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In reply to the discussion: Any Thoughts on "Plan B" if Hillary Doesn't Run..Or, Declares and has Health Problem and Withdraws? [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)And, Hillary having support by keeping folks guessing might just give enough of an edge for Dems to win back seats in 2014. It's better the Clintons are there at this point because we don't have a "Bank Bench" as poster "Durham D" pointed out above.
So..filling in for the fact that we don't have strong up and coming candidates is probably not such a bad thing.
I don't believe in Presidential Dynasties nor to I support the DLC/Neo-Lib/Third way of the Clintons and those in Obama's Administration who think more of Big Business, De-Regulation and Trade Agreements that send jobs overseas and now will advantage the Big Corporations more with the upcoming TPP Agreement. So, I would wish that there were other candidates being groomed forward.
But, at this point, the Clintons with their name recognition and Big Money Backing plus support from Obama Administration appointees of their persuasion is better than nothing even though they delay any newcomers who might have emerged if we had kept with Howard Dean's "50 State Strategy." We would, hopefully, by now have a strong Dem Party Grassroots structure made up of younger Dems who were so involved in 2004/2006 they would be working through the local State Systems and contenders for higher offices. Maybe the younger Obama supporters will and are coming up, but we would have had an established group already working through to give them support on their way.