How can we get a progressive presidential candidate at the top of Democratic ticket in 2016?

[Bluenorthwest]

155. Not sure if we can in 2016, but we sure as hell can make a very interesting Primary cycle in which

the once and future 'inevitable candidate' yet again has to work like there is no mercy to try to win. It's all about the Primaries, that's why the 'Moderate Centrists' are so surly about it all. They know the Primary cycle is going to be unlike any in many cycles, even more informative and electric than the 2008 Primaries.
The other thing the 'Centrist Bipartisan' types forget is that the other Party will be there to oppose as well, and they will be full tilt bat shit out of control. At this point in every election cycle, the 'it's all about money centrists' speak as if elections happen under tightly controlled lab conditions, when the fact is each and every campaign rises and falls not just by skill but also by random and unpredictable events and moments.
Never forget that the same lot that claims to know what is possible and what is not started out in 2007 saying Hillary was 44 and that this was inevitable. They also thought she'd be running against Rudy Gulliani, which lets you know how accurate their predictions are. They predict at a Dick Morris level, nearly always wrong but always, always sounding very blustery and certain.