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Post by bot on Oct 12, 2013 6:16:14 GMT -5
To defeat the Tea Party, the left needs bolder leader than Hillary salon.com.feedsportal.com/c/35105/f/648624/s/325ea2da/sc/1/l/0L0Ssalon0N0C20A130C10A0C120Cto0Idefeat0Ithe0Itea0Iparty0Ithe0Ileft0Ineeds0Ibolder0Ileader0Ithan0Ihillary0C/story01.htmIt’s three years away, but the ongoing government shutdown and debt ceiling debate makes it clear that Democrats need to be thinking now about a candidate able to effectively counter the Tea Party caucus in Congress -- which thanks to gerrymandering, isn't going anywhere until 2020. While the Republican field is already loaded with possible candidates -- Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Scott Walker, Jeb Bush III and Bobby Jindal -- the Democratic field is apparently sealed: Hillary Clinton. RealClearPolitics finds Hillary getting 61 percent of the vote in a Democratic primary against Joe Biden (11), Elizabeth Warren (7), Andrew Cuomo (2), John Warner (1) and Martin O’Malley (0). There is a SuperPAC (with 1,000,000-plus Facebook “likes”) designed to lay the groundwork for a Clinton presidential run. There is certainly a strategic reason for Democrats to play down Clinton: three more years under press scrutiny will only make her less appealing. But there are other reasons to question whether America needs another Clinton presidency.
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