Anyway, the Clintons will forever be associated with the “good years” of the 1990s, what with the dot-com boom, strong economy, welfare reform and a new style of Democrat made popular by Bill Clinton. But the reality is that the Democratic Party has changed since then, and no Democrat espousing those issues could get nominated today. As popular as President Bill Clinton was — and really, still is — the core Democratic voters are not looking for a third Clinton term.

And voters don’t want a third Obama term either. Yet Hillary Clinton was a starter on the Obama team. So where can she go? Will playing the woman card be sufficient to overcome her association with Team Obama and her lack of credibility with the new left-wing rallying cries? I don’t think so, especially if Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reverses her stated position and jumps into the race for 2016. After eight years of having a bored icon as president, American voters will be looking for more than just a symbol in 2016. Warren is just as inauthentic as Hillary Clinton, but the difference is that Warren has no political history that disqualifies her as she tries to lead the anti-establishment parade.

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And if Warren does not run for president, there will be room for someone to enter the race and occupy some space on Clinton’s left. I can’t imagine it would be a white male (especially not one from the South – as previously mentioned, a Bill Clinton would not be particularly welcome in today’s Democratic Party), but look for someone who isn’t a household name either; someone who still has that “new-car smell” and who isn’t afraid to call Clinton a phony. If that person emerges, look out. He or she could gain some real traction.