Hillary the inevitable.

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22. Those who give the greatest impression of inevitiability are her detractors

90 percent of the posts about her are by people who oppose her. That has been the case for years now. It is that side more than any other than has created the notion of Clinton as THE candidate. There are people who have discussed nothing else, who have decided to turn unrelated threads into discussions about their opposition to Clinton because it is all they care about--not issues, not policy, just a tedious obsession with a single member of the political elite.

As for what motivates people, ask yourself and those who have decided defeating her is the most important goal (more than any policy or social cause) why you invest so much of your mental energy arguing against someone who has not even yet declared their candidacy. The notion that Clinton supporters here are pushing you to do anything is patently absurd. The obsession is overwhelmingly by those who despise Clinton. And don't try to tell me it's about policy because they discus none, unless it is to deliberately distort positions like her stand on women's rights. The fact is, she and Obama were in widespread agreement on issues in 2008. The chief debate was over the mandate, which he ended up implementing anyway.

I have never made decisions about political candidates until close to when I go to the caucuses (or primaries when I lived in those states). But all of these hostile posts against Clinton (many by people who will brook no criticism of Putin) has convinced me to support her, even though she has not yet declared. I have never taken such a position before in my life. So you can thank yourself and others who wage their Jihad against Clinton for generating support for her. I am not alone in reacting that way. You all have done more for her campaign that millions in ads ever could.