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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Fri Feb 20, 2015, 08:37 PM Feb 2015

A Good Thing, Or A Bad Thing, For Hillary To Not Have An ACTUAL Challenger In The Primaries... [View all]

I've always wondered about Orrin Hatch's roll in the 2000 Republican Primary...

Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2000

Pretty sure he and everyone around him knew it was a futile run.

I wondered to myself whether he was a "minder" for GW...

You know... act like you're running against him, but be there to rescue him from himself if needed during the debates.

I don't know how to gauge Jim Webb... or Martin O'Malley...

But I don't consider them any kind of threat to Hillary.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who seem to be in tune with the mood of America is a different matter.

So I'm just asking here... If a REAL threat to the Hillary juggernaut is a good thing or a bad thing for the Democratic Party ???

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A Good Thing, Or A Bad Thing, For Hillary To Not Have An ACTUAL Challenger In The Primaries... [View all] WillyT Feb 2015 OP

Well, if she blows it or has a stroke/heart attack, I assume we'll TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #1

Lets face it. She has lots of dirt to be dug up too. Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #56

The one advantage to it is that it would give her more time to raise money el_bryanto Feb 2015 #2

The charts on the issues does not back up your story. I realize it is stated over and over here on Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #6

On some issues she is; but she is Wall Street to the bone. nt el_bryanto Feb 2015 #8

Name the candidate who isn't. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #13

Bernie Sanders? nt el_bryanto Feb 2015 #37

Wrong, he cozy up to them also, when you go on a weekend with the Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #38

Hillary? Far left? mahina Feb 2015 #46

Don't think you have read me stating Hillary is far left. In your view where does Warren stand? Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #60

Primaries gives free air time, news coverage. We dont need tbe GOP getting all the free time. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #3

Bernie Sanders is no threat to Hillary. Sorry. wyldwolf Feb 2015 #4

That's true. Hillary's biggest threat is Hillary, every time she gets in front of a camera and takes some poll-tested position. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #11

Her 60%+ lead just might dwindle by 20% by November 2016. wyldwolf Feb 2015 #14

Hillary lost to a virtual "nobody" in 08 so anythings possible. Let's have at it & may the best candidate win. Good luck 2 ur side. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #18

That old canard? wyldwolf Feb 2015 #22

Wendy Davis got the same type of enthusiasm from certain dems betterdemsonly Feb 2015 #52

I see, so she wasn't Inevitable back then. But she's inevitable now. Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #57

Who said she was 'inevitable back then?' wyldwolf Feb 2015 #58

It is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thing Kalidurga Feb 2015 #5

It's a bad thing. malokvale77 Feb 2015 #7

Hillary forgot about them - the people on main street - a loonng time ago, when she sold out to the fat cats on Wall Street. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #12

I voted for her in the primary... malokvale77 Feb 2015 #29

You need to relax, Willy Cali_Democrat Feb 2015 #9

Is A Martini Ok ??? WillyT Feb 2015 #16

as long as... malokvale77 Feb 2015 #21

That's My 86 Year Old Mom... WillyT Feb 2015 #23

Tell Mom hello malokvale77 Feb 2015 #31

I Shall... WillyT Feb 2015 #32

Primaries can also vet a VP, it would be a place for a potential VP candidate to emerge. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #10

Or to submerge in Hillary's case. I'm hopin Elizabeth picks Bernie, or someone of his ilk, to represent as VP. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #15

Maybe Warren will, we would fall to a GOP with Bernie on the ticket. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #17

U cud b right or maybe Bernie wud excite a whole lotta folks who feel left behind & wudnt otherwise vote 2 do so. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #19

butnot enough to win an election, a Palin moment. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #36

Primaries are not commonly asssociated with coronations.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #20

LOL !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #25

. Ramses Feb 2015 #30

2 things you can be sure of Ramses Feb 2015 #24

WORD !!! WillyT Feb 2015 #26

She won't lose. joshcryer Feb 2015 #33

you meant to say the 1% wont lose Ramses Feb 2015 #35

Good, for her! bigwillq Feb 2015 #27

I will support Hilary if she is the nominee... chillfactor Feb 2015 #28

Gore had Bradley. joshcryer Feb 2015 #34

I don't understand why Hillary is the anointed candidate. Cleita Feb 2015 #39

Because It's A Guaranteed Win... Dontcha Know... WillyT Feb 2015 #40

I spent a few months in Massachusetts in 1988 Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #45

Talk to me, then. SheilaT Feb 2015 #59

Or those who are liberal at heart but not very politically savvy will Cleita Feb 2015 #61

It is my opinion that a lot of the support SheilaT Feb 2015 #62

You are preaching to the choir here. I think we need to scrap the electorate college Cleita Feb 2015 #64

Martin O'Malley! mahina Feb 2015 #47

I belong to octoberlib Feb 2015 #48

Post has contradictive questions: Title and last question in text. rgbecker Feb 2015 #41

+1 F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #43

I think it's unbelievable IcyPeas Feb 2015 #42

Mixed. Donald Ian Rankin Feb 2015 #44

Leave Hillary alone...it's our time now. ileus Feb 2015 #49

coronations are alway a bad thing. dialog a good thing. NuttyFluffers Feb 2015 #50

It could be good if it was a primary from the left. Jamastiene Feb 2015 #51

Neither do I want Jeb for President fadedrose Feb 2015 #53

Depends on whether you want the eventual nominee which will very likely be Hillary ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2015 #54

When people have a choice for whom to vote it's called 'Democracy.' Octafish Feb 2015 #55

+1 “After all, the chief business of the American people is business." Calvin Coolidge Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #63

In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place. Gandhi Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #65