Posted on 03/13/2015 2:24:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Hillary Clinton is not doomed. One terrible press conference won’t mean the end of a long, storied political career. As of now, it is far more likely that she will win the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, then win the White House, than it is that she will fade quietly from the political scene.
One nevertheless wonders whether the latest Clinton miniscandal will lead at least some Democrats to think, Hey, why not run for president? What exactly do I have to lose? If nothing else, a 2016 presidential campaign would lay the groundwork for a future run, when there will be no Clintons blocking the way..........
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So who should get in the mix? To run a successful primary campaign, you have to either have or be able to raise money. Before you even get to that point, however, you have to have something to say. That’s the really tough part. Ideally, you have something to say that is distinctive and that resonates with a decent-sized swath of the primary electorate. The Democratic Party has changed since the Bill Clinton years: It is less white than it was then, for one thing, and as conservative Democrats have left for the GOP, it’s also become more consistently liberal on social and economic issues. With all of this in mind, I give you my wish list of Democratic presidential contenders:.............
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Sen. Sherrod Brown, former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, and Sen. Ron Wyden.
LOL, there's a positive first sentence!
Only someone with severe brain damage, aka a liberal, would vote for hillary or any dem for that matter.
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I took great delight in seeing her get her sorry butt kicked by the magic negro in the rat primaries but look what we got instead. Would the hildebeast been as bad as barky? We’ll never know for sure unless the elite gop gives her the next election by nominating another dem lite like Bush3.
I was predicting that Deval would get at least a nod. I was thinking Corey Booker might get some traction too, but it looks like he’s not interested.
Bloomberg’s out because anyone with a gun and a brain hates him. All the others are unknown.
Replace “Competition” with “Prison” and I’m in!
Hillary! has “a long, storied political career?” Who knew?
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