If you could pick people to be in the Democratic Presidential primary, who would you pick?

[libdem4life]

18. See, here's what I see as a big problem. We act like these human beings, who have obligations,

families, jobs, health, should be kind of "dealt" like a pack of playing cards.

This process gobbles all of that up, twists it, skewers it and them, requires superhuman energy, huge fundraising responsibility, staff to be overseen, life to be pretty much on hold, every family angle or teeny skeleton in the family fair gain...with absolutely No Assurances of Anything but a bunch of bills and exhaustion and distance from their former life. Elizabeth Warren's family asked her Not To Run. She has said she is not running. Why Is Her Name Still On The List. She's not on the bench...she's already gone into the locker room and changed her clothes...best as I can peruse.

Hillary, OTOH, has been willing and able to withstand tons of manure... even Rush Limbaugh calling her daughter "ugly" when she was in her pre-teen years. How many parents would just say, F### it...not worth it. That's just one example of the "cookie tossing" process.

For most of us, Running for President ... like watching professional runners ... is a fun game to cheer on. For the prospective candidate, it is, at worst a family, health and career breaker and at best some years of personal power (and consistent criticism), a place in history and financial gain.

I'm still awaiting the Primary, but I must admit this process of "what if" is important in leading up to that, nonetheless.