Opinion: Why Hillary Clinton Could Win the Democratic Nomination

Everybody who cares about politics has an opinion on who might be the Democratic Party Nominee in 2020. Some predict a field of at least 17 candidates. Already the TV debate situation is causing headaches for the Democratic National Committee. At a recent party I listened to a seasoned political observer claim how easy it would be for Hillary Clinton to actually win the hotly contested 2020 Democratic Nomination and this time defeat President Donald Trump not only in the popular vote but in the "Electoral College" too!

Here is the reasoning. In the early primaries and caucuses with so many candidates 15% of the vote will most likely win first place. There is no way Hillary Clinton can't get 15% in any Democratic contest. Her name recognition, admirers and followers to this day is at least twice that number and they vote in primaries. So she would be a front runner right out of the box after a few elections. In my opinion Hillary's biggest problem will be the DNC professionals who most likely are in search of a new face. They like to say "think forward,"... "the future not the past" and all that. However wins equal delegates and Hillary would be leading or near leading after the first primaries especially now with the Texas and California primary dates moved up so early in the 2020 election cycle.

Make no mistake about it Hillary Clinton would be quite a challenge to debate live on TV. She has experience and is perhaps" in a nothing to lose situation," having already lost. I believe America loves a comeback story and what a "Rocky" story Hillary getting up off the canvass to re-engage would be, definitely must see TV and the networks love debate ratings (A.K.A. Donald Trump 2016.) In no time reporters' editors, who all love a good story and ratings might give her a media lift similar to the one they gave Trump in 2020; instead of the rough ride she received in 2016.

Now there are some speed bumps; such as #ME TOO folks still on the fence about Bill Clinton. Then there is the Bernie Sanders crowd who feel it wasn't the Russians who cost Bernie the nomination in 2016, but the in words of MSNBC's Chris Matthews, it was "Hillary's Crowd." The last and biggest hurdle might be the new Progressive movement in the Democratic Partly that just elected a record amount of women to Congress. I believe a Hillary factor helped lead to them all to winning. This will be a big hurdle but not impossible.

The final factor is her health, her age, and her stamina. These are the real questions only she knows the answers too. The health issue did visualize against Trump in 2020. However I believe her professional handlers such as Huma Abedin will never let what happened in 2016 ever happen again optics wise.

There is no doubt she can out raise all the other candidates out of the box. There is no doubt she has a name recognition advantage. If you read her post election Tome, "WHAT HAPPENED," her reasons for losing in 2016 won't come back. In 2020 there will be "no Russians" and no "Jim Comey," and now Donald Trump is a known commodity and most likely not to win as many independents as he did in 2020. Hillary Clinton becoming President can happen in 2020 however to get the nomination she will have to fight with a great zeal to overcome the ambitions of 17 or more candidates. This will not be a coronation like 2016 was. It may make her a better candidate who would win should she decide she wants to be President.