[TheRealThing]

I disagree, in part. Hillary did not have the media behind her when she ran against Obama. Obama owned the mainstream media during that campaign.

Hillary will have the almost unanimous backing of the media as long as it appears that she is the inevitable Democratic candidate. There have already been some in the left wing media who have taken shots at Hillary over the email scandal, and those people are the ones who want to see a more liberal candidate in the race.

I agree that in the general election it will not matter who the Republican candidate is or who the Democratic candidate is, the media will back the Democrat to the hilt. In the primaries, they will back the Democrat who has the best chance of winning and the Republican who is perceived as the most liberal. In the general campaign, they will portray the Republican as a hard line conservative, even if he is Christie, Bush, Graham, or some other RINO.

The danger zone for Hillary is between now and the first primary. As long as she has no opponent on her left flank, then she will remain scandal-proof. As soon as a real alternative emerges, the floodgates holding back the mud will open wide.

I agree with your low opinion of American voters 100%. Never has the fate of the country rested in the hands of so many dumbasses. I fear that they have become a permanent majority.

I have to say I agree completely. I have already seen the likes of Bob Beckel, Juan Williams, Alan Colmes and Julie Roginsky trying to be coy in suggesting that Jeb Bush would be a formidable candidate. Now, you know they'd love to sink their liberal teeth into Jeb Bush. All the baggage he'd bring to a fray between he and Hillary would give liberals all they need to run another typically dirty campaign. I say dirty because a lot of the charges made against George W, such as his supposed duping of the US Congress to lead America into a war with Iraq based on lies rather than the intel to which they all had access, would find new life. And the incredibly far fetched charge that Bill Clinton was innocent of any responsibility whatever for 911, even though Osama bin Laden was making threats to attack on US soil during his watch.

The unfortunate truth is that many low information voters buy into those lies lock stock and barrel. And, there is no reason to expect a renaissance by 2016, especially while Dems are still promising them the moon.