Carl Leubsdorf:A Biden run would doom the democrats in 2016

[bigdarryl]

Very interesting take and something to think about http://www.omaha.com/opinion/carl-p-leubsdorf-biden-would-face-several-challenges/article_48939280-3ddf-5d02-9e9d-861bb86a0e57.html

[Indydem]

1. "and, if any of several ticking time bombs sinks her candidacy, step in to save the day."

You mean like the deepening email scandal?

Or maybe her lackluster poll numbers?

What kind of bomb will he have to wait for?

[Metric System]

2. Lackluster poll numbers?!? Ha!

[Indydem]

3. Look, Bernie Sanders is a walking punchline.

And no more a Democrat than a garden rake.

Him being able to close the gap with her and now beating her in NH polling is extremely troublesome.

[ibegurpard]

4. only to bubble-dwelling political consultants

And third-way conservadems.

[Metric System]

5. ONE NH poll showed that. It could very well be an outlier. As for Sanders, he's not a punchline. He

has proven to be a fairly strong candidate. I personally don't think he could win the General Election but calling him a punchline is silly.

[ericson00]

6. He is so right. Biden needs to not but his nose in this. Hillary has earned her right to this.

[delrem]

10. Yep. Hillary is entitled to the presidency of the USA, that's for certain. n/t

[TSIAS]

11. Hillary hasn't earned it

Biden has served 8 years as VP under a successful president. If he ends up getting in, it would likely be because establishment Democrats see past Hillary's big primary lead and have the foresight to not wait until she totally implodes.

This has been my worry for the last few years. All the bags were placed in the Clinton basket. Nobody expected Sanders to perform as well as he did. If she didn't run, who would be left? Retreads like Gore or Kerry? The universally hated by liberals Andrew Cuomo?

Your attitude exemplifies everything that is wrong with Clinton supporters. They want it to be a coronation, but fortunately people are saying they want a contested primary.

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. Case closed.

[John Poet]

7. Yet Another "Nobody But Hillary" article...

and everybody else should just stay out of it, darn them!

It's damaging to the party to have more than one candidate.
(I think they used to say the same thing in the Soviet Union!)

[bigdarryl]

8. Actually I've read other articles on this gut he follows

Lichtman's 13 key system.

[HereSince1628]

14. Except for the reference to the several likely ticking time-bombs part

If the article is climbing the ladder for Clinton, there seems to be a chute back down there.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Hillary should nobly bow out to save us from Armageddon.

[Vinca]

13. I don't think it would be a bad thing for him to run, but I doubt he would win.

Quite honestly, I'm becoming concerned no Democrat will win. It's always been assumed Hillary would be the easy victor and even though I'm supporting Bernie in the primaries, I tended to agree. So this morning the self-inflicted email wound has come back to bite her with the State Department sending a safe to her attorney's office to store the thumb drive in. WTF? Drip, drip, drip. She is probably 100% innocent, but the perception among the masses continues worsen. And the whole thing could have been avoided by using State Dept. email.