Dems: Do you wish Hillary had decided not to run?

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Yes. And not because of their politics, but because she's objectively a terrible candidate. She might blow this election yet, when any remotely competent Democrat would have it in the bag.

You know that hypothetical polls only had Obama doing a few points better, right? And that's while he was floating above the fray for a while while Hillary was subjected to the Republican hate machine for over a year.

Some of you guys seem to have a hard time grasping that 45% of the country will vote for any Republican under any circumstances. Secondly, the Republican hate machine/attack machine was not going to roll over and die if Dems nominated anybody else. And lastly, the media has a vested interest in forcing/manufacturing a horse race under any circumstances.

NO candidate would be a lock against Trump.

Franken would've, his telegenic-ness would've done more than enough to make trump the thin-skinned crawl under his hide.  All Fox and them could do is be pearl-clutchers like they were when Paul Ryan got smashed by Biden.

As long as everything's as sensationalized as it is, the ideal candidate is one who is telegenic, delivers  excellent zingers and sick burns as well as sound, but convicted policies [and not silly centrism].

A campaign like John Bel Edwards 2015 run against Vitter, would be most optimal. But even Obama '08 or Reagan's campaign's would suffice.

Only Franken could pull any of these off.

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Yes, because even though Hillary has a decent advantage against trump (probably), a mainstream nominee would likely crush her. And she will probably be facing a nominee significantly better then trump in 2020.