Here's why I am doubtful about Hillary Clinton -

[SheilaT]

31. My biggest problem with her is that she is simply

same old same old.

I do not see her pushing new ideas or really fighting for the little people. Unlike, say Alan Grayson or Elizabeth Warren.

What distresses me the most about the constant gushing here on DU about how she is so inevitably the 2016 Democratic Nominee, is a complete lack of understanding of history, especially electoral history. I'll recap.

In 1991, in the aftermath of the Gulf War, George HW Bush's popularity was so amazing that it was obvious that he was going to be re-elected, so every single potential Democratic candidate quietly withdrew from the race. Remember his second term? Oh, that's right, some other little known Democratic decided to challenge him.

In 2001, while we were all still smarting from the stolen election the year before, it was conventional wisdom here on DU that Gore would run again and win this time. Except he didn't. Run again that is.

In 2005, still angry over the election being stolen a second time, it was conventional wisdom here on DU that Kerry would run again and win this time.

In 2007 the conventional wisdom here was that Hillary was the only person who could possibly run a successful Democratic campaign for President and there was no point in considering anyone else. So what happened?

In all these cases reality happened. The person assumed to be the obvious next candidate either didn't run or didn't run well enough to get the nomination. For us as a party to make up our minds three years before the next election that one and only one person is the obvious choice is to overlook a lot of good possibilities.

I'm against Hillary on various pragmatic grounds, including the fact that she gave it her best shot in 2008 and lost. She made a good Secretary of State and she should enjoy her retirement.

While I personally favor Elizabeth Warren and Alan Grayson, I am going to be open to whoever actually chooses to run.

It's bad enough that Barack Obama has employed so many people from the past in his administration. If Hillary Clinton becomes President, we won't really have had a new person in office since her husband Bill.

At the risk of trashing lawyers in general, she's a lawyer who worked essentially in corporate law for many years, and so her world view is colored by that experience.