I may be in the minority here and I am probably mentioning this way too early. Obama just won and thats a good thing. But it seems like many are automatically giving Hillary the nomination for 2016. I think this would be a big mistake and can think of many other qualified candidates.
My ideal guy is Jim Webb. I feel he is a pragmatic tough guy who would be respected and can appeal to swing voters. Not to be racial but I was surprised Obama lost the white vote by 20%. Some of this may be racism. However, there is no way Jim Webb would lose the white vote by this much.
I think Hillary will suffer from many of the same personality flaws Romney did. The most important factor in a Presidential race is a voter believing the candidate really does give a crap about them. Obama was good at this. Not as good as Bill Clinton. But very solid. LBJ was good at this. So was JFK. Heck, I will even give Repubs their due, Reagan was great at this. Bush was better than Kerry despite being weaker in many areas. This was the one reason Bush eked out a victory vs Kerry. Hillary appears terrible at relating to people. She looked uncomfortable in many ways during the primary in '08. I supported Obama then so I may be biased but the cry moment was absurd. That locked in my vote for Obama. Imagine her during an entire campaign?
Biden would also be a solid choice. The only reservation I have with him is his age. But my nightmare scenario is Hillary losing the personality battle to a guy like Huckabee.
Am I crazy? I would love to hear realistic thoughts. Thanks everyone for getting me through the election. I was a nervous wreck at times.