[TheRealThing]

Not mine. I don't think that Democrats have many credible candidates in most Democrats' eyes either. When Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, or maybe Duval Patrick is the answer, then you know that the question was stupid. This country has undergone a deep decline under Obama, but I still do not believe that the answer to that question is a 75 year old socialist.

It will be very interesting to see if and how the DNC will manage to ease Sanders out of the picture if Hillary is forced to withdraw from the race. Maybe both of the Democrat contenders will withdraw for "health" reasons and to spend more time with their families. It will also be interesting to watch Martin O'Malley's reaction, a man who could not even qualify as a write-in candidate in the Ohio Democrat Primary.

Looking on the bright side from a Democrat's perspective, the shorter campaign that a candidate like Biden or Warren has to run against Trump or Cruz, the better.

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I'm just trying to come up with some rationale that Dems could use to save face here. There just doesn't seem to be one other than what you have suggested. Since the Dem default setting blames only Republicans for everything from chronic workplace illness to global warming, they've managed to box themselves in like no Republican plot could have ever done. I mean, no matter how creatively Dems may shuffle the deck, the list still dies after the first two names pop up, those being Dumb and Dumber. Seriously, how does one salvage or pass muster even by today's dubious political standards, when comparing the two party's candidate fields reads like the Republican's Who's Who, against the Dem's Cheech and Chong? And I would defy anybody to challenge me on the basics, as to whether the politics of the liberal/progressive wing of the Dems, is in any way notably different to those of Cheech and Chong BTW.

Although I do not believe it could happen, I can see where anxiety of "the people" has given rise to concerns that Obama may try to pull some shenanigan to stay in office past his term. Talk about putting all your eggs in one basket, Dems have outdone themselves this time!