"Hillary was the obvious choice... before Bernie got in the race" -Matt Starr...

[Playinghardball]

[saltpoint]

1. Consider, though, that no one knows who

Sanders is, and Hillary Clinton enjoys a huge lead in Iowa.

So all this talk about Sanders mounting a serious challenge to the frontrunner is absurd. I like Sanders, but he has no basis of appeal in Iowa and likely won't break 3 or 4 percent. I'm sure when the Selzer poll comes out a few days before the caucuses, it will show Secretary Clinton in complete command of the race, likely by 35 to 40 percent, depending on whether Joe Biden runs and gains some traction.

It'll be Hillary comfortably, Biden respectively second but well back, Jim Webb a fairly close third, with the rest of the pack in low single digits. Again, I like Sanders well enough but he's not going past low single digits in Iowa. You heard it here first.

[guillaumeb]

3. Very nice. eom

[Hiraeth]

2. I must be dense. She never was an obivious choice for me. She was scraping the bottom of the barrel

but, better than an R. That is it.

[saltpoint]

4. Seconded. I vote blue in the general,

come hell or high water. But Hillary Clinton is a long way from a first choice for me.

[Hiraeth]

5. Until she announced I thought/hoped, for sure, she would retire ... gracefully.

[saltpoint]

6. Yep. I could see her saying, "I could be one

hell of a great grandmother, and retain significant global impact on the lives of women and girls."

She knows this is her last shot at the White House. And I'm no seer -- I don't know if she wins this nomination or not. She has every advantage going in. But she doesn't have my primary vote. I like Bernie and hold his message very high.

[Hiraeth]

7. my thoughts exactly

[tk2kewl]

8. Progressive Hillary supporters: the Bernie train is roaring down the tracks

Time to hop on. Don't be left behind.