Everyone seemed to be from different places and enjoyed working on issues they saw as important to the democratic platform. Ready for Hillary also uses a bus, The Hillary Bus, which travels state to state to different communities and college campuses building more support.

Another political organization called American Bridge is led by a group of former Clinton advisers, including Mississippi native Burns Strider. American Bridge and another organization called Correct the Record, are helping fight for Hillary Clinton and other potential presidential candidates from the Democratic Party by correcting attacks from the right wing media and pundits and conducting opposition research.  Each of these groups are taking advantage of the popularity of social media, which has become a growing tool during election season.

The world of politics seems to be neverending. After each election, it’s almost time to prepare for the next one. Almost everything candidates say and do is analyzed and looked at as fair game for the opponents waiting for the other to falter. All we can do now is just sit and wait for candidates to start officially preparing and declaring in the coming months.