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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If somehow Hillary does NOT get the nomination, I wonder if she will do a full Lieberman... [View all]tularetom
(23,664 posts)17. What if Hillary has a snit and nobody cares?
I agree, if deprived of the nomination she believes is owed her, she will do something very nasty, which will just confirm the public's opinion of her. But it will have next to no impact on the political process.
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If somehow Hillary does NOT get the nomination, I wonder if she will do a full Lieberman... [View all]
Still In Wisconsin
Jan 2016
OP
I'm not so sure. In '08, I think her support depended on the SoS position and
morningfog
Jan 2016
#23
As an Indy in a 3-way against Trump and Sanders, she would be "the" mainstream candidate.
ieoeja
Jan 2016
#29
I disagree. There is no circumstance under which she'd run an independent campaign.
SheilaT
Jan 2016
#39
An Independent campaign is still a hopeless cause...and she's smart enough to know that...
brooklynite
Jan 2016
#37
We have a good example of what happened when she didn't get the nomination. She knuckled down,
FSogol
Jan 2016
#19
I absolutely disagree - neither she or Bill Clinton would endorse any of the Republicans
karynnj
Jan 2016
#35
No. I believe she will put up a hell of a fight- she knows this is probably her last shot at it
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2016
#44