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What if Hillary Clinton doesn't run?

If Hillary Clinton does not run for POTUS in 2016, who will be the DNC candidate?

  • Joe Biden

    Votes: 9 27.3%
  • John Kerry

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Andrew Cuomo

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Rahm Emanuel

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Antonio Villaraigosa

    Votes: 1 3.0%
  • other

    Votes: 17 51.5%

  • Total voters
    33

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Every now and then the media will do a story on Mrs. Clinton being undecided on whether to run for POTUS in 2016. I personally think she will. The recent Air Force 1 passenger list to South Africa for Mandela's memorial service; President and Mrs. Bush, President and Mrs. Obama and Hillary Clinton by herself as President Clinton decided to take Southwest Air from LaGuardiaa, was strategic posturing for media reporting to signal she's got next only possible if she would not have been over-shadowed by Bill Clinton. However, she will be going on will 70 in 2016 and associated health issues.

That all said, it dawned on me that if she doesn't run in 2016 the democrats are likely up a creek with no paddle. Who do you think would be the democrat nominee if she decides not to run?
 
Joe Biden.

In which case, if the Republicans or Independents don't find a half way decent candidate, then I see a whole lot of troubled water ahead.
 
Joe Biden.

In which case, if the Republicans or Independents don't find a half way decent candidate, then I see a whole lot of troubled water ahead.

IMHO it'll be a toss up between John Kerry and Joe Biden.
 
3 years before 2008, nobody predicted Obama.

So who knows... It could be anyone.
 
IMHO it'll be a toss up between John Kerry and Joe Biden.

And both make me need to take Pepto Bismal.

If we weren't already on a train headed south, we sure would be if either one of them got elected.
 
God, what a sorry lot the Democrats have on the "bench" waiting for Hillary to falter. And she's about as welcome as a bad case of the runs while on vacation.

America truly is a nation on the decline if this is all you've got to offer in the way of leadership.
 
IMHO it'll be a toss up between John Kerry and Joe Biden.

:lamo

No really.... who would be a good candidate? Hillary NOT running is as near an impossibility as I think one can get, baring some illness or other life threatening circumstance. Kerry could be an option but a very long shot (best case) and Biden would be just too hilarious --- the guy has one of the most acute forms of foot in mouth disease ever seen. He may play in Delaware or possibly even small pockets of PA as well as the nutty districts where gerrymandering allows nuts like Mosley-Brown and Pelosi to be re-elected, but that's about it. I think it's Hillary or nothing unless an unknown jumps in the ring and makes a run.
 
3 years before 2008, nobody predicted Obama.

So who knows... It could be anyone.

Actually, at the 2004 Democrat convention, before and definitely immediately after, Democrats and their lackies in the media were proclaiming Obama the messiah and future President. Perhaps they didn't think he was so anxious to ruin the country by running in 2008, but they fully expected his run for his rightful place on the throne.
 
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:lamo

No really.... who would be a good candidate? Hillary NOT running is as near an impossibility as I think one can get, baring some illness or other life threatening circumstance. Kerry could be an option but a very long shot (best case) and Biden would be just too hilarious --- the guy has one of the most acute forms of foot in mouth disease ever seen. He may play in Delaware or possibly even small pockets of PA as well as the nutty districts where gerrymandering allows nuts like Mosley-Brown and Pelosi to be re-elected, but that's about it. I think it's Hillary or nothing unless an unknown jumps in the ring and makes a run.

For Hillary not to run, there would have to be a destructive fire at the polyester pant suit factor she keeps in business.
 
Amy Klobuchar or Al Franken.
 
Elizabeth Warren could probably make a strong run in the Primaries. She's the more populist candidate.

On the other side you have Corey Booker who is the much more corporate friendly candidate. There's no doubt he could raise tons of money.

People always drag out the big names that have been around forever but Bill Clinton/Obama were not exactly unknowns but not front runners.

Edit: Of course this is if Hillary doesn't run.
 
I guessed John Kerry. He had run before and even as the underdog, and still won the nomination and almost beat the incumbent wartime President in the 2004 election. And SINCE then, he had served 8 more years in the Senate, and 4 of those years he spent as the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and has since been the U.S. Secretary of State - which if he does run, then realistically he would hold that position for about 2 years. Secretary of State is a nonpolitical type of position so he would have to step down some time in 2015, to participate in the Democratic Primary Debates.

I'm not a Democrat but just speaking from logical observation. John Kerry is also a member of Skull & Bones. Beware those secret societies.
 
Joe Biden.

In which case, if the Republicans or Independents don't find a half way decent candidate, then I see a whole lot of troubled water ahead.

hell just about anyone could beat biden, look at who beat him that last time

bidendummy.jpg
 
I think Elizabeth Warren should be on that list. She will bring big enemies to the Republican camp however. She has become a thorn in the side of the Big Money status quo and that can really put a damper on dollar support. I did not vote for Obama. I am a Green, but I would vote for Warren. Also, there should always be an against option in any race, but then you kinda lose control.
 
3 years before 2008, nobody predicted Obama.

So who knows... It could be anyone.

I love it when people say this. The reality is, Obama became viewed as a potential front runner right after the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
 
I like Elizabeth Warren; John Kerry is the "bigger" name .
Caroline Kennedy ?
Julian Castro ?
If the conservatives allow, the ACA must be successful.
How much power do they have ?
 
Every now and then the media will do a story on Mrs. Clinton being undecided on whether to run for POTUS in 2016. I personally think she will. The recent Air Force 1 passenger list to South Africa for Mandela's memorial service; President and Mrs. Bush, President and Mrs. Obama and Hillary Clinton by herself as President Clinton decided to take Southwest Air from LaGuardiaa, was strategic posturing for media reporting to signal she's got next only possible if she would not have been over-shadowed by Bill Clinton. However, she will be going on will 70 in 2016 and associated health issues.

That all said, it dawned on me that if she doesn't run in 2016 the democrats are likely up a creek with no paddle. Who do you think would be the democrat nominee if she decides not to run?

Well we can only hope not. **** Bush's and Clinton's, had enough of both. We aren't a dynasty here, I mean we hope not.
 
Schweitzer is currently tacking left of Clinton on the Iraq war during his trip into Iowa..
Clinton mouthpieces on MSNBC like Karen Finney are already trashing back..

If we elect another Dem. POTUS, the GOP House will simply fight whoever it is for four more years .
 
Actually, at the 2004 Democrat convention, before and definitely immediately after,
First, thank you for caring so much for the USA.
Democrats and their lackies in the media
That high opinion of us huh jcj?
were proclaiming Obama the messiah and future President.
The 2nd coming is right out of the Bible and we have great Cable showing it.
Perhaps they didn't think he was so anxious to ruin the country by running in 2008,
It's been 4 years and 11 months since that sorry-ass Bush/Cheney regime left..
but they fully expected his run for his rightful place on the throne.
King Barack I
 
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I say nominate that Health & Human Services chick that ****ed up Obamacare.
 
I love it when people say this. The reality is, Obama became viewed as a potential front runner right after the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

I think you're right. His speech at the 2004 convention is when he became the rising star of the DNC.

This kind of makes me think of the mayor of San Antonio, although I can't remember his name. 😃
 
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