1) Hillary has to run, the Clinton's took too much money for her to not run.
2) If she wins: the hands will come out expecting to be rewarded for their generosity.
3) Hillary may deep down actually prefer to lose: She is old, tired, no longer up to the job. Losing allows them to keep the bounty they have taken in.
4) If she loses; she goes on the cardboard chicken circuit collecting fees and travel costs for as long as she wants.
5) Look for her to then focus on making Web's daughter the first female president.
Agreed, with an observation. The Clinton Foundation depends on having influence to peddle. Once Hillary exits the stage, that dries up and with it, the Clinton Cash machine grinds to a halt, especially when Bill conveniently dies of dissipation. Hillary HAS to run, and will act like a cornered animal when threatened.
Maybe you are on to something.
Being a candidate now, and then again in the general election, is her pantsuit of armor protecting her from being seriously investigated during the coming months, indicted and then thrown in Club Fed along with her grifter husband-in-name-only.
Regardless of any current and future polls, she has a good chance of being president. The possibility of attaining this high office protects her between now and the 2016 election day like an invisible shield.
She will NOT withdraw. She's caught in a trap she can't get out of, even if she wants to, and, as an aside, it's even quite possible she secretly want OUT of her messed-up, nerve-wracking existence right now.
Her withdrawal from the primary would hasten....and almost guarantee.... her being prosecuted, and the family foundation (and future luxurious-living income) would be dissolved.
Only a catastrophic event, such as a stroke or nervous breakdown, will keep her off the primary and general ballots.
The current and future polls we pour over every week mean nothing to Hill and Bill....they will just double-down in the campaign.
In their world every knock is a boost. And in our world of unstable, low-information voters surrounding us, her gamble might just pay off.
Leni