Bernie Sanders has made Iowa interesting. However, this was not in the script! Hillary was supposed to walk through the Primaries and have her Dem rivals vanquished early on, being the token competition that they are. She planned to have the ability to save her money, and gloat on while the GOP had a mudslinging contest destroying one antoher.
That was the script in 2008, when unknown Barack Obama burst on the scene to make her life miserable, and ultimately defeat her. The Clinton Machine and the Dem Party wanted to make sure that doesn't happen this time around, but there is trouble. Bernie has made Iowa close, so what would a Sanders Victory in NH mean to Clinton?
Headaches. Short of an DOJ indictment, she will ultimately be the Dem nominee. At some point, she and the Party are going to have to face up to the fact that a significant portion of the voters just don't like her. She is shrill, ruthless, self serving, corrupt, and it shows. People can see it, even liberals can see it.
Hillary is not the bulletproof candidate some thought. This is the second election we are seeing that. Doubt will begin to pervade her campaign. The more she has to work and sweat in the Primaries, the weaker she will become. Contrast with any of the GOP candidates that will be strengthened by a good Primary battle. They get more exposure, better name recognition, and will be seen as a worthy alternative to the one candidate that is truly loathsome.
This was not a good not for Clinton, and that makes me smile.
