If Hillary Clinton loses the General election, what is the future of the Democratic Party?

[NYCButterfinger]

I was wondering tonight, If Hillary Clinton loses the General election to Donald Trump (yes, folks Trump is a contender), or a Jeb Bush or a Marco Rubio, where does the direction of the Democratic Party go from there? Who leads the Democratic Party into the 2018 and 2020 elections? Cory Booker? Elizabeth Warren? Maria Cantwell? Bernie Sanders? What would be the future of the Clinton legacy?

[peacebird]

1. Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren....

And screw the 'clinton legacy' like it screwed the middle class. The Clinton Legacy was nafta, special relations w china, and the repeal of glass steagall.

[NYCButterfinger]

3. What about Sen. Bob Casey?

He would be a good leader for the future. He comes from working class Pennsylvania. He has gravitas.

[HERVEPA]

9. Anti-choice jerk. Just what we need. Yuck.

Upou need to learn a bit about politics.

[NYCButterfinger]

23. I know Casey is pro-life, but he's not going to scare anyone. He can win working class voters,

which this party is doing somewhat uninspiring with. Working class voters is the key.

[HERVEPA]

25. He is not pro-life. He is anti-choice.

That use of pro-life is bullshit. I volunteer at Planned Parenthood and know the "pro-lifers".
I don't need an anti-woman president, thank you very much.

[newfie11]

15. +infinity!!!! Nt

[morningfog]

2. Slow down. She may not make it that far.

[cantbeserious]

4. Won't Matter - Bernie Will Be The Nominee

eom

[liberal_at_heart]

5. If we keep having recessions every few years with only part time and low wage jobs I

think we will continue to see the country vote anti-establishment.

[NYCButterfinger]

6. True. That's why I see Warren or Harris running in 2020

Warren or Kamala Harris would be a good ticket in 2020. Harris has fought against corrupt banks in California.

[RobertEarl]

7. When Bernie wins

The existing party heads are gonna have to kiss our asses if they want a job.

[Armstead]

8. Chelsea

[TheFarS1de]

10. Brighter .

eom.

[Thinkingabout]

11. Bernie will not be the nominee and a non Democrat will be the head of DNC.

[daleanime]

26. Bernie will be the nominee.....

and the DNC is already headed by some one acting very undemocratic.

[Thinkingabout]

29. Undemocratic by not electing delegates as in the past? There will be primary voting and the

delegates will fall where they may, no, Bernie will not get a coronation and the nominee.

[daleanime]

30. So why not get rid of all the debates....

if having them is so undemocratic? I know, I know, no sense in put our democratic values on display, it only cheapens them.

And who said anything about a coronation? Now nomination, well, we're not going to agree, are we?

[FreakinDJ]

12. Best chuckle I've had all day

[Scootaloo]

13. Hippy-punching and more goose-stepping towards the right. Same as if she wins.

[Maedhros]

14. It will have shown a flicker of life. [n/t]

[restorefreedom]

16. there is no way hillary can lose the ge

because she is not going to be in it

and the future of the "party" is going to be a remake of the oligarchic broken party system under president sanders.

[MiniMe]

17. Lets wait until she gets the nomination

That is a question for a year from now.

[mmonk]

18. They (DNC) will say she was too liberal.

[yourout]

28. +1.....gotta move to the right.

Move any farther to the right and they will be stepping Boehner's toes.

[Zorra]

19. Let's just nominate Bernie, so we don't have to worry about Trump, etc, ever again.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[daleanime]

27. +1

[SouthernProgressive]

20. DWS after Obama leaves office and then it will be someone else. nt.

[Hortensis]

21. Our nation is on the move - left this era. If we lost the White House in 2016,

even if we won the Senate, I feel sure the right wing would continue to dig our hole even deeper: Not just because today's GOP is totally corrupted, but because the right's strong conservative ideology is inherently incompetent to run a large, diverse nation they fear and don't understand in an era of rampant change they fear, don't understand, and refuse to use constructively.

Thus, our problems would only become worse and our citizenry would only become angrier and more unhappy, even as yearning for sensible, progressive action to make this country great again grew.

Setting us up for 2018 and 2020. The next census isn't supposed to make a Democratic majority in the House obtainable until 2022, but the winds are blowing so strong I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it happened even this time around. IF Democrats and left-leaning independents turn out in larger numbers than our usual irresponsible performance, it really could happen.

Our candidates would be people we don't know the names of now. (Note that Warren's 66 now, sad as that reality is. She has said no to the presidency.)

But on the happier side: By 2020, yet more of the most backwards of today's rapidly aging GOP/TP base will either have dropped dead or be too interested in picking at the lint on their napkins to remember what year it is.

"A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop..."
William F. Buckley, who knew better than anyone

[Spirochete]

22. They'll make her head of the DNC

and run DWS for president in 2020...

[Avalux]

24. Everything will be ok, really. n/t

[MoveIt]

31. MUCH more importantly, what if she loses the Democratic primary?

The price of the presidency just went up, it now requires integrity.