Why I Support Hillary Clinton (show me where I am wrong)

[Jim Lane]

99. Everyone reads a different subset of the posts on DU

Per your #10 you haven't previously seen support for Hillary. I've seen a lot of it (and I don't frequent the HRC Group, either). The people who are dismayed by the prospect of Clinton as the nominee have expressed great enthusiasm for Warren or Sanders as President, but the former's continuing noncandidacy and the latter's electoral weaknesses have also been discussed.

In the DU that I read, neither O'Malley nor Webb has been a temporary fad. There's been discussion of each of them over time, with O'Malley attracting more interest than Webb. O'Malley had a generally progressive record as Governor on many issues, but has been criticized over fracking. Webb is seen as more conservative. There's been no middle-school-crush support for either, nor has either been embraced one week and abandoned the next.

I don't expect the future discussion to meet your description, because there just won't be that many candidates. It's unlikely that next week Brian Schweitzer will indicate interest in running and attract adoring fans, and the week after Sherrod Brown will do the same, etc.

My fearless predictions: Clinton, O'Malley, and Webb will run. Warren and Brown (both Sherrod and Jerry) won't. In the very unlikely event that Warren does run, Sanders will stay out. Without Warren in the race, Sanders will want progressive issues raised, and will probably get in, but might stay out (or get in but then withdraw early) if he decides that O'Malley is adequately carrying that banner. Cuomo will run if and only if Clinton decides not to. I venture no prediction as to Biden or Schweitzer.