Five Reasons No Progressive Should Support Hillary Clinton

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112. One of the reasons we don't know who is running is that, since 2012, we've been hearing that, if HRC

chooses to run, no Democrat will run against her in the primary.

Think about that. That is a very extraordinary statement to make, especially before an incumbent Democrat even gets re-elected.

As politicians get to levels like Governor, US Representative, US Senator and Vice President, many of them want to be President. Hell, Scott Brown apparently was entertaining that as a member of a small Republican minority in the Massachusetts legislature. Wouldn't you assume that at least some Democratic politicians would risk entering a Democratic primary against the woman who lost the last contested one to someone few in America had heard of until 2004? Even though she started with name recognition, a donor list, lots of chits to call in, etc. and a 30 point lead?


Yet MSNBC anchors and "strategists" like Shrum and Shield have been making that very extraordinary statement on national TV since at least 2012 as though it were self evident. Those people make a living off their credibility. Conversely, their making a living and getting all that comes with it, including respect, depends upon their credibility. Yet, so many of them were saying that extraordinary thing before Obama even got re-elected.

Think about that.