re: CNN - Hillary Clinton pummels Obama foreign policy

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The base despises neocons and that's what Hillary is. It's why Obama could come out of nowhere and steal the nomination from her in 2008.

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Trackfan, first she isn't a neocon, but yes she is more hawkish than Obama. Of course that doesn't take much. Second, it was actually a very close race for the nomination but it was the left of the party that lead the opposition to her. And yes after Bush, getting out of Iraq was a very big issue for the base. First strike against her and then the party, like the nation, became very enamored with electing the first black president. So that was that. If HRC decides to run no viable alternative will run against her. Certainly Warren won't, she supports a HRC run. The base will coalesce to elect the first woman president.