Unfortunately, the election is held in November.
Whisper it: had the Democrats run anyone who resembled a normal person - even Tim Kaine himself at the top of the ticket - they probably would walk to victory.
But Obama’s ego and the Clintons’ lust for power have hogtied (pun intentional) the DNC. As much as he dislikes the Clintons, they are his only chance to matter beyond Jan 2017, despite the disastrous preceding 8 years.
Obama has never put party first, only himself. While he rails - with less conviction each time - about GOP obstruction the reality is that his own party has abandoned him because he abandoned them. His ego won’t let him share the spotlight and he’s hogged all the admittedly plentiful media bias in DC. When’s the last time we even read the name Pelosi or Reid or Schumer?
The good news is Hillary Clinton is known and won’t change and the mess with the emails will only add to her trevails. She is stuck.