I will now accept my accolades

[IceSpear]

So many of you laughed at me and called me a hack for insisting Hillary was inevitable for the last 2 years. So many bought into the Warren hype, then the Sanders hype, then the Biden hype, then the Sanders hype again. And don't even get me started on the people who were so desperate they pretended O'Malley, Webb, and Chafee were viable contenders. But I stood firm. Queen Inevitable Hillary has now been crowned.

[IceSpear]

You were right about the ultimate outcome, though some of your predictions that it's going to be as easy for her as it was for Schumer or Lankford in their Senate races, were a bit too overboard. It wasn't a cakewalk and several of Hillary weaknesses as a candidate were shown, even though her only opponent was Bernie Sanders of all people.

That being said, contrags Now onto to general election.

To be fair, I never said she would win all 50 states, or even win without breaking a sweat. The only thing I guaranteed was that she would eventually be the victor, partially because she had so much padding that she could afford to lose tons of support and still come out ahead.

That said, you are correct I definitely did underestimate Sanders. For most of 2015 I figured he'd win a few caucuses and maybe NH then drop out.

[IceSpear]

Accolades for what?  No one thought Sanders would be the nominee

Oh how quickly we forget the hype...

WARREN IS GONNA JUMP IN AND CRUSH HILLARY! #2008REDUX!
SANDERS IS NIPPING AT HER HEELS JUST LIKE OBAMA DID! #2008REDUX
BIDEN IS GONNA JUMP IN!!!!!! SHE'S FINISHED!!!11!!!!

And of course:

"Is Hillary finished after NH?"
"Is Hillary finished after MI?"
"Is Hillary finished after <March caucuses>?"


And of course the timeless classic: "Hillary won't even run" and its twin brother "Hillary will be indicted"

[IceSpear]

She hasn't won the presidency yet. Don't jump the gun.

Where did I say she has?

[IceSpear]

^That actually was my initial prediction, + CO/MN. I guess I forgot about them in that post. I figured he'd drop out after Super Tuesday. In retrospect that was pretty silly considering he was clearly running as a "movement candidate."

[IceSpear]

Accolades for what?  No one thought Sanders would be the nominee

Oh how quickly we forget the hype...

WARREN IS GONNA JUMP IN AND CRUSH HILLARY! #2008REDUX!
SANDERS IS NIPPING AT HER HEELS JUST LIKE OBAMA DID! #2008REDUX
BIDEN IS GONNA JUMP IN!!!!!! SHE'S FINISHED!!!11!!!!

And of course:

"Is Hillary finished after NH?"
"Is Hillary finished after MI?"
"Is Hillary finished after <March caucuses>?"


And of course the timeless classic: "Hillary won't even run" and its twin brother "Hillary will be indicted"

There were people who said those things, but I think Clinton has pretty consistently been considered the favorite to win the nomination by the forum consensus.  Sure, there have always been dissenters, but I don't think you were going out on much of a limb by saying that she would win the nom.

I agree I wasn't going out on a limb at all, I was just stating the obvious. The problem was so many people who denied the obvious, either out of wishful thinking or that sweet, sweet ad revenue. C'mon Morden, I know you read the news often. How many hundreds (thousands?) of "HILLERY IN SOUPER DANGER!11!!1!11!!" articles do you think you've seen over the past year?