For 2016, the Clintons were taking no chances. The picked an old guy who was a bit wacky, and not even a Democrat to be her stalking horse. Lo and behold, he started beating her, too! That's when they pulled the rug our from under him by undermining him in the debates, and starving his campaign of DNC support.
What surprises me is that the arrangement that Brazile describes is not illegal. What's the point of having limits on campaign contributions if a candidate controls other contributions not intended for them? That strikes me as a pretty blatant violation of the intent of the law.
My theory is that Obama was the stalking horse in 2008 for the Democratic primaries.
Don’t forget Edwards. Hillary was gliding along until Edwards took her out in a debate. Obama really did nothing. It was Edwards that took her down. Then someone took Edwards down. That was probably the Clinton people with their dirt machine.
Anyway I always figured that people were hoping Edwards with Obama as VP would take out the Clinton machine. But when Clinton took out Edwards, Obama took it alone, and the press was against her. Obama was not smart enough to take out Clinton. His team with Daley and Axelrod and Rahm had press and money contacts. And the blacks who were so strong with Clinton just left her in the ditch. And they threw over Bill as well. It was ugly.