The First Democratc Candidate has entered the Race. Who will be the next & who should s/he/they be?

[Drunken Irishman]

111. We are not getting fewer and fewer choices.

That's just not true. The choices Democrats have is about equal to the choices they had thirty years ago - in fact, there's more choice today than, say, in the 1960s when the party literally picked the candidate and not the voters, who had little, if any, say in the process.

We're having fewer choices this election because no one wants to run. It's that simple. It's like 1992. But a weird reversal, I guess. In '92, a lot of the bigger candidates sat out because they didn't think they could beat George H.W. Bush. This included Mario Cuomo, who most believe could have won had he ran.

In 2004, a lot of the big named Dems, like Al Gore and even Hillary, decided not to run because they felt Bush probably was unbeatable. That allowed John Kerry, the best name of the bunch to win - but not without a fight from some minor candidates like Howard Dean and John Edwards.

In 2012, no serious Republican candidate ran for the primary because of the same thought. It's why their primary came down to a failed former Speaker of the House, a guy who held the distinction for largest loss for an incumbent senator in election history and a retread who had lost four years prior.

If Elizabeth Warren wanted to run, she'd run. She sees she has the backing and the potential $$$ to go head-to-head with Hillary. But she doesn't want to run. She probably doesn't want to be president. And frankly, I think it's probably good she doesn't run then. In 1980, Ted Kennedy basically ran for the sake of running and it not only damaged his reputation with many Democrats, his running brought nothing positive to the campaign - he did not win and dinged Carter so badly that we got Reagan.