Democrats Divided on Whether Joe Biden Should Enter 2016 Race

[karynnj]

7. It may be that Clinton's triangulation on positions, may cause her problems in the general election

She has, in essence, played the mirror image of Romney 2012. Romney had credentials as a more moderate Republican, but he redefined himself to be one of the more right wing - especially on immigration. He clearly thought he needed to do that to win the primaries, but it made him far less likely to win the general election.

In 2012, it seemed to me that he did not have the energy and enthusiasm from the right as they KNEW he was really not one of them. Yet, those positions may have hurt him with independent voters who might have been impressed with the MA healthcare system that happened when he was governor and was the role model for ACA.

I doubt HRC would have a strategist as tone deaf as the Romney one (Eric Fehrnstrom) who tole the media that primary positions don't matter and that it was as if they were written on an Etch a Sketch.

Hated as it is on DU, it might be Biden who defends the Obama administration's trade bill -- as it come to a vote. Now, we don't really know the details. Leaks often tend to be off base -- look at the Iran framework vs what most expected. What if this really is the first trade bill that MODERATES the impact of globalization? If you believe that it is globalization that has been the root of most problems that trade bills have been blamed for, it could be that we might be throwing out something that may be the better than the status quo.

If Biden enters, HRC might have to re-calibrate her campaign.