In a country where Honey Boo Boo drew a larger tv audience than the RNC, she's got a puncher's chance.
There are definitely people that are huge fans. I take it as my profession to convince as many as I can of the idiocy of that stance. She has no chance of winning. If anything I think she will make it more likely that a moderate Pub wins the nomination as she would syphon off a lot of the crazy votes if she runs. She would kill Cruz's chances in the primaries.
She knows all the beats to hit with the anti-Obama crowd. That isn't surprising. She falls off once you get to sane individuals.
There are definitely people that are huge fans. I take it as my profession to convince as many as I can of the idiocy of that stance. She has no chance of winning. If anything I think she will make it more likely that a moderate Pub wins the nomination as she would syphon off a lot of the crazy votes if she runs. She would kill Cruz's chances in the primaries.
Where does Rand Paul fit into that scenario? It's hard for me to pigeon-hole him into any group. He seems to travel to the beat of his own drummer.
That is 15 names you listed. I know that some will fade out fairly quickly, but still, that's a helluva logjam at the starting gate!
Even weirder with one non-incumbent likely candidate from the other party.
Bill twice and Hill once.
Thats "weirder" because I just don't buy the Clinton inevitability thesis. I have said it many times but the Clinton political machine is the most overrated entity in American politics. The Clintons have now run three national campaigns and have yet to gain one 50% vote total. If they were the great machine that everyone claims you would think they could have convinced half the electorate to vote for them in at least one of those races. Hell...without crazy man Perot there would be no Clintons. I don't see why everyone is scared of them. If Warren (or any number of Dems for that matter) would run a serious campaign they could easily challenge her.
Thats "weirder" because I just don't buy the Clinton inevitability thesis. I have said it many times but the Clinton political machine is the most overrated entity in American politics. The Clintons have now run three national campaigns and have yet to gain one 50% vote total. If they were the great machine that everyone claims you would think they could have convinced half the electorate to vote for them in at least one of those races. Hell...without crazy man Perot there would be no Clintons. I don't see why everyone is scared of them. If Warren (or any number of Dems for that matter) would run a serious campaign they could easily challenge her.
Teleprompter broke and she had to ad lib. Stratt level stupid, maybe worse.
Had they beaten Obama, who was a juggernaut in his own right, the Clintons would have likely posted very similar numbers to Obama. Bill was in three party races both times, and while Perot clearly hurt the GOP more than Clinton, Perot was also the beneficiary of votes that would have gone to Clinton.
I'm not suggesting that Clinton is unbeatable in the general election, but who in the hell is going to beat her in the primary?
Any legit candidate who dares to run. Hillary has been coasting and has still lost ground and popularity. If she's actually pressured she will falter.