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Update: And So It Begins... And She Hasn't Even Announced, Has She??? (Original Post)
WillyT
Jan 2014
OP
Mass
(27,315 posts)1. A lot of efforts to make her the inevitable candidate...
Are they afraid she cannot convince people on her own?
antigop
(12,778 posts)4. yep. It's the "inevitability" meme. nt
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)3. That's been going on for a while I think
Look I don't know if Biden is going to shoot for the nomination, but nobody in the party sees him as a serious contender (which is a story in itself) - so that means the field is open. And Hillary Clinton is good at manipulating the party machinery.
That said, she's not the only ambitious person in the Democratic party - she's trying to scare other contenders off, but I doubt she'll be completely successful.
Bryant
Scuba
(53,475 posts)5. She's apparently got the hedge fund manager vote locked up.
pscot
(21,044 posts)6. I was banned from the Hillary group
2 months ago, so it's been going on for a while now
1000words
(7,051 posts)8. Funny, I trashed the Hillary group about two months ago.
Boy, did that feel good.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)7. blehblehbleh
WillyT
(72,631 posts)9. Update For New Location...