If I’m a non-Clintonista democrat player with a long view, this is an election you write off. The Clintonistas have become more bad than good for the party, but are so entrenched they cannot be purged from within. So you tank this election, and have the voters purge them. Then rebuild. Thanks to 0bama and Clinton hogging all the power and eliminating possible competition, the dems have a shallow bench of mostly old washed up hacks like Slow Joe and Fauxahontas.
For them, the only real strategy is tear down and rebuild.
Agreed. If Hillary! is left on the ballot, it’s a clear signal the Dems are taking a dive in 2016, then will attempt to make life hell for Trump for four years (tank the economy, bring back the homeless, lots of protests, etc.) in preparation for the Final Transformation in 2020. If, however, they think Trump might actually succeed in much of his agenda, then they’ll tank HRC later this month in favor of Biden/Warren, and Bernie will be bought off.
+100.
If the rats get trounced in November, there will be a very slim chance for those inclined to rebuild a Democratic party without a “hate America first” focus.
I don’t think it’ll happen, though. The uniparty will want to continue with a divide and conquer strategy. Generally speaking it works for them.
If the “good guys” on our side really want to consolidate victory, they will work to have the Libertarian party replace the rats. We’re going to end up with an opposition party one way or the other. At least the libertarians are capitalists.