Reply #23: Yeah-- many Republicans [View All]

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They definitely want Hillary to run-- a dream candidate for them, uniting the Republican base as they've never been united before, plus splitting the Dems and forcing many of us to a third party. It would be a gift-wrapped dream for them.

OTOH, I don't know many Democrats who want her to run. Four years ago there were quite a few (I was one of them), but after her really infuriating hawk turn, her continuing support for big operations in Iraq and baying for an invasion of Syria, her ultra-corporatist turn with support for outsourcing and all kinds of other destructive corporate practices, I haven't found more than one other Dem (among dozens) who really want her to run.

Most of the folks I know aren't the types who blog or really participate much in online forums at all-- they're moderate Democrats who really don't do much politically outside of Election Day, but they're just as infuriated at her. Hillary's only so-called asset at the moment is name recognition, which is basically useless when the primaries actually commence. She's angered the base far too much, and it's too late to change her war stance-- by now, she's got too much invested in being a neocon-supporting hawk in the Middle East. It's something we won't tolerate.