You may be right about the DNC’s expectations, but I don't believe for a minute that HRC is less than 100% committed to being elected President. She is dying to be President; she also was too greedy not to create the Clinton Foundation slush fund.
If the FBI/DOJ/Trump turn up the heat on the email server/foundation issues, it's possible the Dems will try to nudge HRC out, but she will never acquiesce. They are stuck with her.
I agree for Crooked Hillary it’s all or nothing, the White House or the big house. But if the FBI lays out a case for indicting the Crooked One, regardless of whether Loretta Lynch follows through, enough of the super-delegates my get cold feet and switch to Sanders. They would have to drag her away in a straight jacket, but it could happen.
“I don’t believe for a minute that HRC is less than 100% committed to being elected President. She is dying to be President...”
Above all, the Clintons are criminals. The basic operating computation of all criminals is: Something For Nothing.
Knowing this, it follows that Hillary never had any intention of following through with her end of the bargain. She and Bill have already been paid, which in their criminal minds, is the end of the process. All that remains is the getaway, which Hillary is acomplishing with her fake run for the White House.
The ONLY compelling reason for Hillary to actually strive to win, is to stay out of prison. At this point, she may be really doing that, as other evidence points to Obama not lifting a finger to save her. Should she decide to acquiesce and allow Biden to take over, there MAY be a pardon in the deal for her.
“...it’s possible the Dems will try to nudge HRC out, but she will never acquiesce.”
It’s not Hillary’s choice - it’s Obama’s. If he decides that she’s more of a liability than an asset to the party, their agenda, and his legacy, he’ll make sure she’s indicted by his DOJ. That will end her campaign within hours, if not minutes.
He’s already signaling that he’s not there for her, by his failure to do anything to slow or impede the FBI’s investigation.
Now that Trump is poised to overtake her in the national polls, Obama and the DNC may decide it’s time to forcefully retire her from the race and bring in Biden to replace her. It all depends upon whether the Dem leadership thinks the race is winnable at all.
If they’ve concluded that the Republicans own this one, they’ll let Hillary continue to a humiliating defeat. They’ll then tell Loretta Lynch to stand down. There’ll be no indictment, and Hillary will ride off into the sunset with her mega millions.