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In reply to the discussion: Are you an 11% Democrat? [View all]agentS
(1,325 posts)Hillary's not perfect and I wasn't a fan of hers during 08. I'm not expecting her to be a Kennedy- BUT if she wants to try and hit moon shots, then hey I'm down with it.
However, if she doesn't run for whatever reason, then I'm not worried. We have a MUCH deeper "bench" than the Repubs do right now. They have NO one that can match Hillary. Who do we have on our bench?
Warren
Sanders
Castro (Mayor of San Antonio, now head of Housing)
Sebillus (Was head of Health)
Biden
Patrick (Gov of Mass)
Booker
Schweitzer? (Gov of Montana)
Gillibrand (Sen of NY)
Wendy Davis (Texas)
We have a deeper bench with less baggage than the Repubs. Our guys are either well-known, can compete or carry big states, have big-money donors (or can get them), have records to run on (and not as much "from" and aren't hated by the base.
Who's on the Rethug bench?
Christie
Romney
Ryan
Bush
Paul
Carson (crazy surgeon)
Cruz
Walker
Rubio
Perry
Jindal
Huckabee
All of these guys will raise money, but money doesn't protect you from a bad record or controversies (Eric Cantor, anyone). Cruz, Rubio, and Carson are their minority big-hitters, but they're not going to match up well against Patrick, Booker, Castro or even Warren. Romney probably won't run again. Bush has to run against his brother and run against Clinton at the same time- its not a great position. Paul is the most difficult of the bunch because of his weird positions and libertarian appeal, whereas Ryan and the others are not well-known enough to beat him in a primary- unless he screws up royally. Against a liberal Dem or minority, Paul is their best shot. Against a less liberal Dem like H. Clinton, Ryan or Christie is their best shot. By best shot I mean "competitive" not "Win" or "Place".
Note: there are no women on their bench that can go toe-for-toe, or even compete with any of ours, that have expressed interest in running. Clinton or Warren vs Bachmann? Please! After 1 debate you could see the roadkill from space!
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