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In reply to the discussion: If not Hillary, Who? [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)it was obvious to the most casual observer that Al Gore would inevitably be the nominee in 2004.
At the end of that year (2004) it was perfectly clear that John Kerry would be the nominee again and would win that time around.
Not to mention, in 1991, after the Gulf War, George HW Bush was so incredibly popular that it was obvious that no Democrat could possibly win the election in '92, so every single potential candidate up to that point withdrew from consideration, and the demoralized Democratic Party had to nominate a little-known governor from an obscure southern state.
In other words, what seems inevitable three years before the election is extremely unlikely to happen.
Personally, I'm not a fan of Hillary and think she would make a terrible candidate and President. We need a real liberal/progressive candidate, not same-old same-old.