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rgbecker

(4,817 posts)
4. I think the draw for H. Clinton is that she polls ahead of everybody.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 01:51 PM
Feb 2015

1. When she gets on the trail and starts getting clobbered by the RW press, these polls may rapidly change.
2. The Country is evenly divided with the prize going to the side that gets riled up the most and comes out to vote.
3. Based on the history of Bill Clinton's presidency, the right will be plenty riled up against Hillary and will show up.
4. Clinton needs to be challenged by a strong primary candidate so the progressives will get riled up enough to show for the general election. A strong primary challenge will help to do that by drawing attention to all the issues that more engaged voters are already familiar with.
5. While I love a good policy debate and will support the most left and progressive candidate in the Primaries, keeping the GOP out of the Whitehouse is most important.
6. I'm deeply concerned Hillary Clinton will stumble badly because of her age and that after her long and strong career, she may not want the job enough to put up with all the crap that will be rolling towards her.

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