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Hillary Clinton and Political 'Inevitability'
Hillary Clinton was considered "inevitable" in 2008. Barack Obama proved that she wasn't, when she failed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Now she's "inevitable" for 2016. Are there second acts in American politics?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHillary Clinton was considered "inevitable" in 2008. Barack Obama proved that she wasn't, when she failed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Now she's "inevitable" for 2016. Are there second acts in American politics? We hear about potential challenges from the progressive wing of the party, and why many political pros think she's unstoppable anyway — if she decides to run.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Benjamin Gottlieb
Reporter, Fill-in Host
Kareem Maddox
Three-on-three basketball player in the final stages of qualifying for Olympics; former KCRW intern
Amie Parnes
The Hill
Seth Bringman
'Ready for Hillary' Super PAC
Noam Scheiber
New York Times
The full episode
3 of 3Bloodshed in Ukraine; The 'Inevitability' of Hillary in 2016- 0:00Obama’s Mexico Visit Marred by Keystone Pipeline, Party Politics
- 8:05Bloodshed in Ukraine
- 24:24Hillary Clinton and Political 'Inevitability'You’re reading this