At this point, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been awarded the Democratic nomination virtually by default and declared the clear favorite to win the general election against her as yet unknown Republican opponent. That’s an overstatement, of course, but just barely. …
But if Clinton were as good a politician as people are now saying she is, she might be serving her second term as president today, in which case President Obama still would be in the Senate and possibly weighing a run for the White House three years from now. [cont.]
Dan Balz, Washington Post