2016 Presidental Election

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I will say that watching the Republican party turn on each other is most unusual. After all, anything other than a fully united front from them just a year ago would have been viewed as a sign of weakness & heresy.

Regarding Hillary being a shoe-in, I was of that train of thought a year ago, but not now. I've been reading Op-Eds on how Trump is wooing not just Independents to his side, but even Democrats. I think he's far more of a force than anyone is giving him credit for. It's also worth noting that the overwhelming majority of two-term presidents are replaced by someone of their opposing political party.

I also have to say, a Hillary presidency fills me with dread. The Clintons are just so scandal-ridden and secretive. Because of that, I think the Republicans would put an even bigger target on Hillary's back than they have with Obama- can the country really take 4-8 more years of that?

If Hillary gets the nomination over Bernie the best thing that could happen for the party is that she would be indicted and Joe Biden steps in at the convention.He could do much better than she at keeping the mid-Atlantic and rust belt states in the Democratic column against Trump if he is the nominee and that would mean the election.