Maybe he’d do it to make Hillary look moderate.
Thats a good point. There was a belief that Wesley Clark ran in 2008 as prep to be Hillary’s VP pick, and to take shots at the other contenders.
To continue, the Clintons are long term strategic thinkers and planners with a track record of learning from their mistakes and readjusting.
Hillary’s biggest threat in 2008 turned out to be an upstart Progressive who she underestimated. In 2016 it could be another upstart Progressive (Liz Warren). She won’t make the mistake of underestimating a threat from her Left again.
So De Blasio runs to siphon off votes from Warren. With a split Progressive movement Hillary walks to the nomination with a plurality, just like Romney did in 2012.
Yup, I think thats it. Again, good point.
Yep, he could be the designated crazy to make Hillary look palatable.