In hindsight, who should the Democrats have nominated in 2016?

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Joe Biden.

Of the candidates that actually ran, I don't think any were particularly strong. Chafee and O'Malley were total jokes, Sanders is too risky due to the potential for an October Surprise, as well as his well known hard-left views. Clinton is boring and plagued by scandals and trust issues. Lawrence Lessig was basically a ghost candidate. Jim Webb could have potentially won, but his more moderate views would have turned off progressives. There really were no good options.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

well biden would’ve been a good choice for winning the election itself, but hillary was probably the best thing that happened to democrats in terms of their long-term prospects

I completely agree. Could you imagine the sh**tstorm for Democrats in the midterms? Manchin? Dead. Donnelly? Dead. Tester? Dead. Heitkamp? Dead. Brown? Dead. McCaskill? Dead. Nelson? Dead. If 2016 had been narrow for Hillary and Republicans had a good year in 2018 then a supermajority wouldn't have been out of question.

Heitkamp would have lost by like 35 points instead of the 15 points she'll lose by now.

That's the last straw. ignored.