21 Democrats who could (maybe) take Hillary Clinton's place in 2016

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Washington Examiner:

Tim Cavanaugh

March 14, 2015

 

Hillary Clinton has been the Democratic Party's presumptive 2016 presidential nominee for so long that her email scandal is prompting not just outrage but panic.

 

The revelation that the former secretary of state managed America's top diplomatic correspondence at a nondescript email address on a private server is part of a long pattern of Clintonian irregularities. Nearly unanimous condemnation of her behavior has made starkly clear how brittle the appeal of the former first lady and U.S. senator really is.

 

If Clinton 2016 runs out of steam, Democrats worry that they don't have a Plan B.

 

It may take some deep digging, but Democrats could conceivably come up with Plans B through V. Most of the likely candidates deny being interested in the Oval Office, but with the scandal not going away and primary season starting in less than a year, anything could happen.

 

Here, in roughly ascending order of feasibility, are 21 prominent or semi-prominent Democrats who could step up for a 2016 presidential run:

 

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