The reason we need at least a New Deal Democrat in the Presidential race is simple,

[Jim Lane]

50. You HRC people need to get your story straight

The other charge that gets constantly thrown at progressives here is that, if we don't think Clinton would be a good nominee, we should be trying to do something about it.

So, if we don't discuss alternatives to Clinton, we're whining, but if we do, we're whining.

The fact is that I didn't say that getting a good candidate was hopeless. I said that it would be difficult in light of Clinton's overwhelming support from the big-money types. That's an obstacle that, realistically, has to be considered by anyone contemplating the race.

My prediction is that, nevertheless, there will be at least one candidate in the Democratic race who is clearly to Clinton's left. (Or, more precisely, to the left of what Clinton did when she was in the Senate and at the State Department. I make no predictions about what tack she'll decide to take in this campaign.)