Opinion of Hillary Clinton

[LeBron]

FF.  Hopefully the next POTUS.

This. I'm really hoping that with Christie done for and Jerry Brown out, she gets in because otherwise we could end up being stuck with Schweitzer. The hate on her for "just being another Clinton or Bush" or "she voted for the war!" gets really annoying because ever since Bill, Hillary has established herself as a phenomenal national politician ever since and has evolved on a lot of issues and would be nothing like her husband was in the Oval Office. #ReadyforHillary

[LeBron]

FF.  Hopefully the next POTUS.

This. I'm really hoping that with Christie done for and Jerry Brown out, she gets in because otherwise we could end up being stuck with Schweitzer. The hate on her for "just being another Clinton or Bush" or "she voted for the war!" gets really annoying because ever since Bill, Hillary has established herself as a phenomenal national politician ever since and has evolved on a lot of issues and would be nothing like her husband was in the Oval Office. #ReadyforHillary

Was Jerry Brown ever going to run for President in 2016 considering he'd be 78?

Likely not, but this was considered to be his absolutely last chance at the Presidency if he wanted one last chance at it (and break the Reagan record in the process) and his expected "Brownslide" this year (as EG calls it) could have boosted him big time in media coverage of someone who would have had the potential to finish his career off greatly. The same thing applies to Cuomo who will also win in a landslide this year, but Cuomo at least still might run.

Also, while Warren, Brown, Booker, Patrick etc. are already announcing their intentions not to run for the Presidency, there are things that could happen down the road that would make them, Brown specifically, want to run. While Brown has already made-up with the Clinton's from the 1992 debate incident, I'm sure he would still love to pull a primary win off of a Clinton in his lifetime. I don't think he'll reconsider a run nor do I want him to, but before declining, beyond the other Presidential hopefuls like Biden and O'Malley, the California Governor may have been the most plausible challenge Hillary.

For Hillary herself, I have no doubt that she could easily beat anyone in the primary, and even then, she's bound to get a small primary because she can rally the base and we'll likely see a unified Democratic Party behind Hillary in 2016 with most potential candidates endorsing Hillary from the start if she gets in. Schweitzer has shown signs of wanting to run against Hillary, but he's so unappealing and has such low name recognition that he wouldn't be a threat.