2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is Howard Dean the only viable challenger to Hillary in 2016? [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)to use 2008 is a false allocation
because President obama won being President Obama
Hillary would have won against the republicans.
There is no one on the bench anywhere near what President Obama was in 2004.
And the people that backed President Obama early(myself and Ted Kennedy and all the others) are all on record.
Therefore it is not equateable to say 2008/2016
Hillary easily would have beaten McCain or any other nominee, same as Obama, that was never in doubt
They were both equals in many ways, but only one can win.
Hillary has no equals in 2016. There is just no one else out there.
(and I say this as someone who wore an Obama2004 button in 2004(yes 2004 not a typo).
and was not a fan of Hillary in 2008.
She has no equals (well, there is one person, but that person will be later, not for 2016.)
That would be Michelle Obama. But not in 2016. 2024,six years after President Obama is on the US Supreme Court.