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Why Are House Republicans Driving the US Toward Default? Birth Control.

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goddamnedfrank10/15/2013 7:53:06 pm PDT
A new national poll in the battle for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nominations indicates what you would expect: Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming Democratic frontrunner, and there’s no real leader among the possible GOP White House hopefuls.

But if you get beyond the obvious, the CNN/ORC International survey released Monday becomes more revealing.

It showed 65% of Democrats and independents who lean toward that party say they would likely back Clinton as their presidential nominee. Vice President Joe Biden comes in a distant second, at 10%, with freshman Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at 7%, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at 6%, and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at 2%.

That level of support more than two years before primaries begin is absolutely unheard of. The idea that Clinton, who supports the ACA, is going to have trouble uniting the Democratic party base in 2016 is simply ridiculous.