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Also, when I think of candidates not in it to win it, I don't think of the idiots running even though they have no chance because their ego won't let them see that, like your Hickenlooper types, I'm thinking of the people who seem like they have a chance but almost certainly do not and actually have a much better reason to run than winning, like the small-town mayor trying to raise their profile so they can run for higher office (but not that high, gotta build that career slowly and gain experience), or the guy only running because he wants to draw attention to a specific policy idea and maybe a few less talked about topics. I'm not thinking of the guy that represents an entirely different approach to foreign policy that brings representation to a massive part of the party's base on foreign policy that thus far has only one or two other candidates out of a pool of 21 that come close to.