Sorry, But Clinton’s Inevitability Is Not a Problem

[King]

The media makes money off there being news, especially online media. If Clinton just walks through the primary, reader interest in the Presidential election will be at an all time low.

[King]

The idea that the 2012 primaries harmed Romney's prospects in the general election deserves more scrutiny.

What scrutiny?

Rather than letting Romney define himself and what the Republican Party stood for going into 2012. It put on primetime television from 2011 to mid-2012 a circus of far right jokes to define the Republicans for the American people.  Obama could just tie Romney to being the leader of the party that would put Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachmann, etc. in power.

It also created an incredibly conservative delegate turnout at the GOP National Convention which led to Romney's acceptance speech looking a Nazi rally rather than something to be proud of.

[King]

I think the first Presidential debate showed that if Romney had the chance to define himself and not let base of the GOP dictate the first 2/3rds of his campaign from 2011 to the convention, he would've done a lot better and possibly would have won.

[King]

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=55743.0

Who do you THINK will win the Democratic nomination?
April 2007
Hillary Clinton [48.1]         -15 (27.8%)
Barack Obama [32.0]         -19 (35.2%)
Al Gore [9.0]         -2 (3.7%)
John Edwards [8.0]         -10 (18.5%)
Bill Richardson [3.3]         -7 (13%)
Other         -1 (1.9%)

SO INEVITABLE