Thoughts/predictions on the 2016 USA presidential election

[gergroy]

badgenome said:

gergroy said:

I don't know, I think if she did run she would have a very good chance.  Clinton isn't the best campaigner, her best feature is her last name.  Warren could run an underdog campaign and steal the election from her just like obama did.  

However, like you said, it is very unlikely that she runs...

Someone is primed to do it. I think 2008 went down the way it did mostly because the media legitimately fell in love with Obama, but also because the media  hates inevitability and loves a horse race. Even if it's looking like a blow out they'll instincitvely try to make it more competitive than it actually is and that would give someone like Warren more of a chance, since a lot of people who wouldn't otherwise "waste their vote" on her (stupid line of thinking, IMO) might then give her a second glance.

I agree with pretty much everything you said... it is just that all the democrats that are looking to run right now... I don't think any of them are really viable media alternatives...  I don't think any of them really have the ability to shmooze the media... Warren could, but she keeps saying she isn't going to run...