Re: Democratic 2016 Presidential Field
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:28 amAfrocentric wrote:PaleRider wrote:Back to the topic at hand....if Clinton falls flat as a candidate, who can the Democrats nominate to win in 2016 other than her?
I analyzed the Democratic field and came to the conclusion that should Hillary dropout, decide not to run, die, etc., the only person who can conceivably mount a serious challenge to a Republican would be Elizabeth Warren. Warren WILL inspire the liberal base to come out and vote. Furthermore, Warren would be wise to select a southern Democrat or at least someone to the right of her, most likely Jim Webb, that way she can appeal to the Moderates and independents. Of course, we know that she is not running and that means the Dems are screwed if Hillary is not in the race. The current crop of candidates lack charisma, are not diverse, lack any kind of star appeal and above all, do not inspire the idea of hope and change that Obama did.
That said, if the Republicans decided to go full retard and pick somebody from the Funky Bunch, then that gives a weaker candidate like O'Malley an even better shot at winning.
Even if the GOP goes for the one of the funky bunch, who can rally the Dems and people for the Dems? O'Malley is a goon, Webb is a nobody, Warren is a crass left wing populist who would convince even moderates to hold their nose and vote for someone of the funky bunch as you call them. Outside of them, who else? Cuomo is mired in corruption scandals in NY, the party's recruits in 2014 are flamed out because they all lost. Between 2010 and 2014 the Democratic bench has been serially depleted of talent.