Like it or not *somebody* is going to have to run against Hillary in the 2016 primary.

[Erose999]

The next couple of years is the time we decide who that will be. Do we want the dais to be full of DLC/GOP lite types or do we want to have progressive voices heard by challenging Hillary from the Left?

Also, we're not just electing a President in 2016, we're also electing a VEEP and selecting the person who will be picking cabinet secretaries, etc etc. Many of these higher offices are picked from the pool of primary candidates.

So while a Hillary win may be inevitable, a robustly progressive primary field may net us with Warren or Grayson as VP and presiding over the Senate, or in a cabinet post where progressive voices are badly needed.

The net result of a primary field that leans heavily to the "New Democrat / DLC" end of the spectrum will get us more of the status quo.

[tridim]

1. Bookmarked until 2015.

You do know it's 2013, right?

[Control-Z]

2. +1,000 (nt)

[brooklynite]

4. Does Joe Biden?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/08/joe-bidens-going-to-iowa-too/

How about Martin O'Malley?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/18/2016-watch-omalley-new-hampshire-bound/

Maybe Brian Schweitzer?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/18/brian_schweitzer_mulling_2016_presidential_bid_120380.html

Much as you might campaign, the 2016 Presidential race is undeway.

[brooklynite]

3. So you want Grayson and/or Warren to support and enforce Clinton policies?

Am I reading that right?