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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
Tue May 19, 2015, 12:52 PM May 2015

The case for why it's Hillary's race to lose - HILLARY GROUP POST

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102691281

As the long Memorial Day weekend approaches, now is as good a time as any to assess the state of the 2016 presidential race in its very early stages. Two conclusions are obvious: The race is Hillary Clinton's to lose and there is absolutely no front-runner on the Republican side.

Starting with the Democrats, Clinton continues to have no serious challenger for the nomination. Vermont independent and self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders will offer hard-core liberals someone to cheer for in debates. But he will draw few actual votes. And he will likely have to share the anti-Clinton vote with former Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and probably a couple of others.

The only potentially serious challenger to Clinton—Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren—is not getting in the race, barring some massive change of heart or other cataclysmic event. And with a couple of less-potent liberal alternatives, Clinton will face little pressure to tack hard to the left in ways that could make the general election difficult.

Clinton can safely continue her cocoon campaign strategy—talk to preselected voters and avoid the press—for many months to come. It's infuriating to reporters and bad for democracy but Clinton has no real incentive to take questions on her blossoming email problems, the Clinton Foundation's fundraising issues, the Benghazi attack or any other unfriendly storyline.

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The case for why it's Hillary's race to lose - HILLARY GROUP POST (Original Post) OKNancy May 2015 OP
Hillary is the only one that can win. hrmjustin May 2015 #1
Its Not just about Hillary, If she loses, 300m American's lose lewebley3 May 2015 #2
So true! leftofcool May 2015 #3
Agreed, The Tom Cotton and 47 treason, is what scares me! lewebley3 May 2015 #4
Right now, it is Hillary's race to lose Gothmog May 2015 #5
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
1. Hillary is the only one that can win.
Tue May 19, 2015, 12:57 PM
May 2015

Sanders can't win without money and some here are deluded in thinking ll he needs to do is talk and he will win.

Very naive.

 

lewebley3

(3,412 posts)
2. Its Not just about Hillary, If she loses, 300m American's lose
Tue May 19, 2015, 01:23 PM
May 2015


Hillary will be just fine win or lose: Its the war the GOP will
start with Iran, that will happen, and American lives
that will be lost, that matter.


The 2016, is not just about Hillary, it about us American's

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
3. So true!
Tue May 19, 2015, 02:10 PM
May 2015

We will also lose Medicare, ACA, social security, women's rights all that on top of wars we can't afford!

 

lewebley3

(3,412 posts)
4. Agreed, The Tom Cotton and 47 treason, is what scares me!
Tue May 19, 2015, 02:43 PM
May 2015

Last edited Tue May 19, 2015, 04:28 PM - Edit history (1)


Cotton seems to be one sick person, he says he we can take Iran
in seven days, he is getting his money from defense contactors,
also he has said some sick things about women.

Iran, is a population of 70m, which sort of like America, it is scary
to think of them breaking apart, and then breaking into terror
groups like Isis against the US after we bomb them, and killing their
population.

Hillary and the Dem must Win!!
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