I'm becoming increasingly convinced that talk of 2016 is designed to distract from 2014

[longship]

11. And the silliness here on DU is remarkable.

So many threads about two women (and a Senator who's not a Democrat). One has not said she would run; one has done everything to indicate that she's not the least bit interested. But that won't stop the uncountable threads about an election that's three years off and about people who are not running for the office, one of them explicitly so.

It's dreamland politics. Meanwhile, there is an election one year from now which is very much gearing up -- RIGHT NOW. But some people prefer the dream world, I suppose.

And to those people I'll admit that I too am interested in 2016, and keeping the White House in Dem hands. But the last two years shows what exactly happens when Democrats drop the ball during the midterm elections. Many of us have seen this enough times that we see any premature focus on 2016 as a distraction. Of course, there's nothing the media would like better than to start putting up their "2016 Presidential Battleground" graphics up now.

It seems that there are more than a few DUers who would also have us in a perpetual presidential race. Often I'd prefer that they'd join the media so they can assuage their needs rather than doing it here.

Sorry if I offend.