… As Mrs. Clinton prepares to begin her second presidential campaign amid a froth of criticism and outrage, Democrats are not just Ready for Hillary — as supporters named one pro-Clinton “super PAC” — they are desperate for her. …
And from the top of the party to its grass roots, Mrs. Clinton’s pseudo-incumbency is papering over significant weaknesses: a weak bench, a long-term House minority and a white middle class defecting to the Republican Party faster than the Democrats’ hoped-for demographic future is expected to arrive.
Mrs. Clinton, many Democrats say, is simply too big to fail. CONT.
Nicholas Confessore, Jonathan Martin & Maggie Haberman, New York Times