We Need to Talk About 2016

xenophon99

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Saturday June 21, 2014 · 11:53 AM PDT

2014/06/21 · 11:53

As pundits begin the next presidential circus cycle of who said what, and who can win; one thing has been constant in their comments: Hillary Clinton. Perhaps it is an exaggeration to state that every single pundit is convinced not only that she will run, but further, that she would be an incredibly tough opponant for any candidate from the right.

On one hand, this is true. She has experience, political acumen, beltway connections, name recognition, the possibility of being the first woman POTUS, and she isn't batsh*t crazy like her polar opposites on the right. She is probably the single best candidate that the left can run.

On the other, she is only the best candidate if we are only focusing on the real-politik idea of who is likely to win. Speaking as a person who is pretty far to the left; I have some qualms about voting for Ms. Clinton. She is a washington insider;' one who will return us to the status quo. The question should not be: 'who has the best chance of winning; it should be 'who is the candidate that will move our country forward'

I don't like Ms. Clinton, and the Left must face the fact that in the absence of an alternative, Ms. Clinton will get our vote. However, I think that there actually are alternatives.

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