Presidential Elections 2016: Hillary Clinton and Julián Castro Together in 2016?

The electoral campaigns for the presidential elections in 2016 still seem far off; however, off the record, many specialists are already pointing out the first political unions and the lists of potential aspiring candidates.

The first and most evident of these unions is without a doubt that of San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro and the former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

Last Friday, sources close to the Democratic Party told Reuters that Hispanic Julián Castro, Mayor of the seventh largest city in the United States and one of the promising young democrats, will be nominated by President Obama as new Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

The decision, as it was expected, has been seen by many as an strategy for Castro to run with Hillary Clinton in the case she launches her campaign and obtains the democratic nomination for the 2016 elections.

However, there's still a long way to go to see if this union consilidates. Hillary Clinton has said repeatedly that she still hasn't decided on whether she will run in the upcoming presidential elections, and there are many reasons for her candidacy to not consolidate.

The former Secretary of Estate would arrive at the presidential elections at 69 years of age, only a few months apart from Ronald Reagan (the oldest person to become President of the United States), when he was elected.

Reagan's political opponents capitalized on his age to use it against him, and there are no reasons to think this won't happen to Clinton.

Despite this, even if Hillary wins or loses the democratic presidential candidacy, the Mayor of San Antonio would continue to be a good presidential candidate, as Adrian Carrasquillo from NBC Latino recently said.

The question is, would Julián Castro continue to be a contender to the vice presidency in 2016 with a different presidential candidate? The Latino influence of Castro might attract a democratic party at debt with this community and could be an important factor for the young politician to stay in the race, but that will be decided in the upcoming months.