I want to wish the best of luck to Hillary and say this

[RiverNoord]

82. And so the country sinks even deeper into feudal oligarchy.

This is now the United States of America. We support candidates for the most critical single public office in the country because, even though we might not like the candidate or the prospects of positive change under her/his leadership, the candidate has got to be better than the loonies on the 'other side.'

It's a death spiral. We have only two major political parties, and the crazier one side gets, the more willing we are to accept the continuous erosion of the 'Democratic-Farmer-Laborer' principles that are right there in the actual name of the party that has the fewer crazy people in it. Because we're so worried about what the crazy people on the other side might do if they get into office.

With such an outlook, the only factor we can really afford to consider seriously in a Democratic candidate is the likelihood of winning a general election. Nothing else really matters, in the end. We can't afford to seriously consider anything else.

And all of this is a big-money driven mass-media managed popularity contest, with a nice little delusion maintained by the players that the little people actually get to decide who's playing.

God bless America.