RNC Chairman: I ‘Prefer’ a Hillary Run in 2016

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is “ready for Hillary” in 2016.

Preibus said in a new interview with Real Clear Politics that though he think former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is “sending mixed signals” about her political ambitions, he would be okay with Republicans facing her in the next presidential election.

“I think her favorables are way too low for someone that’s supposed to be inevitable,” Priebus said. “I think that she’s exhibited an uncanny ability to make mistakes politically and she completely unifies the Republican Party. And all I’m telling you is, politically, that’s not a bad place. I actually would prefer it.”

Priebus has said in the past that Republicans have a “truckload” of opposition research to use against Clinton in the event that she runs. He has also said he would use her husband’s extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky against Clinton.

Priebus said in his interview with RCP that he has doubts, however, that Clinton will run. “Does she really want to go through with all of this?” he said. “Does she really want to deal with the politics and the grind of a primary for the next two years?”

Clinton has seen a drop in her popularity of late, due in large part to several awkward encounters and comments she made while promoting her new memoir.

Watch via RCP:

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