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[jeff47]

173. They view all Democrats as anti-American, but Clinton is Satan incarnate to them.

There's degrees of hatred. All Democrats get about an "8". Clinton cranks the hatred all the way to 11. They hate her even more than they hate Obama.

The Republicans have nothing but marginal candidates because of the massive hill they have to climb in 2016. The Democratic candidate will win 234 electoral votes from the safely "blue" states. The Republican will only win 134 electoral votes from the safely "red" states.

That means the Democratic candidate only needs 1 big swing state. Or 2 smaller swing states. The Republican needs all 11 swing states, and has to turn one blue state. That's damn near impossible.

Unless the Republicans can really rile up their base, while simultaneously turning off Democratic activists. Something Clinton fits very nicely. Now Republicans just need to get someone through their primary who does not sound completely insane.