With Rasmussen showing her 63-12-4 over Vice President Biden and New York Governor Cuomo, Quinnipiac at 65-13-7, NBC at 60 to 11 over Biden and 7 for Elizabeth Warren, and a lead over Republicans Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz by at least eight points, it's no wonder why Republicans are concerned about her as Democrats consolidate.
She will incorporate McAuliffe (former DNC Chair) and personal confidante Huma Abadin, widely respected inside Washington, back into her brain trust. She will correct organizational errors of 2008 -- including losing the delegates in the major Texas caucus after she won its primary, and trying to change the rules for counting her victorious Michigan and Florida primaries after she won them when the states had violated the Party's calendar.
The eternity between now and 2016 can change the field. Past "inevitable" candidacies disintegrated from Mario Cuomo and Howard Dean to Rick Perry and Ted Kennedy. Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton came from nowhere a year in front to win.
However, right now, Clinton is in the driver's seat -- and if she wins, she will be a superbly competent and historic first woman American President.
Robert Weiner is a former Clinton White House spokesman, communications director for the House Government Operations Committee, and wrote the epilogue for Bankole Thompson's groundbreaking book, "Obama and Christian Loyalty." Nakia Gladden is policy analyst at Robert Weiner Associates.
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