Remember how angry we were in 2000 after eight years of Bill Clinton, and the thought of a scumbag like Al Gore continuing the Era of Sleaze? Remember how that galvanized us? Remember how angry we were in 2002 after the hideous spectacle of the Paul Wellstone Memori-rally, and how it galvanized us? (And insured that we won both times?)
Now think about Hillary Clinton as an official candidate for president. The GOP base would be at least two orders of magnitude MORE galvanized in such a case, and millions upon millions of us would fight like hell to defeat her. There is no way the RATS could stir up anywhere near as much passion for Hillary as we could against her. They may love and worship her, but they do not fear her. To them, she would be just another candidate to get elected. To us, it would be a fight to save the nation itself. Which side do you think would end up fighting harder?