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In reply to the discussion: Do you think Hillary should run again in 2020? [View all]Bettie
(19,288 posts)168. No
25 plus years of constant negative PR by the Right (Remember that vast right wing conspiracy? It was and still is real.) have made her the wrong candidate.
Is it fair? No.
Is it right? No.
But people hate her for reasons they don't even fully understand.
A lot of people do not even remember a time when she was not being investigated for something and when she's found not to be guilty of whatever charge du jour is leveled, that gets zero airtime, just rehashing of the charge (whatever it may be).
So, no. We need someone who hasn't had baggage strapped to his or her back. Again, not her fault, but it exists and a decades long perception is very, very difficult to change, especially in our current media climate.
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No, it does not need to be a woman. I'd be fine with a woman, but it does NOT
beaglelover
Feb 2017
#121
No. Hillary can take comfort in knowing that she actually won. The repugs stole it.
brush
Feb 2017
#73
She's not running again but it is not accurate to say that she lost twice. She lost a historically
StevieM
Feb 2017
#135
She lost and she lost. If it was less close, she would have won. I understand what you are saying
adigal
Feb 2017
#167
I think Elizabeth Warren aligns with Bernie but doesn't have the icky "socialist" label
agenasolva
Feb 2017
#11
Warren has become polarizing due to the GOP, she's in danger of losing her senate seat...
NotThisTime
Feb 2017
#77
Warren is not in danger of losing her Senate seat, she will win in a landslide.
StevieM
Feb 2017
#146
Darrell Issa. He also called Barack Obama "the most corrupt president in American history."
StevieM
Feb 2017
#142
Agreed. Issa is the most loathsome or all, and he's a crook. Goudy was the pinhead I was thinking...
brush
Feb 2017
#165
Reality: HRC is getting old. We all get old. We have younger voices willing to step up.
Eyeball_Kid
Feb 2017
#19
I agree, we need fresh faces, younger voices. Newer generations now need to take
RKP5637
Feb 2017
#35
Smirky, plus they aren"t spring chicks anymore......70 is the age of Bill, Hill & Bernie
Jim Beard
Feb 2017
#156
I agree and would say that looking at the last batch of possible nominees is something that always
karynnj
Feb 2017
#100
It's up to her. I will look at the field and make my choice when the time comes. nt.
NCTraveler
Feb 2017
#42
The GOP was always going to sell the fake email scandal. They were never going to fail to lie
StevieM
Feb 2017
#170
You miss my point. Had HRC given the SD all the emails when she left -- there would likely have been
karynnj
Feb 2017
#173
No. But I would like to see her in the media a bit more in, say six months...
Freethinker65
Feb 2017
#60
I think we need some new blood as well. There are people that would never vote for her,
woodsprite
Feb 2017
#64
HRC isn't running again but her election would not have constituted a dynasty.
StevieM
Feb 2017
#138
We need to be focusing on developing nationally competitive candidates,
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2017
#113
No, not really. She had two chances for the gold ring, that's more than many others
MrScorpio
Feb 2017
#141
She is just too divisive, we don't need a candidate that so many people really don't like.
FreeStateDemocrat
Feb 2017
#174