[raccoonradio]

She did not withdraw, because she never entered the race. After keeping people guessing as to whether or not she would declare, she finally said "no" to a run, just as deadlines started to approach.

Withdrawing means you enter the race then decide to leave it. She did not officially enter.

Some called her a polarizing figure. She would need Republicans and independents to win but I'm not sure she would have won the latter.

[raccoonradio]

To paraphrase John Kerry she could say, “I actually did
withdraw from the race before I entered it.”

She did not go through a bunch of campaigning then said she would drop out of the race. She simply never entered and one cannot withdraw from a race one has never entered. She “chose not to run”, instead of “she haltered her declared campaign
and decided to quit the race.”

[4rcane]

obama was a polarizing figure but he won. Stop buying into this nonsense that we need moderate candidates to win. We need to bring them over to our side, not move over to their side

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Independents were willing to give her a second look — even entertainment celebs like Wyclef Jean and Green partier Ralph Nader were singing her praises! Indies would have resonated well with her anti-crony capitalism agenda. She never got her chance to truly shine and tout her record on the debate stage on her own terms.