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In reply to the discussion: Any Thoughts on "Plan B" if Hillary Doesn't Run..Or, Declares and has Health Problem and Withdraws? [View all]brooklynite
(94,541 posts)117. But you misunderstand...
...the candidates who are laying groundwork are, largely, as unacceptable to the progressives as Hillary is. So if they want an acceptable candidate, they're going to need to push an acceptable name into the race -now-, or be prepared to complain in 2015 that "the powers that be" prevented "their" candidate from running.
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Any Thoughts on "Plan B" if Hillary Doesn't Run..Or, Declares and has Health Problem and Withdraws? [View all]
KoKo
Oct 2013
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...except that Hillary's 17 million represented virtually the same vote total that Obama got...
brooklynite
Oct 2013
#116
You don't get it. That was the 2008 primary. There is supposed to be a 2016 primary
NoOneMan
Oct 2013
#118
My post is about ...What if Hillary doesn't decide to run..Health Problem or whatever..
KoKo
Oct 2013
#18
Joe is currently 70. He will be 73 in 2016. That makes me a little hesitant.
kestrel91316
Oct 2013
#57
I admit that when he first ran for SF Mayor I thought he was a blow-dried Marina yuppie.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#49
The Democrats can't get organized. OWS can't get organized. Even DU CAN'T GET ORGANIZED!
randome
Oct 2013
#28
Any one who runs without opposition gets no media attention and lets the GOP put on a circus.
CK_John
Oct 2013
#24
Christie will run. Tht became clear when he announced the weight loss surgery.
OmahaBlueDog
Oct 2013
#74
Mark Warner (corporate puppet) is really more of a Republican than a Democrat
emsimon33
Oct 2013
#84
Right now my favorite VP candidate with Hillary would be one of the Castro fellows.
IrishAyes
Oct 2013
#67
The question is who can raise a billion dollars? Can we have Twin VPs? One of them, definitely.
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#68
One twin for governor, the other for VP. I like 'em both. And when a person gets the nod
IrishAyes
Oct 2013
#73
He's a treasure. Literally. His entire campaign was funded by the dreaded, evil corporations.
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#97
She was the frontrunner in 2006. She was inevitable. It was going to be a coronation.
Spider Jerusalem
Oct 2013
#89
Jeb Bush and his Hispanic wife. Governors can get away with being oveweight, but can't
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#93
Pragmatism. I tend to believe that since Democrats seem to be able to think outside a box, as you
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#95
Not Fox, Limbaugh and Beck ... Wall Street Funding, Chamber of Commerce, and yes, Moderate
libdem4life
Oct 2013
#128
If Hillary doesn't run I might actually get to vote for a democrat, as long as that democrat is
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2013
#130