Some people seem to want to edge towards a person with charisma more than ability to lead.
The job of the President is no longer one of "leadership." That died with the internet (and some might argue TV). Plus, I'm not sure losing a tight race that should have never been tight in the first place (i.e., for a Republican in Texas), necessarily equates with not being a leader.
As to charisma, the job has
always been one of charisma first and foremost. That's what is required of the head diplomat, after all. We've had great Presidents that weren't very charismatic in front of crowds (or other people, for that matter), but I think those have been the exceptions, not the rule.
Second to that is that the job requires an excellent administrator. I think O'Rourke and Kennedy would make a great team for precisely that reason. Now more than ever we need to unfuck everything Trump and the Bush cabal fucked us with in the first place. Obama never really got much of a chance to permanently unfuck anything the Bush cabal boobytrapped, as the Republicans took over too quickly.
If we have the House and the Senate (as things may actually go down) and also then win the WH we will have that same Obama honeymoon, only without any of the healthcare debacle. And we could actually push through some version of single payer (so long as it is a change to the ACA and not some idiotic complete do-over). And finally repeal the AUMF and restructure the balance of power that has only been kept in check by Obama's beneficence and Trump's incompetence.
As I've noted before, I seriously doubt HRC will actually run again, but if she does, then it would mean either she bows out almost immediately (iow, she realizes right at the start that she's lost it), OR she shows us a side of her that we've never seen before, in which case, GREAT, because that will mean a fierce and uncompromising leader instead of the complaints of shallow style over substance so many around here have lobbed in the past.
HRC and Sanders need to bow out gracefully. They can back someone else, but neither of them should even consider running.
Agreed in general, but, again, if she has anything new to give that we haven't already seen, then I'm all for it. The number one complaint I've always seen about her is how phony she seems onstage as opposed to how differently she carries herself irl. It's a lot like Gore. Neither of them ever seemed very comfortable giving stump speeches. If--IFF--we see an HRC that truly doesn't give a flying fuck about how she carries herself and is just as genuine onstage as she is off--iow, gloves completely off and bare knuckles flying--then I would very much like to see that candidate Clinton run.
But, that isn't likely.
