Will Hillary Clinton run in 2024? Yep you heard me.

 

Hillary Clinton in 2016. Gage Skidmore. 

A slightly out of format post tonight. I saw a couple of articles that I won't bother linking too here suggesting that the last best hope for Democrats in 2024 is a name you are all familiar with, Hillary Clinton. Yes, the same Hillary Clinton that got beaten in 2016. No, that's not a joke, though I do think it is hilarious. 

But I do think this is a semi-serious post as it shows the weakness of the 2024 field already if they are brining back Hillary Clinton. It's pretty obvious that Joe Biden does not have a future in politics, assuming he even lives to 2024. Even with the media covering for him, it's very obvious that he is in no condition to run in 2024. 

Biden's old, senile, scandal ridden and has failed on pretty much every major issue happening right now. He's also in no way capable of running a new campaign, let alone the country. I can't see him running in 2024, and the fact that his team isn't admitting that he isn't running is baffling to me. 

Indeed, if he does run than his team should probably go to prison. I am not even joking, to make someone run for President in that condition is a crime. It would likely kill Joe Biden dead and despite my intense dislike of the man, that isn't acceptable. 

With Biden likely out of the race, the Democrats have very few options, and almost all of them are bad. The other major name is Kamala Harris and she has been a train wreck as VP. She rarely makes headlines and when she does it's for bad news. She also has even lower approval numbers than Biden himself, which is really saying something as he is in the mid to low thirties for approval now. Harris is in the low twenties. 

Who does that leave for the Democrats? Bernie Sanders is ancient and the party elite hates him so he's out. Elizabeth Warren is now a joke and Amy Klobucher is irrelevant. Andrew Cuomo was probably the heir apparent but his career has imploded and he couldn't run for dogcatcher in Toledo, let alone be President. 

And a lot of the Democrats up and comers are now not viable. Pete Buttgieg has been tainted with his association with the Biden White House and I have to say I have been incredibly disappointed with his performance as Sec Transportation. Tulsi Gabbard is now persona non-grata among the Democrats for cozying up with Tucker Carlson while Andrew Yang isn't even in the party anymore. 

So who does that leave? Old Hillary Clinton herself. The woman who lost to Donald Trump and one of the most unlikable candidates the party has ever had. The woman who is scandal ridden and obviously corrupt. One of the most hated people in the country. And probably the Democrats best hope.

But will Clinton even want to run? Keep in mind she's 74 right now and will be 77 in 2024. She was having health problems way back in 2016 and famously collapsed at an 9/11 anniversary. And she will most likely be going up against Donald Trump again, a man she couldn't stand to lose to again. If she was smart she would stay out of it. 

Still though, the fact that Hillary Clinton is being floated as a candidate shows how bereft of talent the Democrats bench is. The party is grasping at straws at this point if they are trying to draft a multiple election loser like Hillary Clinton... Of course it is just the media saying this for now, so time will tell if this is a serious story or not.