# If Hillary doesn't run, what would your reaction be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 8, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158 "2015-04-08T21:17:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/21 "2015-04-28T20:00:59Z")
I fear Warren in the race. As much as I’d prefer to face Hillary Clinton at this point, I could live with it if she won. If Warren won, that would be awful. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/22 "2015-04-28T20:10:39Z")
[hijack] This isn’t the first time that I’ve seen you extolling a Romney PotUS, **Shodan**. I wonder why you think so highly of him specifically, when he’s been, at best, a middle-of-the-road governor. There’s nothing particularly exciting about him. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/23 "2015-04-28T20:11:50Z")
Just look at the alternatives on his side. That’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/24 "2015-04-28T20:15:34Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Ideal scenario is that she limps to the nomination based mostly on the idea that the Dems have put all their eggs in one basket, Romney changes his mind and runs after no clear Republican emerges as the front runner, and then cruises to victory and begins responsible financial governance of the country. Which in conservaspeak means, “Start another land war in Asia.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/25 "2015-04-28T20:18:06Z")
If it means “We’re gonna cut the shit about repealing national Romneycare, er, excuse me, ACA”, it wouldn’t be \*entirely \*bad. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/26 "2015-04-28T20:19:01Z")
If you’re supporting Clinton you’re in no position to criticize hawkishness. SecState Clinton is one of the reasons the Obama administration is currently fighting in five countries. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/27 "2015-04-28T20:21:06Z")
I HATE being labeled on stuff like this but I _do_ “trend” liberal (although I MUCH prefer the term “Progressive” in this context) and I’ve been complaining about this for a while: this is shaping up to be THE lamest U.S. Presidential election since 1988’s, whether or not Hillary Clinton runs, at least as far as I’m concerned. My reaction if H.C. doesn’t end up running for President? “Eh, BFD. I honestly haven’t been all that interested in the field of candidates so far, anyway.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/28 "2015-04-28T20:34:17Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > SecState Clinton is one of the reasons the Obama administration is currently fighting in five countries. What’s the \*main \*one? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/29 "2015-04-28T20:53:57Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [hijack] > > This isn’t the first time that I’ve seen you extolling a Romney PotUS, **Shodan**. I wonder why you think so highly of him specifically, when he’s been, at best, a middle-of-the-road governor. There’s nothing particularly exciting about him. > > [/hijack] Romney is exceptionally well-qualified, but it is difficult to discuss in Elections because of foolishness like this - > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Which in conservaspeak means, “Start another land war in Asia.” The signal-to-noise ratio is a little too high at the moment and in this kind of a thread. Maybe in GD, after he declares. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/30 "2015-04-28T21:01:50Z")
> [@racepug](#): > > I HATE being labeled on stuff like this but I _do_ “trend” liberal (although I MUCH prefer the term “Progressive” in this context) I noticed libs started calling themselves progressives after conservatives made liberal a radioactive word in the mid '00s. Screw that noise. What happens if they make progressive a dirty word? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158/31 "2015-04-28T21:05:13Z")
Progressives were often authoritarian. I like liberal better. Liberals actually won the battle against progressives in FDR’s time. A lot of lefties say progressive without actually knowing what that means: it’s a very GOP style of leftism, quite at odds with traditional Democratic New Deal liberalism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-doesnt-run-what-would-your-reaction-be/717158.md?page=1)