Hillary Clinton: ces démocrates qui doutent

Si beaucoup de démocrates considèrent comme inévitable, et bien souvent souhaitable, une candidature d'Hillary Clinton, il y en a plusieurs qui craignent un couronnement. Selon ceux qu'on surnomme les "Wary of Hillary", la célèbre campagne entre Obama et Clinton avant la présidentielle de 2008 permettait de mettre les candidats à l'épreuve et d'apprendre à les connaître un peu mieux. Certains des commentaires cachent des ambitions politiques, mais révèlent également une forme de sagesse. Est-ce bien prudent de couronner Mme Clinton sans débattre de sa candidature?

 "The reservations, expressed mostly in private company, have been given voice in recent days by some of the party’s most prominent governors.

 “She is an enormously capable candidate and leader, but I do worry about the inevitability, because I think it’s off-putting to the average voter,” Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a longtime Obama ally, told CNN earlier this month. “And I think that was an element of her campaign the last time. As an enthusiastic Democrat, I just hope that the people around her pay attention to that this time around.”

The public commentary about the risks of Clinton as fait accompli seems less a harbinger of a messy primary fight than an effort to nudge Clinton to the left. There’s no apparent candidate with President Barack Obama’s political skill to catch Clinton by surprise this time. But the Democratic base doesn’t want Clinton to get a free pass, lest she give short shrift to the progressive agenda and tack to the center before the primary campaign is even fully underway.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/2016-elections-hillary-clinton-democrats-107076.html?hp=f1