There is a super PAC to support her and another one that is trying, at least in part, to stop her. Every word she utters is parsed by cable television commentators, bloggers and anyone with a political pulse for indications of which way she is leaning. And, there are still more than 900 days between now and Jan. 1, 2016.

Welcome to the Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential speculation sweepstakes, a process that not only has begun earlier than it did before Clinton ran for president in 2008 but also is significantly more well developed — on both sides of the equation.

"It did start earlier this time around," said Brian Wolff, a longtime senior aide to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. "You have the confluence of her being the anointed nominee [and] Obama supporters' overwhelming support for her."