It seems now more than ever that the Democratic Party is stepping aside for Hillary Clinton to be its nominee.
It may be that it simply seems like a “fait accompli”, an inevitable situation that makes possible rivals unwilling to enter the field, hesitant to challenge her.
The point is that Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have made it clear that they are not in the field, unwilling to promote any action that indicates a challenge to the giant shadow of the former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady.
No discussion is going on for anyone else, other than possibly Joe Biden and former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, and it is really possible at the end that we will have the first uncontested nomination ever seen in modern American history, almost as if Hillary Clinton is President running unopposed for a second term in the White House, rather than as an outsider seeking the office of the Presidency.
Since Hillary resided in the White House for eight years, it is a scenario unseen in American history, and would strengthen her as the Republican Party, with its nightmarish group of candidates, fights it out on the far right, alienating the great center of the American population.
Colin Powell is in favor of single-payer health care: http://news.yahoo.com/colin-powell-pitches-single-payer-health-care-us-185113825–abc-news-politics.html?soc_src=mediacontentsharebuttons
Yes, I am thrilled to hear this, as ultimately, it has to happen, but imagine what the Far Right is going to say on this, and on Pope Francis made PERSON OF THE YEAR by Time Magazine. It will cause their heads to explode, not a bad idea! LOL
Some liberal Democrats are skeptical of Hillary Clinton being Wall Street friendly: http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/why-liberal-democrats-are-skeptical-of-hillary-clinton-in-one-paragraph/282304/
I think Hillary Clinton WAS more liberal, but has moved to the center, where most voters are. And one must recall that Bill Clinton was not all that “liberal” as President for eight years, and actually had some policies which gave in to the Republican Congress, such as the federal guarantee of welfare for the poor, and the destruction of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1995, which has affected the moving industry, which has no regulation at all, as a result.