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Omaha Steve

(99,665 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 12:58 PM Mar 2015

The Christian Science Monitor: If Hillary Clinton doesn't run, do Democrats have a Plan B?


http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2015/0312/If-Hillary-Clinton-doesn-t-run-do-Democrats-have-a-Plan-B

Some Democrats are wondering what happens if Hillary Clinton doesn't run. The 2016 candidate bench looks light at this point. Should Democrats worry?
By Husna Haq, Correspondent MARCH 12, 2015

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Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the reporters at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Clinton conceded Tuesday that she should have used a government email to conduct business as secretary of state, saying her decision was simply a matter of "convenience."

Hillary Rodham Clinton's nomination has always appeared to be an inevitability, so much so that Democrats have all but ignored the controversies over her travel expenses, her family's foundation, big checks from foreign governments, and a team that appears slow to respond to it all.

When it came to "Hillary for 2016," the question was always "when," not "if."

But politics is full of surprises–- like a particularly ill-timed e-mail scandal that has some Democrats wringing their hands at the possibility, however slim, that Mrs. Clinton may be forced to drop out of the race.

Now reverberating across the political blogosphere is this question: What if Hillary doesn't run?

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The Christian Science Monitor: If Hillary Clinton doesn't run, do Democrats have a Plan B? (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2015 OP
Yes there is Peacetrain Mar 2015 #1
Hardly anyone knows O'Malley cilla4progress Mar 2015 #2
Why haven"t any challengers appeared yet? misterhighwasted Mar 2015 #3
I like Tim Kaine, and there are more. We are fortunate in the DNC Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #4

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
1. Yes there is
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:03 PM
Mar 2015

Did not open the link.. (having hiccups today with my computer)..but most assuredly if for some reason Hillary decided she did not want to run.. there are people in place.. O'Malley .. Warren would step up I think.. Biden of course.. just off the top of my hat.

If Hillary is the Democratic Candidate she has my full support..

But no one is irreplaceable in either party..

Edit to add.. just got your link opened and read it.. they had the same people I did..

cilla4progress

(24,740 posts)
2. Hardly anyone knows O'Malley
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:11 PM
Mar 2015

and I don't think he's charismatic like Pres. Obama - could rise from the depths and distinguish himself.

Although I've felt "protective" about Elizabeth Warren's declining to run - I think in part she wants to honor her MA constituents - I really believe she is going to have to step up. I would be willing to bet these are conversations happening among her supporters, inner circle.

Do you know if based on the election cycle, were she to lose, would she be able to keep her Senate seat? Sometimes it seems they have to give it up, others times no, depending on the timing.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
3. Why haven"t any challengers appeared yet?
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 01:13 PM
Mar 2015

Just wondering. Except for Sen Sanders I haven't heard from any other serious contenders.
There are obviously those who support another choice but then where are they?

Why wait for Clinton to decide or be the first one out there?
If their vision is different from Clinton's then why not become the person to step out and speak up to a base that truly wants to hear from someone else.

What is stopping another from entering the race and declaring why they would be the best candidate to take on the GOP?
Not an argument here, just curious.

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