Democrats 2016

[Lunar]

Brian Schweitzer is already holding events in Iowa and is thus clearly interested in the job.  Take that how you will.  He's folksy and stuff

[Lunar]

Personally, I think it has more to do with influence-peddlers and power circles in the Democratic Party being favorable to a non-Clinton or a newcomer while I think such power circles are a little more entrenched in the GOP.  I think people overestimate the logic that the GOP nominee will come from 2008's losers, but a lot of them are currently favored even in my own mental estimates.  Yarr, anyway, I think while the GOP might have a higher tendency to nominate the "next in line," presidential elections are infrequent enough that other items, like electability, could become the forefront characteristics.