… All of the potential candidates are being scrutinized at this early stage. What is different for Mrs. Clinton is that as someone who has been on the national stage for more than 20 years, she will have no honeymoon in the 2016 campaign. Without a major opponent, she will have no moments of victory providing positive momentum along the way. She is going to skip right over the part of the campaign when voters learn about her and get excited about her possibilities. CONT.
Lynn Vavreck (UCLA), New York Times