Guess who’s not coming to dinner?

[JDPriestly]

21. Obama systematically keeps real Democrats, liberal or progressive

Democrats as far from the White House as possible.

Can you name a real liberal, just one, in his cabinet at this point? Kerry is the most liberal, and he is by no means all that progressive.

Keeping liberals out of the limelight and out of the White House and out of the circumference of the presidency serves to render them unviable as presidential contenders.

Hillary is a typical example of a conservative Democrat who served in Obama's cabinet. Not only that but she served as Secretary of State, the most prominent position in the cabinet of any president. Hillary would have name recognition based simply on her status as former First Lady. But her appointment to Secretary of State has kept her name on the tips of the tongues even of those Americans who don't pay a lot of attention to politics.

Now try to think of a spokesperson for more progressive stances who has served in Obama's cabinet. Just try.

One way to prevent people from getting the name recognition in the public mind that can make them good candidates for president is to appoint them to a major cabinet position or hold them close to the White House.

That Obama names no really strong liberals, virtually no one, for example, from the progressive caucus, to his cabinet is, for the Democratic Party, a very divisive aspect of Obama's presidency.

And it serves to push our Party further to the right whether Democrats like it or not.

I would vote for any really progressive candidate in 2016. But they have to promise to be honest with voters. No ladies (or gentlemen) on the side or standing in the wings just out of sight. (Not a problem with Bernie Sanders, I suspect.)

Elizabeth Warren would be great although age could become a problem for her as it could for Hillary.

The more I think about how Hillary is being set up for 2016, the sicker it makes me feel. Hillary is the corporate pick. It looks like that to me anyway.