>>>I am not sure she wants to give those up.
>If you ask a Clinton "Do you want more power and attention?" and the answer is "No", you should repeat the question because the Clinton did not understand it.
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>As you say, a lot can happen - and probably will- between now and November, but if the election were held tomorrow your guy (whoever) would be lucky to get a third of the vote.
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>One of my main beefs with the repubs is that their candidates and policies are so off-the-wall that I wind up having to vote for people like HC.

I disagree with the 1/3rd vote prediction.

I don't really love any of the R candidates, but my personal guess is that a Scott Walker/Rand Paul ticket would be the best they could offer. Remember, Scott Walker wins elections. He has won 11 in a row, dating back to 1993, and that includes a recall election a year or two ago.

I'm not saying they would prevail, but I think it would be close.

There is still a long way to go. But I will make this prediction. "If" the most serious of charges against HC are true (that her foundation took foreign donations while she was Sec of State from nations with very bad records on women's rights.....and that the State Department indeed gave taxpayer grants to DC think tanks that are campaigning against Netanyahu in the upcoming election), then she could be in deep trouble. I'm conceding that Benghazi won't be a major issue because the situation is so complicated (involving everyone from Syria to Turkey to the CIA) that it's nearly impossible to cover in 100 words or less.